Those of you looking for solid, dependable, and portable storage for digital photos, music, or files, may well find exactly what you're looking for in the GMini 220 from Archos.

Measuring just 3 inches high, by 2.75 inches wide, the GMini is compact enough to sit comfortably in your pocket yet built well enough to remain durable despite being so small.

In addition to being so compact, the GMini offers a 20GB hard drive for the storage or tranfer of files. More than just a solution for photographers to transfer pics, the GMini is simply a portable hard drive, which allows the end user to put any kind of file on the GMini as opposed to simply pictures.

One of the best aspects of the GMini is that it has built in Compact Flash reading capability WITHOUT the purchase of an adaptor. Simply open the side of the GMini, insert your card, and transfer your files to the hard drive.

Lastly, the GMini also substitutes as MP3 player, allowing main file storage, photography storage, and music storage all from the same piece of equipment without the purchase of addons.

Compact system - Integrates well into a photographers work flow.

Ease of use - The Archos GMini 220 touts a dual browser system that makes transfer of files to the GMini and within the GMini incredibly easy to use. You do not have to be a techno geek to be able to use this product.

File storage - Photos, music, and more.. without buying an addional adaptor.. what more could you want?

Compact Flash Support - Reader built INTO the body of the unit.

Great Storage - 20 Gigs of hard drive space equate to thousands and thousands of images. Hundreds of dollars saved over buying high storage Compact Flash cards.

No NEF - Currently the GMini cannot display Nikon NEF format images. The unit can still transfer the files to and from Compact Flash and your computer, but you cannot view an image of the file on the unit itself.

Poor Display - The screen display really cannot be used as any credible reference to what the picture actually looks like.

Corruption - Recent reports of picture corruption by some GMini users. Archos has addressed this in a firmware upgrade that is supposed to remedy this problem.

Battery - life is average.

Overall, the GMini 220 is quite impressive as an compliment to any photographers current equipment. If you need additional storage, this is the place to go. Don't buy the GMini as a utility to house pictures to show to your friends, the screen simply isn't good enough. Buy the GMini to save money on Flash Cards and for ease of distribution of your files/photos, and ease-of-use in the field. Two thumbs up from smudge.