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Spyker clones the Archos AV500...Why?
comment: 7 | Monday, September 24 (2007) 04:30PM | Posted by Michael
There are a lot of nice things to be said about Archos players, but "pretty" isn't one of them. Most of their players look like they've been chiseled out of a massive block of metal. An Automaker named Spyker must have liked their industrial design however, since they just announced a player with an uncanny resemblance to the AV500:

  • Display: 4.0" Display (16:9, 262K colors)
  • SD slot
  • Audio: MP3, WMA,ACC
  • Video: AMR, AVI, 3GP, MPEG1, 2, 4, RM, RMVB
  • FM Tuner, and Voice Recorder
  • 1.3MP Camera
  • Battery Life: 8 hours for Audio, 4 hours for video
  • Price: 245 Euros


Doesn't it boggle your mind? I mean, If they're going to go the cloning route, then at least choose a nicer looking player!

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Steve

Comments: 1197
 		Sep 24 (2007) 06:54PM  

Maybe it's not a clone but a rebrand?



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Sep 24 (2007) 07:01PM  

No, the design isn't exact. The controls are different as well.

Here's the AV500:


Pondlife

Comments: 507
 		Sep 24 (2007) 07:06PM  

And the AV500's battery life didn't suck that badly.



bloodycape

Comments: 705
 		Sep 24 (2007) 07:12PM  

Well what do you expect from a company that makes pricey sports cars?



kadajawi

Comments: 51
 		Sep 24 (2007) 07:14PM  

One might expect that a company that creates such beautiful, extravagant cars, could create beautiful, extravagant PMPs. Oh well. Probably they only lend their name to some cheap Chinese stuff, as so many companies seem to do these days.



Pondlife

Comments: 507
 		Sep 24 (2007) 07:43PM  

The one above is upto 2Gb flash memory, ouch, has expansion, but if that lowers the battery life even more, oh dear.

They have what looks like an M6 clone too, has memory slot too, but lame battery life again too.



The Netherlands

Comments: 36
 		Sep 27 (2007) 07:25PM  

Archos does make beautifull players. I really like the AV 500 design. This new player however is not.



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