The Archos Gmini, for my requirements, is one of the best MP3 players on the market and is brilliant value for money. That being said, I think it's really important to add the disclaimer "for my requirements" as the main things I love about my Archos may well be negatives to the Ipod lovers out there. Owning a smart phone, all I really want from my music player is a simple system with the biggest possible memory size in the smallest possible package. I don't want to play solitaire on it, watch video clips and I really don't care about album art. For me, the Gmini achieves just that. It's a simple, no frills design that packs 20 ...  Read the complete review

At 7.5 x 6 x 2cm the Gmini is small enough for a pocket although it is quite heavy for its size (you won't be clipping it to your collar like some of the new tiny ones). The computer recognises it as another hard drive (like a memory stick), so it's very easy & quick to transfer files, including setting up folders if you want to. It will happily play mp3, wma, BBC iplayer files, any audio files I've thrown at it in fact. I find the navigation system a bit counter-intuitive and fiddly, especially for setting up playlists, but I soon got used to it. The buttons are rather easy to nudge by mistake. There is a "lock keys" option which ...  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