Comments on: Archos 5 Internet Tablet: It Has Android, We Have Details

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:18:11 +0000

Well none of the speculation about what the DVR would bring with its extra price tag was true. Just a bunch of video connections and a remote. It did come with the HD plugin though. Still worth it if you want to record or run the tablet with your TV. I have had problems with being able to watch stuff recorded with the Archos on my PC; rights management I think.

In response to Billy Joe in 2009, there have been many software updates since and the bugs are mostly worked out.

By: billy joe

billy joe — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:28:15 +0000

I own this new archos 5 and its not too great! The touch screen is crappy and uses way to much energy crashed my computer multiple times and needs to have some more work done. The Ipod touch is much more advanced and has a better app market. hen you go to open up the app store it takes for ever. it doesnt scroll to great and you need to have windows media player which is extremly shitty please don’t buy this product. just save your self the trouble and don’t get it =). this is the 2nd archos i’ve owned the 1st broke within 6 months now this one just will randomly freeze takes forever to load. Ipod touch blows this away. oh and the keyboard is wicked shitty to very difficult to use.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:15 +0000

who will the carriers be for this phone. WOW

By: tom

tom — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:59:58 +0000

will tmobile carry it, how will be the carriers forn this amazing phone. wow!

By: tdigenti

tdigenti — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:22:55 +0000

does it work as a camera? or vieo recorder?

By: SK

SK — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:32:31 +0000

If you are buying this for HD, make sure the HD plugin or whatever is actually released before you buy the product. I got a Archos 605 Wifi and Archos promised several accessories and a HD plugin for it but never delivered. They just moved on to the next model and forgot all the promises they made.

The 605 was nice a nice piece of h/w and had decent software, but Archos is a shitty company and has the worst customer service.

By: kizer

kizer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:28:38 +0000

To bad it doesn’t support Divx or Xvid unless they’ve changed some things.

By: userfriendlyme

userfriendlyme — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:10:43 +0000

omg i have one of these i wonder if Archos will post a upgrade for exisiting users to the OS??

By: mj

mj — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:42:41 +0000

Will it have 3g? Surely that is the killer!

By: dp

dp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:09:25 +0000

hopefully a VOIP app. I believe iPod touch has some type of SIP phone app, right?

By: Todd A.

Todd A. — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:39:43 +0000

And do we know for sure that none of these have phone capabilities ? THAT would be cool !

By: jorge r barraza

jorge r barraza — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:25:02 +0000

I am a sucker for anything android,buying it as soon as it comes out,no review no nothing,just can’t wait to use all those functions.

By: jae

jae — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:35:55 +0000

I definitely will get one .once is out

By: Samuel Maskell

Samuel Maskell — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:06:59 +0000

why is everyone saying that this is expensive? it’s the same price as the ipod touch for 16gigs and for the same price as a 32gig ipod touch you can get a 500gig archos! That’s not really that expensive. I don’t know why I’m comparing it to the ipod though cause it’s obviously way ahead of the ipod by leaps and bounds. Even forgetting the fact that it is running android, the fact that it has a 5″ screen, wireless n and an fm transmitter makes it awesome. Add android on to that and you’ve got a real winner in my books. I’d easily way $300-400 bucks for one of these if I didn’t already have a magic.

By: Maj

Maj — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:52:11 +0000

looks great, i think im going to get one of those but after checking out the reviews.