Hands-on with the Archos 105 "super-dim" DAP

Let's not beat around the bush here: the Archos 105's OLED screen sucks. Sure it's a 1.5-incher, meant only for the most rudimentary of song browsing activities, but we wouldn't risk our precious eyesight spending another five minutes looking at the dim, pixelated thing. We're not really crazy about the control layout either, but we admit the device is quite slimly proportioned -- it's just too bad about the OLED. The player will sell for 90 Euro player ($123 US), says the placard.

Gallery: Hands-on with the Archos 105 "super-dim" DAP

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[LegendZ28 @ Aug 31st 2007 1:35PM]

That's one thing Archos is REALLY REALLY bad at, how they lay out and implement the controls for their players. I've got an Archos 404 and everytime I use it, I swear I'll never buy another one of their products till they figure out how to do navigation correctly. Seems they still don't get it.

[JohnTitor @ Aug 31st 2007 3:00PM]

605 Touchscreen FTW

[Adoniteking @ Aug 31st 2007 2:58PM]

Archos PR: Sorry folks..we forgot to change the batteries and mind you it is an ex display that you might find on ebay later on.

Audience: SHUT UP! and take that piece of junk back with you..it is too crappy for ebay.

[JohnTitor @ Aug 31st 2007 3:01PM]

probably wasn't smart to try to put their PVP GUI in a flash MP3 player

[dfsdfsfsf @ Aug 31st 2007 5:06PM]

I still