It's a little outdated now, but when I first was looking for the 770, I came across this. Archos PMA
Sounds interesting. Same specs as the 770, except the OS isn't open source, although it is linux. It also has a 30gb hard drive, 8 hrs of battery life, and it can record live TV. It's $150 more than the 770, but that's not bad for 5 more hours of battery life, and a 30gb hard drive.
The main reason I didn't end up getting it was the lack of support from the open source community. There aren't any great sites like itt, maemo, or nokia770 for the archos.
Still an interesting competitor.
Yeah. That's true. Guess I never saw that when I was checking it out. Too bad. That (and the non open source OS) seem like the only two barriers to it being a really good device.
Yeah. That's true. Guess I never saw that when I was checking it out. Too bad. That (and the non open source OS) seem like the only two barriers to it being a really good device.
Not true. The PMA400 runs Linux and there is a nice community variant from openpma.org.
The screen is smaller but very usable. I easily store multiple full length movies, a slew of mp3 files etc with room to spare on the 30gb drive. Most open source applications avaiable for the Zaurus have also been ported to the pma.
I enjoy the 770 but it can't replace my pma400 for movies and real pda functionality.
For me, the 770 + the pma400 are perfect travel companions that make it easy to leave the laptop at home.
Not the same. Price for a PMA400 range from $450 - $700 according to froogle. $700 was the list price about 6 months ago.
If you go straight to the Archos website, you can pick one up for $500.
However, when you look at the price of a 100GB model with a bigger screen (4", 480*272 pixels) for $550, I'd probably just get the 100GB model + the 770.
I hadn't seen that website before. I'll have to check that out.
