'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.'
'The 5G iPod is available in black or white, and its polished backside gently slopes in from the front of the player, so it glides into pockets.'
'Not compatible with some old accessories.'
'The 2.5-inch screen that?s on the new iPod is capable of displaying photos and video at up to a 320x240 resolution, either on the iPod's own LCD or when output to a television.'
'However, the screen (like the screen on most players in this class) is too small to comfortably watch video for long.'
'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.'
