The Archos website lists a Car Headrest Mount as an available accessory for their Archos 705 PMP … which by-the-by is a sweet toy if you’re looking for a bigger screen than the 4.3″-screen on the 605 (the 705 has a 7″ screen … nice).  When I followed the “Buy Now” link for the headrest mount it went to the headrest’s page but it clearly lists that it is “NOT compatible with ARCHOS 705″

What’s up?  I’m contacting Archos customer service on this question.  My wife and I have been talking about getting some DVD screens for our car but I’d be more interested in getting a 705 with a car mount so it would have the added web, music, pictures features over the basic DVD player.

But I’ve got to tell you, a friend of mine showed me his Archos (a 400 series at the time) a while back and it certainly peaked my interest. And the new Archos 605 is hot. It surfs the web (the real web … like the iPod touch and phone … not the dumpy mobile web), displays video, photos, pdfs, plays music … plus with a $100 docking station accessory it becomes a mini-PVR, digitally capturing your favourite show for later viewing.

It prices out around the $300 USD mark, which plants it around the iPod Touch price. And I’m certainly a fan of its bright 4.3″ touch screen and the 30 GB hard drive - yes, that’s twice the capacity of the top-end Touch. It makes me think that perhaps it’s the better deal right now … but who knows what the next MacWorld will bring to the iPod Touch.

The remote looks like it doubles as a back-massager, with its sleek and curvy design.

I would have no problem showing off this little box alongside the best of my techno toys.

The product as a whole is impressive. The though of zipping through videos, music, pics, and dabbling in YouTube all wirelessly on a big widescreen tv is cool, but I lose my normal size universal remote quite easily. That little Apple remote is going to be gone in an hour. And heaven forbid my 8-month-old gets a hold of it … it won’t stand a chance.

It almost seems as though the Apple design team were plugging along, excited about the new product, and then realized last minute that a remote might be a needed inclusion. Looking around the office, they seemed to have grabbed an iMac remote. “Ya, that’ll do.” yikes.

If I’m going to have something as cool as the Apple TV sitting in my family room, please provide me with a remote that matches that coolness.

Anyways, Best Buy had one on for $24.99 so I figured now was as best as it’d be for a while.

Tried it out on the way home with my BlackBerry Pearl.  Worked great.  Now if someone would just call me

My wife got me a year’s subscription to Wired magazine. That is a sweet magazine. I tend to default to Mac magazines but Wired covers a broader spectrum of electronics and culture. Plus, there aren’t as many ads at the back of the magazine. For goodness sake, half of MacAddict is ads. I like MacWorld, but even I can only handle so much “mac-related” at one sitting. Wired is a good mix.

Apple is saying there are 300 additions differentiating Leopard from its predecessor Tiger, some of which are simply upgrades on Tiger features.

Will I be running out to buy the new operating system. No. It’s like Apple’s hardware releases. I’m not a big fan of buying new items (software included). I’d rather wait for a few rounds of upgrades and bug-fixes before taking the plunge.

Looks good though.

All that to say I’d like to get to an Apple store and play with some of the new devices.

Soon, I’m sure.

We wait.

But hey, it’s bound to come here. It’s just a matter of time. And given that the iPhone uses the GSM system, Rogers will be the Canadian carrier. I’m a Rogers client right now with my BlackBerry Pearl and while I’m not “uber” happy with Rogers, it’s better than Bell, I suppose.

Of course, I just bought my BlackBerry last spring, so it’ll be a while before I’m ready to fork out more money for another phone, even if it is the iPhone. If Rogers came along with a sweet launch deal for current contracted clients, I may jump at the opportunity, but that would have to be a sweet deal.

And you can guarantee that Canadians are going to get hosed on the data plans. I wish I lived in the States just for their better mobile rates.

So, one day I’m sure I’ll hold an iPhone in my hands, but until then I’ll just have to wait with the rest of the company.

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