
Archos digital mini cam portable#
The company started phasing its portable media players in 2008 to focus more on its Android tablet range. This development highlighted a trend in the technology industry where beating competitors to the market and equipping products with the most advanced technology available do not always translate to success. In the latter part of the 2000s, Archos began to lose to Apple, which - for its part - introduced its own portable devices such as the iPod. Archos' success during this period was attributed to its strategy of technological leadership, releasing different iterations of a product line, which featured a succession of products with better specifications and technology than their predecessors. This product paved the way for the high-capacity DAPs, which finally resulted in the wide adoption of digital and MP3 players. 2.4 Digital camcorders, audio/video players and PDAsīy the year 2000, Archos became an important player in the portable media player market and this was demonstrated by the groundbreaking year 2000 release of the very first disk-based digital audio player (DAP) called Jukebox 6000.2.2 Handheld computers with ARM compatible processors.

2.1 Handheld and portable computers with x86 compatible processors.
