The Archos 605, one of the latest and exciting products from Archos Entertainment has come at a time when most people had given up on a good blend between internet tablets and media players. Yet this personal media player has cleared any doubts on everyone’s mind that one can enjoy top quality entertainment playing videos, MP3s while at the same time accessing and using the internet. Not very many products can claim to match such capabilities. It offers plenty of movies that can be uploaded or downloaded depending on one’s tastes.

The users of this device will be impressed by its small size of 127.5 mm by 78.3 mm by 12.9 mm with a weight of 250 grams, which hardly betrays its multiple functionalities. Carried in a metal case that is polished Archos 605 has a slim, sleek, stylish and sexy look. It does not bear any ugly protrusions in the pocket and the player remains admirably small. It has two USB ports enabling one to feed it with content from two sources simultaneously. This also enables one to download content to it from other sources as well transfer material to other destinations effortlessly.

Almost all the functions of this player are inbuilt with the only external control mechanisms being one for volume and another for switching off or powering on. With easy fitting headphones one can enjoy endless hours of music without any interruption. The PMP is able to stand by itself hence giving one a wide variety of options when it comes to getting a perfect view. It has a large display screen with the menu placed strategically on the corner from where it is easy to navigate. Because of the wireless streaming feature, one can download online content. While web access is to be paid for, the web browser on Archos 605 is very efficient and quite fast.

The Archos 605 can play a wide variety of content files including MPEG 4, WMV, XviD, JPEG video, WMA, MP3, WAV and Divx file formats. Other applications that are also supported on this device include PDF, PNG and BMP. This gives it a superior edge as well as compatibility with other media supported by any of these mechanisms. The Archos sound quality can be improved with matching head phones. The screen provides very high resolution hence quality images are guaranteed.

With all its features, Archos 605 is one of the best of what the market currently has to offer in terms of multimedia PMPs.