Archos teases new touch PMP

The Archos 3.

With about as much fanfare as a prison release, a new Archos touch-screen MP3 player made an appearance on the manufacturer's Web site this morning, along with a handful of product specs.

The product page shows off a new pocket-size MP3 player called the Archos 3, featuring a 3-inch, color, touch screen, 8GB of storage, photo playback, a voice recorder, a calendar, a stopwatch, and 14 hours of battery life.

Archos isn't saying when we'll see the Archos 3, how much it will cost, what kind of files it can play, or really giving any indication why anyone should care. Hey, at least it looks more interesting than the Archos 2 player the company silently released back in April.

Here's hoping this is all leading up to a revision of Archos' strongest product, the Archos 5.

[Brent212]

I heard it was 100 bucks.

[Rod Roddy]

There is something to be said about a company that labels its products in a backwards fashion?!?

[renGek]

The company has bad marketing in the u.s. but their products are true useful gadgets. Not like those other nonsense pretty and shiny gadgets that you pay a premium for and when you sit and think about it you go "why the heck did I pay all that money for video when it can't do video properly (lack of file format support, low resolution, itty bitty screen....)

[TechnoMan475392]

My iPod touch is great! All the archos products look appealing, but in the end, they don't have the app support/iTunes support like my iPod does. The new UMPC they made looks good, however.

[renGek]

yes but the ipod touch is really poor at video. You pay alot of extra money for the video and the video is subpar. File format support is truly pathetic on the touch/iphone which is why I bought an archos player instead. Resolution on the touch is very low as well and the screen is just too small to watch a movie on it without wanting to stab your eyes out. Overall, it just didn't work as a useful pvp. The archos 5 is very good as a pvp but I think their new archos 9 tablet is going to really kick some behind.

[jazzbase]

Man please!
I wish someone would ask me for 270 for a Archos.

I would be on the evening news

[hapygirl]

Jazzbase, it's been a long time. I'd like to know how you're doing. JB/hapygirl

[4dthinker]

Let us know when you know a price and a source to buy one. Just like the ZuneHD it's all vaporware until I can find one in a local store.