http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
Sounds like you have never owned an Archos device.]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
Archos has a history of software problems, but hopefully switching from proprietary OS or Android will alleviate those issues]]>Sep 1st 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 3rd 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
For about the same price as the 32GB ipod touch, Archos provides a 500GB Android tablet pocketable device!]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/]]>Sep 1st 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Seems pretty reasonable, provided they don't still have those expensive 'plugins' that old Archos have. ]]>Sep 1st 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
Right now, according to these leaks from B&H Photo Video site, the Archos A5 160GB costs only $20 more than the 16GB ipod touch. And the Archos A5 500GB costs only $20 more than the 32GB ipod touch.]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
Just like you said these are basically very expensive MP3 players. Internet Media Tablet is like sony saying it Vaio P isn't a netbook its a "LifeStyle PC". A very fancy name for PMP (portable media player) with a crappy internet browser that will crash the device after about 5 minutes.]]>Sep 1st 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
Putting the whole Internet and all the videos and music in the world in your pocket is a very powerful experience.

Also, ARM Android devices are much better than Intel. Intel is more expensive, costs more money, is hot, much heavier (5x-10x heavier), Intel consumes 10x to 20x more battery power thus requires to carry around 5x to 10x heavier batteries. Android is instant-on, supports GPS location awareness, accelerometers and other detectors. Android boots instantly, applications open instantly and are designed for mobile use.

You have to sit down to use Intel. Nobody really uses Intel devices in trains, busses, metros, in the park, in the school yard, in coffee breaks at work, on the backseat of cars. Archos pocketable tablets are all about being used in those situations.]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/im sure they have to make it bigger to accommodate the bigger sized disk but still...$100 more...
it'll be a hard to buy..but still a good buy]]>Sep 1st 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Mobile device with 3G and no GPS = fail /apple.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/10 GB hard drive. I think the screen on that thing is approximately 1 inch. The device is about the size of a portable CD-player.]]>Sep 1st 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
I will second that.

@Danny "Their hardware + Android may be a winning combination."

Just because it says Android doesn't mean they didn't build their Android from scratch, just for their hardware. The hardware can be the next best thing since sliced bread and Archos will find away to screw it up for their customers and leave them with buggie, crash plagued version of Android. I would wait atleast 6 month from the release date before even attempting to buy one. After the 6 months I will probably do another month worth of research before making my final decision. So far, yawn. I am not going to waste my money on such things from Archos.]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
It's crudeness can be frustrating at times but there's no Apple that can match it.

A laptop-as-media-player doesn't really work either.

OTOH, it's open nature and the fact that an Archos is less picky about
what it will play turns out to be a very nice usability enhancement. It
mostly makes up for all of the other quirks and annoyances.
]]>Sep 1st 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
lets hope they haven't crippled Android in the same way.]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://appslib.com a couple of weeks ago, to let third party Android applications developers consider using Archos guidelines to make Android applications that make good use of the 3x higher resolution touchscreen, 10x higher HDTV HDMI output. Archos is hereby bringing the worlds first platform that supports 1280x720 Android applications and USB or Bluetooth mouse and keyboards!]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/
How many features will this device support with "futures updates that will never come"?

or

How much more money will you spend on plug-ins for features that should already be supported?]]>Sep 1st 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/01/android-based-archos-gets-pictured-briefly-priced-by-bandh/Sep 1st 2009 6:47PM