| One of the great benefits of a lot of the new | | | | photos. |
| technologies coming out these days is the fact that | | | | All of the above is pretty standard for a portable |
| so many devices are so versatile when it comes to | | | | video, but the Archos 604 WiFi goes well beyond the |
| what they do. Consider for a moment what the well | | | | features of other portable video devices. For |
| connected traveler would have needed twenty years | | | | example, in addition to playing video, it can also |
| ago in order to communicate with the outside world | | | | record video. This alone opens up a lot of possibilities |
| during a trip and stay entertained in a variety of | | | | for this device. For example, with the proper docking |
| mediums. For music, they would have needed a | | | | stations, the Archos 604 WiFi becomes a full fledged |
| portable cassette player like a walk man. For | | | | digital video recorder that can replace a home TV set |
| photographs, they probably would have had some | | | | top model. Plus, with the fact that it can record in |
| kind of an old fashioned thirty five millimeter film | | | | MPEG-4 video compression format, the Archos 604 |
| camera. For video, they would have needed one of | | | | WiFi can record over one hundred hours of video. |
| those huge camcorders that recorded on VHS. While | | | | That video can then be played back on the device |
| a mobile phone of some sort probably would have | | | | itself or back over the TV set. Thus the Archos 604 |
| been useful, such technology didn't really exist at that | | | | WiFi can serve as a truly functional digital video |
| time, and the same thing would have been true for | | | | recorder. |
| the Internet. In any case, that translates into a lot of | | | | Archos also supplies a number of optional accessories |
| luggage. | | | | that can expand the uses of the Archos 604 WiFi |
| Now we have technology that allows people to have | | | | even further. One great accessory is a special helmet |
| all of those needs taken care of by a few compact | | | | camera that can be connected to Archos 604 WiFi. |
| devices. | | | | Together, the two can be used as a full action |
| One example of such a device that handles a wide | | | | camcorder that's great for recording everything from |
| variety of technological needs is the Archos 604 WiFi. | | | | family vacations to extreme action sports. The |
| This device is basically a portable video device that's | | | | resulting video can then be played on the unit's |
| had a lot of features added on top the basics for | | | | screen, a normal TV, or be uploaded onto the |
| such a device. Like other portable video devices the | | | | Internet to share with others. |
| Archos 604 WiFi has a color LCD screen and a high | | | | Add all of these video features to wireless web |
| capacity hard drive combined into a compact casing. | | | | browsing and optional accessories that can turn the |
| The screen is 4.3 inches wide with a 16:9 aspect ratio | | | | Archos 604 WiFi into a car stereo system, and you |
| and the hard drive stores up to thirty gigabytes of | | | | have a seriously versatile piece of electronics. |
| data. It can play video, play audio, and display digital | | | | |