The special edition PMP is to hit the French market soon

Dec 18, 2007 17:11 GMT  ·  By

You surely remember when book stores everywhere were stormed by millions of kids eager to obtain the latest book of the Harry Potter series. After the stores episode, the thick book took over the subway where readers were spotted with their heads buried in the book.

Recently, the massive Harry Potter hysteria has spread to the electronics market where the giant electronics manufacturer Archos is also part of the witchcraft. After signing a partnership with Warner Bros Entertainment, the French company has rolled out a limited series of portable media players. Not so long ago, the same 605 series of PMP was customized to celebrate Charlie Chaplin.

The limited Harry Potter 605 PMP series from Archos exhibits a 4.3 inch screen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, as well as many other hot specs. Moreover, the player plays all sorts of digital entertainment: movies, TV shows, photos and music. It also allows the user to record the favorite video shows, stream and watch videos from the PC, download movies and music directly to the PMP using Archos Content Portal. Besides that, the 605 version is cool enough to allow its users to surf the Web, share multimedia content and access Web video sites. No to mention it gives the owner the chance to customize the players with fun accessories and plug-ins.

In addition, the player can also view, zoom photos and make slide shows with musical background, as well as transition effects, for viewing on the portable media player, plasmas, LCD, or whatever you got.

The player comes equipped with a generous 20GB of internal memory, which means about 40 episodes of your favorite movie. But the best part is yet to come. Because it's Christmas, the special edition portable media player will come pre-loaded with the first four films while the fifth, "The Order of the Phoenix" owners will have to download via the Archos Content Portal, the moment the DVD release becomes available worldwide. After getting your hands on this baby, you'll only need a cloak to become invisible.

Archos 605 WiFi Harry Potter special edition PMP is going to be available in stores and Archos web store for about EU 279,99, starting like...now!

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