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why put a 20gig HD in a 1.2 megapixel camera?

hopefully they'll come up with some sort of 3+MP camera with 20gig hd in it]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
That said, there's no price posted on the site yet. grr...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
The 20GB hard drive is primarily for music storage. The Archos 402cc is a music player in the same category as the ipod. The camcorder and other features have been added to make it much more useful than the ipod.

Most people have never heard of Archos mp3 players. That is the major hurdle that Archos faces since the feature sets of their mp3 players already blow away just about everything else. How many people know that Archos makes the worlds smallest 20GB mp3 player (gmini xs202)? Probably not too many.

Spread the word.
Visit their site.
www.archos.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
well, actually, anything these days beats the overrated ipod.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
And I agree with Tom W. on spreading the word, this are awesome MP3 players.

http://www.archos.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
If it ain't 16:9, I ain't buyin'.

Anything. Even vPods.

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That said, this is a slick unit and if they came out with one in 40 or 60 gig, I'd be all over it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/
The icon/folder based gui is a no-brainer. Very easy to navigate. Most people haven't heard of Archos, then that goes for Cowon, iRiver, Samsung, etc...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/ What kind of resolution do yoy get from the camera in video mode ? I'm guessing it's not too great. My 2.1mp cameras video wasn't exactly stellar, and my current 5.1mp camera is ok but not great. So basically this extra feature allows you to record up to 20gb (or at least the balance of storage left over after you load your music and movies onto it) of grainy low quality video. Which can be totally adequate for a lot of things. It's cool and all, I just don't think it's too huge a deal.

That said, I too have an old 20gb FM recorder. It's pretty good. Got it for cheap off eBay and it lets me record 3 days worth of 6 hour seminars I go to yearly (they broadcast it wihtin the building over FM so the hearing impaired can bring a radio and tune in with headphones). I just set the frequency, hit record and let it ride all day. Ain't no iPod can do that...

Think Different
Buy something other than an iPod...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/Dec 19th 2005 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/06/the-archos-402-camcorder/Dec 19th 2005 1:06AM