Archos 605 WiFi (30GB, Silver) - Expert Reviews

Review summary: - Archos has updated its Personal Music Player (PMP) with Wi-Fi, a touch screen and lots more, but is this the ultimate PMP application? Pocket-lint managed to get a brief play with the new device ahead of its launch in the UK later in the year.

Pros: Screen, Wi-Fi, interface

Cons: Not much so far

Verdict: There are still plenty of questions left unanswered, but from what we've seen so far, it all looks very promising

Review summary: Not everyone's in love with the Apple and the iPod, and that's what Archos, Microsoft with their Zune and Creative count on. Archos' 5th generation portable music and video player, the 605 WiFi improved on the Archos 604 and give the iPod Touch a run ...

Pros: Fantastic display in terms of resolution, size and overall quality-- eat your heart out iPod Touch! Good sound quality, varied video and audio format support. Small, light and attractive. Web browser is quite good, though a tad slow. YouTube support ...

Cons: Battery life is passable but not being able to swap in a spare battery on the road is a kill-joy. Many features require additional purchases. Not very intuitive-- should we have to work hard just to have fun

Verdict: A compact PVP with the best screen on the market. It's truly a pleasure to watch and at 4.3" your eyes won't cross half way through a transatlantic flight. The Archos 605 WiFi packs a lot of features into a very petit package, though we do wish that ...

Review summary: The PC peripheral finally hits the mainstream with this easy-to-use touchscreen device offering loads of extras

Pros: Capacious storage ; top-drawer video ; bags of features

Cons: Quite large ; still not very pretty

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: You don't want to leave home without the "TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award" winning MP3 and personal media player. The Archos 605 with Wi-Fi is a sleek media player with a high resolution, 4.3 inch touch screen, that can play all your favorite music, movies ...

Review summary: Digital AV player, 4.8 in x 0.6 in x 3.2 in, TFT 4.3 in - Color, Hi-Speed USB, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Protected WMA (DRM), ADPCM, WMA, PCM, MP3, WAV, Protected WMV (DRM), WMV, MPEG-4, 6.7 oz