- Archos PMA400
The Archos PMA400 is a
personal digital assistant (PDA) fromArchos , with ahard disk drive and audio and video playback and recording capabilities, so it also functions as aportable media player (PMP). The PMA400 was the most expensive within the line of products that they supplied.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 andKonqueror Embedded web browsers
**Podcast client
** Most Qtopia apps that work out of the box are available.
* Games using theMophun engineThough it remains Archos's only dedicated PDA, some of its features can be seen on the later 604WiFi including touchscreen and web browsing.
OpenPMA
The original firmware had some major bugs that are now being gradually fixed in an open source firmware by the [http://www.openpma.org/wiki/ open"PMA" project] . Added functionality from openPMA are:
* Audio support from openPMA: Ogg vorbis,
Musepack
* Many Zaurus packages are compatible or have been adapted
* Access SMB/CIFS network shares usingSamba (software) and a GUI frontend
* Act as a SMB/CIFS server allowing other computers on the network to access the internal hard disk
* The [http://www.archopen.org MediOS] extension originally developed for the AV and Gmini series is available enabling the user to runNES ,Sega Mega Drive emulators and "Doom" interpreter.ee also
*
Archos Generation 5
*List of handhelds with Wi-Fi connectivity
*List of portable media players with Wi-Fi connectivity External links
* [http://www.archos.com/ Manufacturer's Website]
* [http://www.openpma.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenPMA wiki]
* [http://www.pointlisse.com/PMA430/ Archos PMA430 on PointLisse.com]
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