- Full Web And Email Browsing
- Portable Multimedia Player
- Store Photos, Music And Videos
Would be amazing if archos had some QA to speak of
07/02/2009
This review is from: Archos 5 120GB 4.8" WiFi Touch Screen Internet Media Tablet and MP3/MP4 Player
Pros:
BEAUTIFUL screen - a hidef 5inch screen is a great thing.
The accessories are wonderful.
The internal speaker would be wonderful.
Really powerful device, and great price right now on newegg.
The OSK is amazing.
On the fly playlisting is a good effort, if not perfectly managed at this point - no way to throw entire directories into it.
The file browser/networking support is great. I love being able to stream directly from my pc!
List of supported filetypes is huge - this thing has saved me the trouble of looking up game guides, I just toss them on and open them up.
Cons:
Don't know where to start.
I bought the unit and it heated up right out of the box when I browsed the internet, until it froze and restarted itself. Repeatedly.
I mailed archos asking of the speaker vent was also a heat vent, because I'm left handed so it was usually covered, they replied with an rma form and nothing else. I emailed them 2 more times and they failed to get back to me at all.
It was disturbing how poor their customer service was to me.
The problem seemed to vanish when I tried to keep my hands off the vent, but soon after, the speaker failed. I'm hoping I can RMA the device in time, at great inconvenience to me. I'd hate for the speaker to have failed say at, 2 months. I don't want to bugger with archos for warranty stuff. That's just asking for trouble, I'm betting.
Overall Review:
Be careful. Archos products aren't known for really picking up they're own slack. Don't buy the device for "future funtionality" buy it if you like what it does now. And be careful. These devices seem to have a very high fail rate. if they worked? 100x better than an iphone.
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- Rachael V.
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