Spring and summer travel season is just around the corner, and consumers are looking to take with them an extremely portable yet powerful media device at an affordable price," said Larry Smith, ARCHOS COO. "For under $300, the Gmini 402 Camcorder makes it possible for even more consumers to take and store photos and video of their activities and events, making it a great tool for creating podcasts and video blogs of important user-generated content -- a growing trend with young consumers today."

The ARCHOS Gmini 402 Camcorder offers an extensive list of features, including:

-- Capture up to 50 hours(1) of personal videos with the built-in camcorder;

-- Take and store still photos in 1.2 mega pixel resolution, and with a 2x digital zoom;

-- Store up to 80 hours(1) of video, 200,000(1) photos or 10,000(1) songs;

-- Play video and music podcasts;

-- Autosync with Windows Media® Player 10 for easily transferring media files from a PC;

-- Play Windows Media Audio and Video(3) files, including protected Windows Media files;

-- Transfer photos directly from digital cameras(4) using the USB host port;

-- View DVD quality movies and photos on a TV or other display(5);

-- Play MPEG-4 video files(2);

-- Transfer and synchronize content from both PC and Mac computers;