I just got this after along time of wanting it.. I love the screen, and the browser. The media club is also a cool feature i didnt know about. I am however, quite underwhelmed with the android apps. I downloaded and installed the google marketplace apk but im not sure if it worked right because im ...

good its finally comin out. major downer is it maxes at 8gig. maybe they will make a 16 gig later on

very entertaining.

i've been reading and posting on different other forums and this one is so unique that the admin and few mods are so one sided and/or close minded.


dude trust me, this one is not unique. Any fansite forum you go on (iaudiophile, epizenter..) will tell you that there's is the ...

So how would you like the garbage to get picked up? What about law enforcement and Emergency Services? Pssh, and who needs a military, right?


I'm from Ireland, and yes thats pretty much what we think. are defence budget this year was Ôé¼1billion which is probably tiny in war terms.

but really ...

480x272 screen? bit outdated now isin't it?
How small do you need your pixels? Increasing the DPI may help with anti-aliasing fonts in the browser, but for general playback you are not going to see much difference on a screen of that physical size.
Good case in point, the Apple iPhone has a lower ...

Some will still buy cds, though obviously cd sales are way down.
Its still the biggest format.
The music industry doesn't seem to understand that consumers will not buy a $15 cd for one good song.
I will! actually, I'l buy it without hearing a single song if someone has recommended it to me ...

People mostly don't bother ripping their own CDs at all, unless those people happen to be old enough to own many CDs and have had plenty of time to spend ripping them, just as I don't think people bother much ripping their own DVDs. It's much easier to download or copy and paste from a friends hard ...

480x272 screen? bit outdated now isin't it?

Yep, but it's not a real hands on review, just some (very shakey!) video shots of the demo unit at IFA and an outline of the spec and it's potential advantages over an Archos. I'd wait for a decent (e.g. CNET) full hands on review before judging it completely.


Cnet? a decent review site? thats a ...

i think it will only record on the internal hdd, although you should be able to move it over to the external one easy.

do plug-ins get charged vat?

Andy W wrote:Does this lock the volume controls as well on the 605wifi....unfortunately on the 604wifi this does not (just everything else.)

I like the none-locking of the volume

pretty much everything is cheaper in america so I guess they get payed less
while here we get payed more but everthing is dearer.
I'm guessing that for hardware stuff is dearer in eu because of the higher cost of labour + materials, and then when it came to these plug-ins archos saw that in every ...

Except in Spain :evil:, my country that the street price for this kind of devices is allways above the price announced by Archos in his web.

well ya the price offline is bound to be more that the price online especially if your only real electric store is currys (like in my country :evil ...

i'm sure you'll be able to return it.
quite surprised though

suproach wrote:Dvix and Xvid are usually in the .avi container not mp4, although that is also supported out of the box.

the mp4 container isint supported out of the box is it?

I tried pming you but it didn't work, so I'll Have to post it;

I was just wondering, what brand of laptop hard drive comes stock with the archos 504? I could have sworn it was IBM because now they slapped on a new hard drive made by Hitachi. Can you guys confirm? Long story short, My Archos was ...

doubt it very much

:-k yup no amazon reps here!
advancedmp3players Says that they will be getting the 30gb version on the 29th of august, but they wont be getting the 60gig until the 19th of setember

the 605 has more memory options, 4gb flash, 30gb, 80gb, 160gb.
605 can watch videos on youtube ect because it will support flash (with a plug-in)
605 has a 800x480 5:3 screen while the 604 has a 480x272 screen.
The touchscreen is more advanced on the 605 e.g if you hold down on one spot on the ...