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Archos XS104 out and about
comment: 17 | Thursday, June 01 (2006) 10:06AM | Posted by Robert Sinke
Well, the "May" window ended up being more like a "May/June" release date - but in the end it's the availability that counts. Archos is apparently ready to pump out their XS104 by now.

The 4GB (micro-hdd) XS104 measures 91 x 43 x 14mm, weighs 80 grams, comes with a 262k color display (1.5-inch diameter) and the ability to display pictures, as well as output MP3/WMA (DRM) and WAV files. It officially costs 199 Euro, but we managed to find it for 179.90 Euro already.

Big question being: why would you want to buy this instead of, say, a 4GB SanDisk Sansa e250 (flash memory-based) or a 20GB Archos XS202s/iriver H10? They're almost equally-expensive, and there's little going for the XS104 when compared to such material.

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Cyburn

Comments: 38
 		Jun 01 (2006) 11:01AM  

cool color screen



Lone

Comments: 973
 		Jun 01 (2006) 11:04AM  

I'm waiting to see what they do with a 'next-gen' XS202.



Zyclonz

Comments: 122
 		Jun 01 (2006) 11:35AM  

if they release an "next-gen xs202" now like a week after i just got my "old" xs202 im gonna be a little... well mad if you want :p



Allen
Location: Dub Vee Ooo
Comments: 1511
 		Jun 01 (2006) 01:27PM  

IMO Archos should stick to.... pmps



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Jun 01 (2006) 02:55PM  

Archos is dead to me if they don't release something new by the end of the year and I'm not talking about color screen versions to their past players either. The black one does look nice but provide some video or extra features.



Charbax

Comments: 32
 		Jun 01 (2006) 03:37PM  

This device is announced at 150 dollars when it gets released in USA.

Just compare it with the Ipod Nano, same GB, half price, small nearlz as an ipod shuffle.. OLED colour screen for max usage and lowest battery life.

This is the first OLED colour screen from Archos, just wait for the next gen 4" OLED products that I am sure Archos is going to announce soon.



pecker

Comments: 501
 		Jun 01 (2006) 06:09PM  

they need to make and focus on another gmini that fullfils its name unlike the gmini500 imo



dasmenneke

Comments: 135
 		Jun 01 (2006) 06:15PM  

Charbax: the only OLED pmp that I've seen (with a decent oled screen) was the NeoSol? and it was expensive as hell...

and like robert sinke says; the sansa is a much better deal and sansa>nano anyday...

they should just make a gmini 402 with 4/6gb of flash, usb host, sd card (support for 1-2-4gb cards), and because of the flash memory a battery life of 30h audio and 6h video, that would kick ass.
Also B-frames support should be improved in the archos devices, as I've heard numerous complaints about it.
[ edited Jun 01 (2006) 06:28PM ]



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Jun 01 (2006) 07:32PM  

Like the E10 more. My freind is getting it soon.



AceOfClubs

Comments: 37
 		Jun 01 (2006) 08:41PM  

Instead of a flash based gmini 402, it would be great if Archos could combine the xs202 and 402, borrowing the 402's functionality and 202's size to make the gmini 302.

(wishful thinking)
[ edited Jun 01 (2006) 08:44PM ]



zip22

Comments: 1809
 		Jun 01 (2006) 09:51PM  

Charbox wrote ...
Just compare it with the Ipod Nano, same GB, half price, small nearlz as an ipod shuffle.. OLED colour screen for max usage and lowest battery life.


not only is it more than double the size of the ipod nano, it is 3 times the size of the ipod shuffle. it is also not half the price of the ipod nano. it is 3/5th the price (if the quoted price is indeed accurate). its battery life is rated the same as the ipod nano, and previous companies oled attemps in micro harddrive players have fallen short of the ipod nano's screen.




Steve

Comments: 1197
 		Jun 02 (2006) 08:46AM  

I'm with those waiting for a serious upgrade
to the 202. Add color, video, text viewing, usb host
etc to that form factor and it would be the ideal player.
Maybe a boost in sound quality, too....I understand
Sigmatel has a chipset available. They could call it
the X'SK'202 - Super Karma.



Charbax

Comments: 32
 		Jun 04 (2006) 10:40PM  

Using the OLED screen means more and better screens using less power.

The next kick-ass product that Archos is probably preparing is the size of the Gmini400 but with a 4" OLED screen the size of the AV500, wifi, removable battery and modules for WiMAX, 3.5G, Camera, Video Recording, GPS and more.. And probably that Archos has a working prototype of a 4" OLED touchscreen device in their labs. The ultimate device will run software for VOIP, IM, EMAIL, BROWSING, and more. Probably running Linux OS Qtopia 2.2. The screen resolution might be more than 480x272, it might be 800x480 or even 1024x600. Basically what Archos is probably preparing is a device which is more than twice as fast, twice as small and twice as cheap as any 2006 UMPC or 2006 products from Sony and Apple.

Read more rumors at my website [Linky]



Sammystein

Comments: 1
 		Jun 05 (2006) 07:04PM  

The actual name of this product is the Archos 104 (no more XS designation), and the price will be $159.99 for the 4GB player.



egloskerry

Comments: 410
 		Jun 07 (2006) 01:05AM  

So basically zip, your reason why this is worse than the nano is because it's bigger. I'm sure some people would rather save 100$ than have something as small as a nano.



zip22

Comments: 1809
 		Jun 10 (2006) 02:49AM  

i never said it was worse. i was correcting Charboxes multiple errors.

on that note, the nano is better in more than a few areas.
it is available (and has been for more than nine months)
it is much smaller
it uses flash memory

i wouldn't say its all around better, but this product is boring. what about buying say the e260 for $130? doesn't that make this player pretty obsolete?

[ edited Jun 10 (2006) 03:40PM ]



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