Archos Pocket Media Assistant PMA430

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[Learning Community Group's Research Network :: Main Page] It includes a full roster of PIM applications, everything from contact and calendar management to a world clock and a text editor. It plays games--seven are included, mostly of the puzzle and board-game variety, and Archos promises to make more available for download. Finally, the PMA430 comes with built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi, which enables not only Web browsing via the bundled Opera browser but also e-mail access. A 30GB hard drive serves as home for all this software and media and can store data as well.

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[Engadget.com] Archos @ CES - The Pocket Media Assistant PMA430 - Engadget - www ...: For the specialists in the house, this used to be called the AV500 and was first unveiled (a bit prematurely, we might add) back at the CeBIT tech trade show in Germany this past March. Anyway, the reason everyone’s jazzed up about the PMA430 is that it’s a Linux-based portable audio and video player with a 30GB hard drive and an LCD touch screen that also doubles as a PDA. They’ve loaded it up with lots of other niceness too: built-in 802.11b WiFi, USB host (for connecting a keyboard or dumping photos from a digital camer), a removeable battery, and support for Mophun and Qtopia games. Because it runs on Linux you can install new applications for the PMA430, and there are plans to introduce an SDK next month.

[Cnet.com] Archos updates its acclaimed AV420 personal video device - CNET.com: TalkBack: Add your opinion The product: This past summer, Archos, known for making very capable hard drive-based MP3 players, unleashed its breakthrough AV420 portable video gizmo. Now, at CES 2005, the company has revamped this popular model with a ton of innovative new bells and whistles. Christened the PMA430, this gadget boasts a 30GB hard drive and can screen and record movies from TV, DVD, and VCR.

[Unmediated.org] unmediated: CeBIT Video Coverage with Archos PMA430 and Head Camera: Warning: main(http://www.unmediated.org/rebloglist.html): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/.nasnan/yatta/unmediated.org/archives/2005/03/cebit_video_cov.php on line 365

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[Tech.sflare.com] Archos PMA430 Personal Media Player » Tech Talk: Remarkably the Archos PMA430 offers all that in a unit that weighs 10 ounces but contains a 3.6″ LCD screen. Sound quality is remarkably good as is photo viewing and video playback. Even better is the fact you can hook it up to your TV and play the video through your big screen.

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Posted at May 26, 2005 01:49 PM