Archos PMA400
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The Archos PMA400 is a personal digital assistant (PDA) from Archos, with a hard disk drive and audio and video playback and recording capabilities, so it also functions as a portable media player (PMP). The PMA400 was the most expensive within the line of products that they supplied.
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Release date | January 2005 |
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Discontinued | Yes |
Storage | 20GB, 30GB |
Display | QVGA touchscreen LCD |
Graphics | AVI containing MPEG-4 Simple Profile Video and MP3 or ADPCM; JPEG, GIF, BMP |
Sound | MP3, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV |
Input | Built in microphone, line-in, mic-in, composite video, S-Video |
Camera | (Into AVI, MPEG-4 SP + MP3) from external sources, like cable or satellite television tuners |
Connectivity | USB 2.0, 802.11b Wi-Fi, USB Host, IrDA, 3.5 mm jack for earphones / line-out, built-in speaker, composite video |
Power | Battery: max. 9.5 hours |
Mass | 280 g |
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Based on the Linux Qtopia Embedded operating system, the device is more like a personal digital assistant than a normal media player. The PMA400 features the following:
- IR remote
- Software (pre-installed or from online feed)
- PIM: E-mail client, Agenda, Calendar, Contact Directory
- Text Viewer and Editor
- PDF Viewer
- Opera and Konqueror Embedded web browsers
- Podcast client
- Most Qtopia apps that work out of the box are available.
- Games using the Mophun engine
Though it remains Archos's only dedicated PDA, some of its features can be seen on the later 604WiFi including touchscreen and web browsing.