Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder

PUSHING MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT TO NEW LIMITS!

The word 'multimedia' gets a whole new depth with the Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder. This baby offers you the best of music and video in the palm of your hand and the ability to capture those priceless moments.

Designed for media enthusiasts who want to take their videos, photos and music with them all on a stylish pocket-sized device.

With its sleek metallic design, the Gmini 402 measures only 4-inches long and is 5.64 ounces, yet it has the largest hard drive capacity and color LCD screen for a product of its size!

Camcorder
Record your personal videos in MPEG-46 format directly to your Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder 20 GB capacity. Three different modes are available for you to select the adequate resolution to your needs. In low mode, you may capture up to 50 hours of your personal videos and 13 hours in high resolution (VGA). The Gmini 402 Camcorder also has a digital zoom 2x. With DSC function, your Gmini 402 Camcorder can be used as a still camera allowing you to take photos with maximum resolution of 1.2 mega pixels.

Music Player
Easily transfer songs from your PC and organize them with the enhanced ARCLibrary. Store up to 10,000 songs in the most used format such as MP3, WMA, WAV and protected WMA (PlaysForSure™ files). Customize your view by artist, album, type of music, title, year, and create play lists without having to use a computer. The Gmini 402 Camcorder also offers an audio recording application to record (encoding in real time) in WAV (PCM or ADPCM), from almost all analog stereo sources. You can also use the stereo microphone if you wish to record notes to yourself for easy access later.

Play Video
Download videos from your PC using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Store up to 80 hours of video. Play MPEG-46 and WMV2, including protected WMV2 files. Play back on the 2,2" LCD, your telly or any external screen.

Photo wallet
Transfer photos directly from your digital camera or from another mass storage device using the built-in USB host connection, or from a computer using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Store up to  200,000 photos. Organize photos in easy thumbnail or slideshow views, and watch them on the Gmini 402 Camcorder screen or any external display.

Connectivity
The Gmini 402 Camcorder has a USB Host Port enabling you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices such as digital cameras, card readers, USB keys, and powered portable hard drives. Play back directly any compatible contents on the external hard drive connected to your Gmini 402 Camcorder (no data transfer needed). The Gmini 402 Camcorder also features a high-speed USB 2.0 interface to connect your device to your PC or Mac and easily transfer contents. Additionnally, the TV output will allow you to enjoy photos and movies on any external screen.

PC Autosync
Using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface, the Gmini 402 Camcorder will easily auto-synchronize this content with Windows Media® Player 10 each time you connect it to your PC, or convert your Windows Media® Player 10 library content to one of the many compatible formats (MP3, WMA, WAV, protected WMA, MPEG-46, WMV2 and protected Windows Media® Video2).

Play Games
Play popular Mophun™ games directly on the Gmini 402 Camcorder or on a TV. Demo games are included in the Gmini 402 Camcorder and you can purchase games on the ARCHOS Web site.

With a whopping 20GB capacity  to store up to 80 hours of  video,  200,000 photos or 10,000 songs,  the Gmini 402 Camcorder is the ultimate Multimedia Travel Companion!

Features

• A seriously sleek, wafer thin video camera, stills camera, MP3 player, games console, movie file player and voice recorder in one
• A 2.2" LCD colour screen
• Built-in microphone
• The console is silver and red in colour
• Suitable for ages 14 years+
• Includes the console, an AV cable and adaptor, earphones, full instructions and a pouch
• Requires a PC with Windows® ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port, Macintosh® G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher, or Macintosh® G3 and USB 2.0 port
• Minimum configuration for Playsforsure - content requires a PC with Windows® XP SP1 or higher, Windows Media® Player 10 or higher
• Requires a USB cable (included), AV cable (included), and an AC power charger (included)
• Up to 10 hours of battery life
• Size: 10.6 x 6 x 1.7 cm

Reviews:

"This thing is pretty cool (...) Archos, it seems, has done it again."
Gizmodo

"The Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder looks more attractive than ever, now that it's added a camcorder and a still camera to its long list of music and video features."
CNET

"Very good"
PC Magazine