Archos Gmini XS 100 Mini Music Player 3GB - Blue

Bought this for my daughter for Christmas, downloaded songs very easily but it started clicking by Boxing Day and couldn't read from Hard Disk showing an error. Amazon great, sent out new one same day - same problem with the replacement before we'd done anything with it! Very disappointed daughter, still not got her Christmas gift, trying to find a replacement with as much memory and that is easy to use. First class service from Amazon though - very impressed!

I received the Gmini as a birthday gift. i am generally pretty pleased with it. Nice and compact, but not too small and fiddly like some on the market. I especially like the fact that it runs from Windows Media Player, and doesnt need any additional software. The only critisms are the headphones and the fact that the only way to charge is via a USB port, unless you spend another £20 on a mains charger. i have upgraded the headphones to Sennheiser MX350's, which are quite cheap and much, much better sound quality.

Came very close to buying the last Sony digital player - but stopped after reading the reviews - decided on this - and what a fab decision. Just a great player. No software. Just use Windows Media 10 (or 9) to copy music etc over to player. Playes for sure guarantee - mp3/wav/wma. Just brilliant. Superb sound quality. Very light in weight - but robust casing. 3 colours to choose from. Enormous amount of disk space.For my money in knocks other players into a cocked hat. Been using for week - no drawbacks so far. Excellent battery life. I did buy better earphones (recommend Phillips). Excellent price as well. Also visit Archos website - They have been around since 1988 - but who has ever heard of them???? Not a household name, but they should be.Go on treat yourself!

i have owned a gmni xs200 for a couple of years and have not regretted buying it once. my nine yr old wanted an mp3 player and so naturally i went for a similar thing. the xs100 operates in exactly the same way as the xs 200, with no additional software needed, just drag and drop the files required.She was made up i could get it in pink, and in my opinion it is much better than a similar ipod i bought for my older daughter which she has had endless trouble with.The only reason i haven't given it 5 stars is it seems it can only be charged via the usb port, but other than that its the business.

Just got the item now and it is fantastic. The volume is loud enough and there are no problems with it. The only thing that is a bit of a pain is the fact that I cannot access the songs from the computer and I have to download them onto the computer in order to make changes then put them back onto the MP3 player. Overall though it was a great buy and much cheaper than the other makes.