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I have used the Archos 5 before. And now I have the iPad. Based on pure quality, iPad is a light year ahead and by the ease of use, iPad is 2 light years ahead. I know Archos fans will hate me for this, but believe me guys .... it simply cannot compete with the iPad in any way. ]]>May 13th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/"Pretty Resistivy"
Cute one Joanna. ;-)]]>May 13th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/Padme has just lost her will to live.]]>May 13th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
No disrespect to Joanna and I hate pointing this out, but from 0:20 to about 0:34 of the video I was kind of lol'ing at the description of the hardware...]]>May 13th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/Well , actually is almost double as big as my beloved HD2, (4.3 vs 7") but the HD2 is tha best choice for those like me who want a PMP/tablet which is also an excellent phone with a good camera/videocam, a screen big enough to use as GPS while driving and to enjoy movies and vids, and good VOICE DIALING capabilities.
I also love my new HTC Desire and I consider Android the best OS bar none, but the HD2 (and the HD before it) is the exception: HTC , with Sense UI, made the miracle of transforming the unnerving Win Mob into a sensible and practical OS integrated with a winning hardware package.
I don't even think that win7series can make it much better, actually I fear that it will ruin a perfectly good product.
Maybe the Dell 5" android tablet or the HTC EVO (if it comes to Europe) will make me ditch the Desire or the HD2 or maybe both, but for the moment the best tablet money can buy is still the HD2.]]>May 13th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/I own the Archos5 and have used an iPad. I think the iPad needs work. No GPS? No Multitasking? Why would you buy an iPad? I use the Archos 5 with GLOVES a great deal because it HAS A GPS and I am using it as an electric bike dashboard.

The comments made in the review about running 1.5 are irrelevant and just plain WRONG. The 5 released with 1.5 and now has 1.6 with 2.X just around the corner (strange things have been happening on the site - any day now, IMHO). The OS can be upgraded over WiFi. What is she talking about? The 5 has access to the Android Market and the 7 will have it as soon as it has 1.6 which should be in about no time.

This reviewer needs to explore what she is talking about a little better before she spouts a review...]]>May 13th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
a. Someone who wants an Ipad, is going to get an ipad and doesn't care what else is out there
b. You're comparing Archos to Apple? Why?
c. Someone who DOESN'T want an Ipad, will get something else and doesn't care how it compares to an iPad

I don't know why, but something about you trying to compare this to an iPad just feels really fucking dumb.]]>May 13th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/Dude...if you need a GPS, just buy a GPS. They cost less than $75 now. Also...multitasking will be available in August for the iPad (iPhone OS 4). The only thing that most Android fans are holding against the iPhone OS, will be finally over.

All I am saying is if iPad and Archos is compared side by side, 9 out 10 people will chose the iPad (the 1 who isn't, is 'you').]]>May 13th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Yes, you get what you pay for. Only geeks will love this because of the $199 price tag and all the tinkering they'll get to do to make it work halfway decently. It may be a piece of crap tablet, but it's totally open and runs all the porn apps that Android offers. Oh, and Steve Jobs didn't touch it nor does it have an Apple logo so it must be good... And for a mere $199 which is the supposed sweet spot pricing for all tablets. The cost of a netbook minus a keyboard.

This device is made for fAndroid lovers and iHaters everywhere. You officially have an iPad killer... NOT.]]>May 13th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://j.mp/archos-7-tablets-reactions]]>May 13th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Archos 5 Internet Tablet also is half the price of iPad, fits in a pocket (means you will take it with you everywhere), can even be hacked to run other types of Linux like Maemo, Angstrom probably Ubuntu soon.]]>May 13th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
"Won't be able to administer an Android update" I'm confused. Does that mean the owner could install an update but Archos Firmware won't or does it mean something else?

Thanks.]]>May 13th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
...except for that little nagging issue about storage.

An Archos with a hard drive blows away an iPad in this respect.

An Archos is also easier to deal with in terms of getting your own content onto it and getting stuff back off of it. Having an iPad would not do anything to keep me from wanting a video playback device that I can load up with enough stuff to make sure it will have something on it that I want to watch.

For video, an iPad is kind of "nano" sized.

]]>May 13th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/But I can't blame the reviewer for not knowing this or at least not mentioning it as she may not be familiar with the A5 or the current state of it.

Unfortunately the A7 is a step backwards. No accelerometer? Lame. No capacitive screen? lame. Sure I can use the A5 Android's screen but going back to a capacitive screen is a harsh reminder of what could have been. Only 128MBs of RAM? Lame. As a media player the Archos rocks but when you start running serious Android apps ,multitasking takes you back to the G1 era of lag-a-lisicious style of usage.

Comparisons to the Ipad? Ipad is better built overall. with a better screen, better gaming support, better support and stability overall but as a media player, Archos with its superior codec support has the Ipad beat.]]>May 13th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
But it sure fits better in my pocket than an iPad.]]>May 13th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/This means it doesn't come over the air - you need to plug in and drag the AOS file to the root folder and reboot. That's hardly un-updateable.]]>May 13th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 14th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://gizmodo.com/5458231/apple-ipad-price

when you examine this you see the 16Gb WiFi -only Ipad sells for a steep $499 , compared to the $199 of this Archos or $ 279 for the Dell Mini . ]]>May 14th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Aww man, there goes somebody comparing these two again, I don't remember the two ever being in the same class, esp with the almost $300 price difference

~Go Archos~]]>May 16th 2010 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Or someone who doesn't like apple or someone who doesn't want to spend 500 or someone who has an android device and is more familiar with it, etc etc.

Believe it or not there are p?eople who will buy anything that apple makes bc it is apple and there are people who won't for the same reason. They are very common.]]>May 16th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/Now when you say "trying to compare THIS to an ipad" on an Archos 7 review, I'll assume your referring to the Archos 7, tragically, the user your poodle-ing at was refereeing to the Archos 5, and as for your points A. and B. doesn't the fact that the user owns both seem like a reasonable reason to compare them? Or would you recommend he ignore reality? Something feels BLEEP Dumb alright and his breath smells like onions in the dungeon. Hey Engadget.com welcome to Desertdude! 1st.]]>May 25th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 25th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
(yes i know, i know. going to actually read the review now)]]>May 13th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
K, finished reading. Very nice job as usual =)

I have an Archos 5... but it's been replaced with my Cowon V5... Sure it lacks some of the features the Archos has... but my Nexus covers those just fine. The slick interface and awesome codec support the Cowon has makes it feel overall a better choice for me]]>May 13th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/0.5]]>May 13th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
lololo i read that the first time too.
Is there anything not to love about it? It's 5 inches thick ....]]>May 13th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Archos 9: Seriously, replace the 1.8" drive for an SSD type and the damn thing is beautiful. ]]>May 13th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/That's why it costs only $200. With all the "extras" that you want to see, no way it could still be $200... Find anything equivalent at that price... good luck... ]]>May 13th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
Uhh the capacitive screen in the ipad was almost $100 bux by itself. I suggest you research a bit and stop just assuming things.]]>May 13th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/
They'd have to spend time testing out 2.1 ie money, and if you want the Market you have to ask Google very nicely to sign off on the build - I presume this also costs money.]]>May 13th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/Archos made a mistake choosing $200 price point. I would buy this tablet for $300 if they added capacitive touchscreen and accelerometer. ]]>May 13th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/archos-7-home-tablet-review/May 13th 2010 3:32PM