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Archos 3 Vision Touch Screen 3 Inch Phone

January 15, 2010 | Cell Phones, Electronics | Comments Off

The Archos 3 Vision We seek to understand (a little late) today is probably the most interesting of the latter group, which opposed the likes of the iPod nano and Samsung YP-R1, but with a touch screen 3 inch wide 16:9 format, and a point of very aggressive pricing. Look around you, and you can easily pick up the 8GB version for between £ 75 and £ 85.

Archos 3 Vision Phone

The good news is that despite its price, the Archos 3 Vision looks and behaves like a very credible rival to the iPod nano – or even Apple is more expensive iPod touch. With 5 and Archos 7 media tablet, Archos rid of his old style rather ugly, squarish and has embraced a curvy, sleek minimalist design and the Archos 3 Vision supports it. From the front it looks like a slightly shrunken iPod touch, with nothing on the bar menu button under the single 3-inch touchscreen, and the glass panel covering the entire area. The banks are bare except for the headphone jack, power / hold switch and a USB connector on the bottom edge. The back of the device is constructed from what looks like brushed aluminum.

The sample we have here is delivered in a cool, chocolate finish, but it is also available in eye-catching red, and either color it should attract some admiring glances from friends and family. Although it is impossible to describe any device with such a good screen size as robust, the Archos 3 feels very solid, and it’s also good to see that Archos has dropped its usual proprietary connectors for a simple mini-USB jack.

These positive impressions continue with the unit. The 3-inch LCD screen is not as amazingly brilliant as, say, the OLED screen on Sony’s Walkman X1060, but it is bright, clear and rich vibrant colors and 400 x 240 pixels is a good match for size. When you look at the photos or videos There is a feeling that the screen has not got any depth of tone and color as some rivals offer, which covers both extremes better than the midrange and viewing angles horizontally and vertically are not very large. However, as a screen for a single person watching video content or navigation on the train or plane, the Archos screen 3 is more than enough. Do not forget that X1060 Walkman will cost you more than double the price of this baby. [via trustedreviews]