Archos AV500 review
The Archos AV 500 is a portable media player with a big screen, big hard-drive capacity and big battery life – all fitting in the palm of your hand

The Archos AV 500 is a portable media player with a big screen, big hard-drive capacity and big battery life – all fitting in the palm of your hand
Creative’s Zen Vision is a 30GB clever clogs, majoring in vision with a 3.7in widescreen and an AV-out jack
The Sansa c150 is small, simple and has a decent colour screen for photo viewing. It takes AAA batteries but is so cheap you won’t be letting that bother you
Sony’s latest looks like a snazzy USB key but has simplified controls making it easy to use and a bright, clear OLED screen
B&O’s Beosound 2 boasts a solid build, display-less design and a 512MB SD card to store your music
The 2GB Samsung YP-T8Q boasts 2GB flash memory, a plethora of settings and a generous 1.8inch widescreen
This Archos has a seven inch screen, weighs a whopping 590g and doubles as a neat video recorder
The Creative Zen Vision:M does Music, films, TV, radio and photography with a 30GB hard drive and high-res colour screen
iAudio’s X5 has a display of 260,000 colours, built in JetAudio software, a 1.8in screen and 3.5 hours of playback
The iRiver H10 isn’t the new kid on the block anymore, but it’s tried and tested and simple to opertate
Creative’s Zen Microphoto matches the Nano’s 1.5in screen and doubles memory capacity to 8GB. Not bad for a little ’un.
If you’re a fashionista looking for a new MP3 player and don’t value sound quality, this is the player for you