Are you looking for a stylish and high end MP3 player at a reasonable budget? The solution might be the Archos Gmini 220 which is a self-contained device equipped with all possible features and the look is equally interesting.

It looks like a shiny rectangular box in a silver shade. The edges of the case are shielded with rubber. It gives a tough competition to the Apple’s products. The display is a black and white and this is quite large in size.

The front part of the device contains a wide keypad which accommodates all functional keys. The stop, pause and menu key are extremely responsive and handle the MP3 player perfectly. The keys are enhanced with a blue backlight which makes it pretty convenient to use.

The re is a Compact Flash slot placed at the sides of the device under the rubber flaps. This particular model comes with an integrated photo storage facility. This is the reason you do not need to carry an adaptor to go through the stored photographs.

You also get the AC adaptor with this MP3 player and there are cables which connect it to the external out puts. The sound quality of the ear piece is good enough that you can hear the music even of there is much sound in the surroundings.

The operating systems like windows 98 considers the Archos Gmini 220 as a hard drive and this is the reason you can easily transfer your favorite songs to this device from your computer and vice versa. It can play music in different formats like WMA, WAV etc apart from the MP3 tracks.

The available storage space is 20 GB which is enough to accommodate all the songs and many other files. Creating play lists and organizing the songs is quite easy with this device.