I am an ultimate Archos fan, it all started years back when I convinced my sister to purchase the old 7" AV700 40GB media player / recorder, I sooned followed and bought the 5" AV500 100GB media player / recorder... at that time nothing came close to the functionality of the Archos, aside from the large HDD to store all movies / tv series / music, this also served as a backup HDD for my DSLR without the need for a PC to transfer files and aside from that this unit served as my DVR for recording TV shows that I wouldn't want to miss! Another thing I loved about the Archos is that you can simply drag and drop files wherever you like, without the need to sync or update your file libraries!
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| the Archos AV500 |
Then back in 2008, I decided to move on to my second Archos, the Archos 5(nope not yet the Android version), these now came with resistive touch screens instead of the Nav buttons of the AV series, I got the 120GB version. This was a huge upgrade from my first Archos, aside from the touch screen I mentioned, the device also came with wifi and uPnP, I bought the optional docking station and this came with a small IR keyboard. With uPnP & wifi I need not load files on to the Archos anymore, I simply accessed them through network via router to my NAS drive / PC and I was also able to surf the net through my TV!
I would say I'm a very happy Archos customer, loyal? maybe...except I didn't like the fact that I spent so much on my second Archos-- on the PMP itself and on the accessories which were bundled with the old AV series, worse, a couple of months after comes a cheaper and leaner Archos 5 Internet Tablet Android! But its all good since this little gadget saved me from boredom and long plane flights a lot of times.
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| The Archos 5 |
A couple of months ago after the release of the Archos 7 home tablet for less than $200, I was so tempted to order one from Amazon... but it still came with the old 1.6 Android OS-- so I told my self to wait for something at least 2.1. Low and behold, after checking in Archos' website today, they have already announced the new line up of Android internet tablets with verions 2.2 "froyo" from display sizes 2.8" all the way to 10.1"... and the best part is (according the web) the 10.1" is priced below $300 USD! Even with all the tablets coming out left and right, for a price that's lower than the Ipad, a Froyo Android OS and a brand name like Archos plus a strong Archos fan site support, this seems like a winner for me!
M a definitely gonna get myself one of these... real soon... cause I crave!!! hehehe check out the link for more info:
http://www.archos.com/home.html?country=us&lang=en
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