Archos 2 PMP gets video walkthrough and review
By Darren Murph 
posted May 25th 2009 9:06AM
posted May 25th 2009 9:06AM
posted May 25th 2009 9:06AM
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Now THAT is a nice mp3 player for jogging, shooting hoops, stuff like that. At 40 bucks I dont care if I accidently drop it or leave it somewhere and it gets stolen. Lose my ipod and Ill be a little more angry.
No, this is just re-badged crap from some generic KIRF maker
http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/04/05/8gb-archos-2-5999-at-amazon-but-clones-yifang-digital-first/
forgot to add....
AHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
This does look cheap from the video. Also looks pretty KIRFish - interesting link there. I think I'd rather have a Sansa Clip for a cheap player to workout/bike with - sure, there's no color screen, but who wants to watch videos on something that small (never mind taking the time to convert your files for it)? At least the clip is established and you can find it pretty cheap.
I'd consider getting one of these only after kicking around the market for a while it's clear that it's not a total quality failure.
KIFR?
Even if it is the same basic hardware as the Ylfang (which isn't a KIRF player anyway) I would guess Archos have put their own firmware on it and made sure it conforms to more stringent standards for an international release (maybe even changing the battery?).
What reasonably mp3/video player doesn't come from a huge factory in SE Asia and have a manufacturer's badge and OS stuck on it? If it looks cheap, then that would be because it is cheap. Very cheap.
youre missing the point. I dont care if its rebadged KIRF (whatever that means). The point is, its 40 dollars, it has enough storage to place the songs I want to listen to when I workout/bike/jog/shoot hoops/do my drills.
Its not something Im gonna worry about dropping onto the concrete, smashing it against something in my pocket, dropping it in a puddle, whatever may happen. Its not something Im gonna be depressed about for a day or two because I left it at the gym or it slipped out of my pocket during my bike ride.
All I care about is its cheap, it has decent storage, its relatively small and it has a decent display and built in radio.
Its not like Im buying it to spend any time of quality time with it. Ill probably never look twice at the settings or change any options/colors/whatever.
When your primary MP3 player is a 400 dollar device, its nice to have something 1/10 of the cost, like this, for activities and places you would rather not bring that 400 dollar device.
Dont hate.
Amazing what you can get for your money these days (if you don't buy a shuffle that is).
I wanna see the donkeys in the park!!!
Screen looks crappy, but at least there is one.
Are you guys kidding me?
This is just one of those iPod nano clones re-badged for archos.. including the horrid menu button that does 1 thing 1/2 the time...
and how much is that nano again?
I have the Archos 105 which I assume this is the replacement for.
The 105 is great cheap little player which has survived two year of cycling, skiing, beach days and the abuse a device living at the bottom of my messenger bag will receive. I paid about £40 for it and combined with a £20 set of sennheisers sounds great to this non-audiophile. Battery still lasts all day and that's all I want from an mp3 player.
If they can sell the 16GB for
As I was saying.
If they can sell the 16Gb for less than £100 I will definitely get one.
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It looks like a decent PMP, albeit more audio-centric than most however. The inclusion of a MicroSD card is very good. I wonder if it seamlessly integrates it into the main memory.
I wonder...
Doubtful, probably the same thing the Sansas do, show up in WMP (or Winamp etc) as two separate players, but we can dream.
Just waiting for the clown named Charbax to show up and tell us why this thing will walk circles around the iPhone.... Ironically, after all his Zune bashing, the radio UI is obvioulsy ripped straight off of it. More garbage shoved out the door by Archos. I wish these sights would use the products for a couple of months and then do a return-review. They would then tell you things like how the Archos 5 has 10,000,000 glitches. Complete garbage company.
that's cool! it can do a voice recording while recording my voice of a voice reorder so i can hear my recorded voice!
I remember the first time I saw a cassette walkman. It was so cool, and something that you get for Christmas cause it was expensive.
I remember the first time I got a CD player. It was a yellow walkman. I think I paid like 80 dollars for it, and that was actually a good deal cause I had shopped around a little bit lol. It skipped like crazy, but who cares, cds were becoming new to the mainstream and they were cool.
Then I remember when the first MP3 players started coming out. You couldnt find one cheaper than 100 dollars, and they had like 64 mb of memory.In other words, like a CD.
Now theres these things with color LCD displays and several gigs of memory comin out for 40
Technology is dizzying
lol?
UI looks lousy, but price (and microSD slot) is cool - I wonder how SQ will be
Meh, you can get a refurb'd Sansa View 8gb for $50 if you look hard enough, bigger screen and not a KIRF.
KIRF = "Keeping It Real Fake"; assume this means knock-offs?
As others note, the pricing is super. This player seems to be a great deal (although battery life is low; but still do-able). Yes, the menus are word-based and basic, but, um, who cares about menus? The big question: what is the sound like?
Seemingly, competition for the Sansa Fuze, which also has an expansion slot. No competition from the Apple iPod Nano, which is uber-cool but just behind the times (seemingly so that Apple can get you to continually update, each year).