Comments on: Archos 5 Internet Tablet (Android, 32GB SSD) In-Depth Review.

By: Fire Surround ·

Fire Surround · — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:24:49 +0000

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By: Webdesign

Webdesign — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:23:05 +0000

WOW Looking good ! Will definitely make it’s way onto a few christmas card lists I am sure !

By: Narinder

Narinder — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:20:43 +0000

A fantastic looking product but I too will be waiting for 8gb device.

By: France Dayne

France Dayne — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:32:19 +0000

Is this the latest gadget? hmmm.. really very nice! But its hard to have one!

By: watchfamilyguy

watchfamilyguy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:42:41 +0000

First!

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UK SEO Company — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:03:15 +0000

Nice product. Cant wait to buy one for me on my birthday.

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mortgage home vegas — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:24:19 +0000

Love to have that for my birthday – Thanks for sharing

By: I Guess That’s @mikecane Sorted Then? (Archos 5 + Kindle App) | Carrypad

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:22:48 +0000

[...] a great value, internet connected MID, PMP, PND, Ebook reader, Web tablet and more. (See the full review.) Add another $50 for a 16GB micro-SD card, a case and a docking station with USB host and TV-Out [...]

By: Good Forex

Good Forex — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:49:14 +0000

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By: Archos 5 8GB and Archos 7 Android Update. | Carrypad

Archos 5 8GB and Archos 7 Android Update. | Carrypad — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:57:00 +0000

[...] versions will be shipping soon too so for some sub $250 pad action, this comes highly recommended. [Full review here] If you prefer RadioShack, it’s also in stock [...]

By: midtoad

midtoad — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:53 +0000

you say in your Conclusions that the use of a bluetooth keyboard was untested. Well, I’ve tested it, and it works great! So far I’ve tested with a foldable iGo Stowaway (Blue Fn keys work, Green ones don’t), and a full-size older-model white Apple bluetooth keyboard (almost all keys work, though Arrow keys are swapped around).

By: midtoad

midtoad — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:15:14 +0000

Correction, the non-Android version of the A5 has only 128MB RAM. The A5 with Android has 256MB, but apparently only about 103 MB of this is available to the user for running apps. Lots of chit-chat on the ArchosFans forum about the need to be actively managing the free RAM.

By: midtoad

midtoad — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:39:24 +0000

I’m finding that the Archos 5 crashes a lot, at least 10-20 times a day. Most of these crashes are just a restart of the Android GUI, and not a machine reboot. At first I just the thing was buggy. But after installing SysTray Monitor, I could see that system responsiveness would slow to a crawl as free memory fell below 20MB, and then Android would crash around 16 MB free. My impression is that the A5A has insufficient RAM to operate effectively. Consequently it requires continual vigilance, and the use of a tool like TasKiller, to manually kill off apps before all the free RAM bleeds away and another crash ensues.

Note that I have to do none of this with my HTC Magic 32A, which has 288 MB RAM. The Archos A5A however, has only 128 MB RAM. WTF were they thinking? This unit is nearly useless as a general computing device because of the need to be continually monitoring your free RAM.

By: Archos 7” Android Tablet appears for iPad-killer Price. | Carrypad

Archos 7” Android Tablet appears for iPad-killer Price. | Carrypad — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:04:23 +0000

[...] We assume that the platform is the same Ti-OMAP 3-series delivering that same good experience as we see on the Archos 5 (full review) [...]

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:59:16 +0000

Firmware Version 1.7.33 is now available (January 20th, 2010).

http://update.archos.com/7/archos5/changes_firmware_archos5.html