Windows Phone Thoughts: Archos's PMA430: PDA + PMC Competitor

"We spent some precious moments yesterday afternoon with the Archos crew, mainly because we were dying to get a look at their new Pocket Media Assistant PMA430. For the specialists in the house, this used to be called the AV500 and was first unveiled (a bit prematurely, we might add) back at the CeBIT tech trade show in Germany this past March. Anyway, the reason everyone’s jazzed up about the PMA430 is that it’s a Linux-based portable audio and video player with a 30GB hard drive and an LCD touch screen that also doubles as a PDA...Because it runs on Linux you can install new applications for the PMA430, and there are plans to introduce an SDK next month. Of course we also snapped a mess of pics."



There's been a lot of buzz about this device ever since it was rumored about 6 months ago, especially since it's one of the first "PDA + hard drive portable media center" solutions. I'm going to hold off making an evaluation until I read some more reviews or get my hands on one, especially since I have no idea how good Qtopia (which is what I presume they're using) is as a PDA solution... but the potential is certainly exciting. One part of me says "this is way too complex and bulky to be a useful PDA", while the other suggests "all I need is a unit like this, with WiFi and Bluetooth". :dilemma: Where does your sentiments lie?