September 5, 2007, isn’t likely to go down as The Day the Non-Apple MP3 Player Died, despite the introduction of the insanely anticipated iPod touch. The interface and WiFi goodies packed into it appeal to everyone who wants an iPhone without the eye-popping price and ear-pooping phone.
The iPod touch’s nearest competitor outside the cell phone market is currently the Archos 605 WiFi, a slim and sexy portable video player with a high-res 4.3-inch touchscreen. For an extra $30 on top of the base price, you can get extra features like a Web browser for surfing and instant YouTube access — both free with the iPod touch.
Archos adds over-the-air movie downloads, direct AV recording from your TV (another optional but essential goodie), and streaming music and videos from a WiFi-networked computer directly to the player. You can even transfer files wirelessly, which reminds me of how disappointed I am that what Jobs said Apple had been working on for two years turned out to be a Starbucks partnership and not wireless iPod syncing with computers.
Size matters too, though: The 605 WiFi is nearly an inch taller than the iPod touch and twice as thick. I dig that Archos offers both flash (4GB) and hard drive versions (30, 80, and 160GB) — something I hope Apple takes to heart in future iterations of the iPod touch. After all, I’m betting if the massively endowed 160GB iPod classic sells particularly well, they’ll find a way to cram a big hard drive into a touchscreen iPod, even at the expense of making it a tad thicker.
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