Abstract: Gone are the days when the majority of digital music players only played your favorite tunes. Now there are devices that can load photos and videos, help you organize your podcasts, and let you listen to FM radio. When it comes to digital music players...
Frustrating interface. Limited file support. So-so battery life. Display is prone to burn-in. Audible hum behind music played at low levels.
The Archos 105 can be forgiven for most of its shortcomings because of its incredibly low price for the storage capacity you get—but there are better budget digital music players on the market....
Stylish body, good image quality for such a small screen, impressive sound.
Limited features, difficult to navigate interface.
The Archos 105 is a very, very basic portable player and part of the companys newly released Generation 5 family of products. Archos claims to have made the first portable video player, and its reputation in that category is fairly strong. But given ...
The Archos 105 MP3 player is one of the least expensive video-worthy MP3 players on the market.
The Archos 105 only comes in a 2GB capacity and lacks competitive features such as an FM tuner, voice recorder, or line recorder. Despite its relatively large screen, the video resolution is disappointing.
There are better MP3 players than the Archos 105 available at this price, but few with so large a screen.
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Published: 2007-11-02, Author: Donald , review by: cnet.com
The Archos 105 MP3 player is one of the least expensive video-worthy MP3 players on the market.
The Archos 105 only comes in a 2GB capacity and lacks competitive features such as an FM tuner, voice recorder, or line recorder. Despite its relatively large screen, the video resolution is disappointing.
There are better MP3 players than the Archos 105 available at this price, but few with so large a screen.
Archos' 105 isn't a bad player for the money. Just under £60 gets you an attractive, well-designed piece of kit, a reasonably-sized colour LCD screen and decent usability as well, all of which are hard to come by at this end of the market.But it's rather ...
The Archos 105 does many things, but none of them really well. Wed recommend this player only for someone who doesnt want to spend a lot of money for a device to multitask with music, videos, and photos. The Archos 105 would be a good first player f...
