'We became very skeptical of Archos's claim after we noted that a fully charged battery became 30 percent depleted after watching video for about an hour.'
'It was necessary to press the buttons slowly and forthrightly, and I found myself needing to repeat touches far too often.'
'The latest firmware (1.3.05) was very stable and worked in conjunction with the ARM Cortex processor to produce a lag-free experience when moving about the system.'
'a microSDHC slot, which enables you to take the capacity up to 16GB or 24GB with an appropriate card.'
'Frustrating touch keyboard.'
'And with a measly ten hour battery life, a full 14 hours short of the iPod nano, you’ll be lucky to get through a long flight without it dying in your lap.
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'diminutive and inexpensive Archos 2 8GB music player'
'The review praises the device's functionality, including integrated FM receiving and broadcasting as well as its seemingly solid hardware design and upwards of five hours of video battery life. '
'The Archos 704 WiFi suffered from audible system noise during testing,'
'No built-in line-in audio jack'
'its 40/80 GB* hard drive capacity allows you to store up to 50/100 movies encoded with a PC.'
'The brushed-aluminum 704 is controlled almost exclusively via the ample (7-inch) touch screen, which responds to your fingers or the included stylus.'
