Archos Home Slate set to grace CeBIT with its family-friendly presence
By Vlad Savov 
posted March 1st 2010 2:57AM
posted March 1st 2010 2:57AM
[Thanks, David V.]
posted March 1st 2010 2:57AM
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archos + webOS = please. yes, i know palm would never license it to them...
"this new multimedia player cum home organizer"??
@mannydigital
yeah.. vlad, could you please replace that with "come", for... obvious reasons,
thanks. :)
@mannydigital http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cum The English language is more flexible than you might imagine.
@Vlad Savov
Good call. I'm in Canada so I had French. :).
@Vlad Savov http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50055665?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=cum&first=1&max_to_show=10
It's not a real word despite what dictionary.com is telling you.
@ratchetnclank
Latin people, Latin
@Vlad Savov
i would like to hear what the oxford dictionary says about THAT
;)
@Slick Latin is latin. Not English. He said it was English. ;)
This is a product class that really does not need to exist. People simply don't want these devices yet. They are as powerful as smartphones but much more useless then smartphones.
@GeneKam
I think he meant the Latin use of the word cum...
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4236
but apparently no one else took Latin in High School...
A 17 inch tablet would be SOOOOO COOOOOOL!...until you actually try to use it that is.
@yulebellow I'd prefer a 17 inch with usb and a stand to a 7 inch. Best PMP, plus able to dock and use as a comp. I'll take it (not that that's what this is, just responding to the generality of the comment)!
...and STILL no Archos phone.
It's like Duke Nukem Forever all over again
Vlad, leave it to the native speakers :). They "know best"...
Oooh Mr Editor you said a dirty word :O
I would get one of them 17" slaters and use it as a phone!
People will stop and look in wonder as I make a call with buttons the size of there little silly lame phones!
It may get heavy at times and take some time to pull out of my bag to answer a call but wow when I activate video (Skype) every one will be able to see full screen video on my 17" phone!
However when i load up a browser man that's gonna blow away any other phone around!
Yes, I am being silly but we want bigger phones 5" screen that still fit in our pockets, let's get a move on it!
Archos, just gimme an Archos 5 IT that works without major bugs.
I dont care how much you change it, just let it work without problems and Im sold.
No iPad, no courier (till university), no "smart"phone (they don't seem smart to me) and no other UMPC, MID or Vaio P or "place any similar protable device here" for me. I just want mkv with multi-subtitles/sound, high capacity, good battery life and a good screen .....
@kiyu727
Give me good mkv support and I'll be right behind you.
Ok, this would be sweet, if they didnt use the cheapest crappiest plastic for the device, if they actually would use a capacitive screen, and if they would stop skinning the software to make it look like it was released in 1999.
Charbax has a very good video of the Archos 7 up on Youtube, very barebones but it looks interesting. If you just can't wait for the Notion Ink Adam this is a good bet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4f2CrAezM
am i the only one thinking these would make awesome incar pc's
Get Spotify on it for ur incar music.
you have google navigation as a sat nav.
and you able to browse the net, play videos as well for the passenger to do!
If it's anything like the 5" model you'll have to pay extra for the HQ video codec pack.
But at least you'll get the random reboots, unreliable Bluetooth and the out-of-sync audio on many videos for free.