Archos PMA 400

[tourdewolf]

Just caught this on Gizmodo, they got some hands on.

This baby looks very sweet, especially for us multimedia heads. :drool: :clap:

http://www.archos.com/products/overview/pma_400.html

Capacity: 30GB
Interfaces: High-speed USB 2.0, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac USB Host port compatible Mass Storage Device Built-in WiFi connection (802.11b technology) IRDA 115 kb/s port
Operating system: Linux Qtopia™ with embedded ARCHOS multimedia applications
Video playback: MPEG-4 SP with MP3 or ADPCM stereo sound, near DVD quality up to 704x480 @ 30 f/s (MTSC), 720x576 @ 25 f/s (PAL), AVI file format
Video recording: MPEG-4 SP with MP3 stereo sound, near SVCD quality (optimised resolution for standard TV through composite video line-in) with up to 512x384 @ 30 f/s, in AVI format
Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA (including Microsoft® PD DRM protected files), WAV
Music recording: From any analog source into MP3 or WAV (PCM) format Voice recording with built-in microphone
Photo viewer:

JPEG , PNG, GIF or BMP
PIM functionalities: Qtopia™ software to manage your address book, agenda, calendar, calculator. PDF viewer
Games: Qtopia™ embedded games and Mophun™ game engine to play games downloadable from Archos web-site
Display: 3.5" TFT transflective touch screen (QVGA) 320x240 pixels, 262,000 colors and TV output
AV connections: Composite Video/ E Earphone/Line Out jack. Built-in microphone and speaker. TV cradle to connect to TV with analog audio/video In & Out to RCA jacks, S-video In, and IR receiver for remote and IR emitter for tuner control, SCART In & Out for European version. Travel audio-video kit in option to record audio and video analog source on the move

Battery life: Up to 4 hours* for video playback or 9.5 hours* for music Removable battery; additional battery available as an option
Scalability: Download firmware updates from www.archos.com
Power source: Internal: rechargeable Li-Ion batteries External: AC charger/adapter
Dimensions: Approx. 125 x 78 x 20 mm (4.9" x 3.1" x 0.8")
Weight:

280 g (9.9 oz)


Oh and it gets better with a usb keyboard, car power adapter and cat5/usb adapter. :mrgreen:

http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500692.html

http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500503.html

http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500693.html

[surur]

Now where are the naysayers that said something like this is impossible in a small formfactor and reasonable battery life.

The competition has got us trounced.

Surur

[tourdewolf]

Microsoft better buy Archos... quick!

[Janak Parekh]

The competition has got us trounced.
Well, let's watch the situation before drawing conclusions too quickly. ;) Competition is a good thing!

I'll probably frontpage this in the next couple days.

--janak