Archos Gmini XS200 20 GB

I-Pods are cool. They are, too look at, an I-pod is pretty sexy. I-pods revolutionised how we listen to music. MP3 players have been around for ages, and they haven't been relatively expensive. I-Pods have been expensive, they've always been expensive, and to be honest, they still are. But something about them made them flock of the shelves. Celebrity endorsement? Various cool colours? Whatever it was, it certainly worked, and Apple im sure are laughing all the way to the bank, if not posssibly buying their own bank to store their dosh in. Its probably I-tunes that did it. When the sharing of music collapsed (to an extent) Apple got in and launched a easy ...  Read the complete review

After seeing everyone on the train listening to their ipods I decided that I too wanted one, however, I was not going to shell out that much money, and after all my friends saying how they are always breaking down, I started to look for something better. The Archos Gmini XS202 is a fantastic little MP3 player, in fact it is (so far) the smallest 20gb MP3 player on the market. Using USB2 (and 1 if you do not have 2) you simply plug in, and drag and drop. Or if you are feeling happy that all the music you have on your PC is to go onto it, then you can synchronise it with the PC using Windows Media Player. Creation of play lists can be a ...  Read the complete review

Sadly, I have been through 3 of these in 1 year! It was love at first sight but then things started to go downhill. Pro's: Lovely little things. Much smaller than iPod equivalent. Getting going is not that straight forward, but once you're up and running its really easy to put new music on. Cons: All 3 of these that I have had, have had the same problem. They would erratically turn themselves off. When you turn them back on again to resume, it doesn't resume where it left off. I decided I could live with this (as it happened with replacements 2 and 3), but then the battery completely failed. The manufacturer directed me back to my dealer (who couldn't ...  Read the complete review

I am an archos xs 200 mp3 player for a little more than a year now. More than an player I had used for data storage due to the efficient quality and space that this product offered to me; without any dough I can tell that anyone who look at it thinks that is a pager or something similar because it is a really small unit and it feats on the pocket during the whole day. You don’t need any kind of software or installers for the computer, it installs itself , it is very strong , my unit has scratches everywhere because the bad used and I can guarantee that the unit is still working at its 100 % . the color on this item is cool and professional for those who use for working ...  Read the complete review