http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/ Engadget Comments for Archos 9 tablet and its Windows 7 Starter Edition unboxed (video) 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/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
Since then I haven't been really impressed with their wares that I've seen.]]>Dec 18th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://bit.ly/archos-9-pmp-details]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/which by the way was friggen awesome in 3D!]]>Dec 18th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Windows 7 Starter - Fail
$549 - Fail

No thanks. I'd rather have a kick in the teeth.]]>Dec 18th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
I agree with the fail, but $549 isn't than much compared to all the dental work a kick in the teeth would cost. Unless you have dental covered in your health care plan, in which case I would agree with you. ]]>Dec 18th 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
You could have a faster processor and a better version of Win7, and it would have less battery life and a higher price tag.

When are people going to realise you can't have high performance, good battery and low price all in one?]]>Dec 18th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
Ok dude, I'll be happy to oblige.]]>Dec 18th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/No device is perfect on the first iteration. It takes some revisions to get super duper functionality. By that same reason, cell phones are a massive failure and now one should have gotten one.
Those 80's motorolas were horrendous. Battery life? forget about it. You could call.. that was it.
Does anyone know if Windows starter can view the content from WMC? I have my main pc with tv tuners recording shows. It would be nice to have the tablet pull the content wherever I'm in the house, or connect it to a TV and watch it on the big screen.]]>Dec 18th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/1. Greed would GO THE F**** AWAY
2. People SHOP AROUND!
I'm not an adult, and I realize this.]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Jan 31st 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Yes I do understand that netbooks are sold at a very low margin. But Im sorry, anything that comes with an Atom doesn't deserve to be sold at a premium.
I'd love to own a tablet, but I'd like it to do useful tablet things. Like run Photoshop. This think could barely run WMP for crying out loud. ]]>Dec 18th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
They wanted to make it fanless(thin) so I assume thats why its "crippled." But I'd have to agree with you, nothing justifies the price. Hopefully the JooJoo can put this thing on its ass.]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
no i don't think the joojoo will at all. if you go back and find the specs on it they are even worse than this. and the joojoo can only load a browser.]]>Dec 19th 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 21st 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
I could drop an m2ts file into the thing (the standard ION netbook) and it would even play that.

...actually, now I'm getting more interested in that ION netbook.]]>Dec 18th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
1.1 GHz might seem slow, but at least they got the 1GB of ram right (probably a Microsoft requirement to bundle Win7 with it).

Win7 starter? They wanted to shave $50 off the price. You can (and should) easily upgrade to Win7 home premium using microsoft's onlune update program.

Battery life might be a serious issue. That battery looks very small.

Sorry to ruin Christmas for you, but small doesn't come cheap.

Unless it is a netbook. Come on dell (or asus), shoot out a 9" tablet based on the mini 9 for $300....]]>Dec 18th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
Sure people don't like the screen to be exposed when not in use - cases/slips would be vital here. Just look at the screen part of your laptop (i.e. the part that folds up), that will be what your much-in-the-future laptop will look like.]]>Dec 18th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
whether or not the wearer of such pants is actually a clown is open to debate.

If this was a sony, they would probably have an add showing such oversize pockets to demonstrate that this is a true "pocketable" device (aka, the sony netbook).]]>Dec 18th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
I'm a big fan of Archose but after using an iPhone i don't think I'm buying a tablet without multitouch.]]>Dec 18th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 18th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/
If you give me Windows 7 Home Premium, a decent CPU/GPU, a decent amount of RAM, upgradable HDD/SSD, HDMI out, 3.5mm out, webcam & mic, optical mouse & buttons, 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, decent quality & volume speakers, and a couple of USB ports, and I'd go out right now and buy one.

This is of course assuming it's not well over a grand. Can't say I'm too worried though. The 60GB Archos 9 is only $550. What I'm asking for is definitely a big upgrade and something that's a little while down the line, but I don't think we'd be looking at MacBook prices here.]]>Dec 18th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/archos-9-tablet-and-its-windows-7-starter-edition-unboxed-video/Dec 19th 2009 12:56AM