Archos Unveils First Digital Music Player With Color Screen, Video Playback And Photo Viewer; Gmini400 Provides Portable Entertainment Experience With Music, Video, Photo And Gaming Capabilities

1-Sep-04

Archos, Inc. has announced the launch of the Gmini400, a new hard-drive-based digital audio player that features the industryís first 2.2-inch color LCD screen and features such as video playback, photo viewing, and gaming, all in a portable unit. The Gmini400 goes beyond music to bring exciting new features such as video playback, color LCD display for viewing photos and videos, a built-in Compact Flash reader for transferring photos and data, and the ability to access and play games directly on the device. The lightweight, ultra-slim Gmini400 measures (in inches LWH) 4.2 x 2.4 x .07, making it one of the smallest portable music players available today, and allows users to record up to 300 hours of music and play MP3, WMA, and WAV music files. In addition, the Gmini400 gives consumers much more than a standard digital audio player, with the ability to store and view up to 200,000 digital photos, play Mophun games and play up to 80 hours1 of MPEG-4 videos - all on the color LCD or TV display.ìArchos continues to evolve its audio players to ensure consumers can enjoy far more than music on one compact device, and does so at an unmatched price for the general consumer,î said Henri Crohas, Chief Executive Officer of Archos. ìWe have always been focused on providing customers with feature rich products that allow them to take their favorite content with them, and this product is no different. The Gmini400 goes beyond the standard digital audio player by offering many compelling features on one device, providing the richest portable entertainment experience possible.î The Gmini400 has a suggested retail price of $399.95.The new Gmini400 allows consumers to enjoy:--Pocket Music - record, listen to and archive entire music collections (MP3, WMA, and WAV files) - up to 300 hours, make a playlist directly on the device and organize music without the need for a computer.--Pocket Video - play back MPEG-4 music videos and movies on the 2.2-inch color LCD screen, with 640 x 400 at 30 frames per second resolution. Consumers can also view video externally on a TV display or projector.--Pocket Photo - store and view photos transferred from a digital camera or computer (PC or Macintosh), copy images from Compact Flash cards using the built-in Compact Flash reader, or use an optional adaptor for SmartMedia, MMC, SD or Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro cards.--Pocket Games - The Gmini400 incorporates the mophun gaming accelerator from Synergenix Interactive. Today, there are more than 200 games developed for mophun and a selection of these, as well as other new games, will be made available to Archos users. One free game is included with the Gmini400 and more games will be made available for purchase on the Archos web site.--Pocket Storage - store all important data to take on the road on the 20GB hard drive.More information is available online at www.archos.com.

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