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    Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet Reviewed: Disappoints With Lack of 3G, Apps

    Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/07/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet Reviewed: Disappoints With Lack of 3G, Apps
    I caught this after I purchased my Zune HD and got a little buyers remorse about it. But it looks like missing the app store for Android really drags it down.
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet Reviewed: Disappoints With Lack of 3G, Apps
    So Android phones are always going to have cameras? Damn I hate being a business user sometimes. Why is Blackberry the only one to make a camera-less smartphone?!
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    10/07/09

    @jeepingeek: You can always, uh, not use the camera?

    Unless you're using the thing in places where cameras are prohibited, I can't think of a reason a camera is a problem.
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    10/07/09

    @zer0zen: I was under the impression that if you get a company phone it couldn't have a camera (usually).
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    10/07/09

    @zer0zen: many of the places i go for work I would have to leave my phone in the car, not exactly convenient!
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    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    It does support Flash 9, check your facts!

    It streams video much better than the HTC Hero, in fact it supports Youtube HD which no other device does! Netbooks powered by Intel X86 processors can't even playback Youtube in HD smoothly!

    What Archos is simply saying, is that full Flash 10 support comes whenever Adobe releases it Q1 next year.
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    09/15/09

    @Charbax2: Where are you getting that it will playback YouTube HD smoothly? Do you have video of this? Oh and how are you? Check your email.
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    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    I have to say that coming from Archos, I'd expect that Flash upgrade to be a payed add-on.

    And that's why I don't buy their products anymore.

    My old Archos 505 was like a dream come true player back then... so I decided to pay a high price for it, with import taxes and all.

    Only I didn't knew I'd have to pay almost double the price to have all the functionalities it initially promised.

    You have to pay for codecs, the video cable is proprietary, the dock that enables you to record video is expensive as hell, and so on.

    Lesson learned. No more enclosed internet tablets with proprietary OSs. I'll just wait some more for a decent netblet.
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    Image of RyaninCalgary RyaninCalgary
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    I have an Archos 5 60gb and I like it but the video out though the dock is crap and their propriatary connectors break and are generally annoying. They need to switch to standard USB and HDMI for me to ever buy another product from them.

    Besides that it's the best PMP I've ever had playing any codec I throw at it unlike the touch or zune which is limited to just a couple codecs.
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    elementary promoted this comment RyaninCalgary was starred RyaninCalgary was unstarred
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    09/15/09

    @RyaninCalgary: Does it play VOBs? I don't have time to re-encode my DVDs, but I've not yet found a PMP that can play VOBs.
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    09/15/09

    @elementary: Yes. BUT you have to buy the codec pac which is 30EU. (They have to pay the codec owners.)

    [www.archos.com]

    It plays
    .vob .mpg .ps .mkv .m4v .mov .wmv mpeg2 avi mpeg4. H264, MP3, AAC

    The origional A5 is the best video player I've ever used even with it's faults.

    Oh and it uses windows explorer which makes it really easy to just drag and drop files on and off. No stupid syncing.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?

    I miss the simpler times of Archos -- as they were my first mp3 player -- FYI I still have it if anyone wants it. Still works.
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    09/15/09

    @BergenCountyJC: That was my first MP3 player too. Worked best as a paperweight for me.
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    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    Sounds pretty fail for internet use.
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