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09/15/09
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.
09/15/09
09/15/09
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.
09/15/09
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.
09/15/09
09/15/09
[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.
09/15/09
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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06/23/09
I believe i read this to be the reason it won't allow another companies app on their OS... but still?
06/23/09
Apple has been trying to make its own applications so it isn't so affected by Adobe. But Adobe is vindictive. For a while, Premiere was Windows only. Around that time, Apple was trying to poach Premiere users and had a "trade in your Premiere discs for Final Cut" program.
How would you like to have a company that you have no control over be able to exercise a "nuclear" option over you?
06/23/09
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06/23/09
Everyone knows its gonna come to the iPhone eventually and with better tricks up its sleeve. Not that I even care or have an iPhone but that's just how apple operates.
06/23/09
Here's a nickel - go out and buy yourself a better laugh-test. Yours seems to be on the fritz.