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|  | Brand: Archos
Category: CE
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $339.99
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Seller: Digital Media Source
Rating:  262 reviews
Sales Rank: 5,000
Format: CD
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows & Macintosh
Hard Drive Size: 250
Display Size: 4.8
Size: 250 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 0.8 x 3.1
MPN: 501129
Model: 501129
UPC: 690590511293
EAN: 0006905905112
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 Magnificent! September 30, 2008
A. Fasher (KUWAIT)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
..... I Can't really say anything but one word which is again ""Magnificent""
"IF YOU LOVED YOUR ARCHOS 605..YOU WILL ADORE ARCHOS 5"
GO AND TRY BY YOURSELF NO NEED TO LISTEN OR READ FROM ME..!!?
 Charbonnier...Get real September 29, 2008
Jason J. Finn
13 out of 47 found this review helpful
Charbonnier -- You own a Archos sight and are a huge Archos fan. You would praise this thing no matter what. This thing is one giant bug. I notice you went to each new version of the unit to post this crap. I suppose you own one of each? You live in the UK anyhow, so why are you on here pumping your crap on the US Amazon version. You really are sad with your obsession with hating Apple. I own both the itouch and the Archos 5 now. The Archos has to many issues to even hold a candle to the FAR more stable itouch. Stop posting lies to pump up your stock. You are misleading people who should know the truth. Don't believe me? Go look at the review from an impartial side at engadget. c o m
 Disappointed September 24, 2008
astroguy
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
This item has great potential but needs polishing. Screen is great when it stays on ... sound with speakers is mediocre and low to say the least ... content is sparse and the firmware needs to upgraded right out of the box. Mine also keeps locking up or shutting down and syncing with Windows Media Player took some doing.
Unfortunately I am sending it back.
Best device since the Apollo rocket! September 22, 2008
Nicolas Charbonnier (Copenhagen, Denmark)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1DR97V2J52R9J Archos 5 is much better then iPhone, Intel MIDs, PDAs, Nokia tablets all put together. It has awesome video codecs support (now with 720p HD support with HDMI output), awesome connectivity (now with HSDPA dongle option), really fast browser using new 4x faster ARM Cortex processor, huge storage capacity, awesome large touch-screen and still fits nicely in any pocket. You can find more information at http://forum.archosfans.com
Archos 5 120 GB Internet Media Tablet
 So many good things but no Wifi access at pay sites like Starbucks! OUCH!!! Must be a free connection to use wifi. September 20, 2008
David A. Morehead (Lockport, IL 60441)
26 out of 29 found this review helpful
UP DATE-later in the day on September 20, 2008: I just found out today that you CANNOT use the Internet at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and McDonalds. I confirmed this with Archos' technical support. This is really bad! The whole point of me getting this was to use it to access Internet on the road. It only work with an open connection (free Internet) This is a serious limitation in my opinion and I may be sending it back because of this. Archos really dropped the ball on this one! What is the point of having mobile Internet access when you can access hardly anywhere!? No thanks!!! The sad thing is, this was the same problem with the Generation 5 series and they have done nothing to improve it. Very disapointing.
ORIGINAL REVIEW-written earlier today: I ordered my Archos 5 directly from Archos because I wanted to get it ASAP. I just got it a few days ago. My initial reaction was very negative because the first thing I tried to do was load some of my photos taken with my 40D. I quickly realized the Archos 5 cannot handle large photo files. It was very slow and locked up almost every time. Also, the screen got very distorted when I tried to look at the photos. Since this was my very first impression, I really thought this thing was a piece of junk and wanted to send it back immediately. I took some time away from it to cool down a little and came back to it later with a fresh attitude! :) I looked at the other photos it came with and they looked fantastic. They displayed perfectly and the scrolling was very fast. I looked at their size and they were much smaller than the photos I uploaded. I downsized my photos to about half a meg. each and now they display/work beautifully. Whew! Boy, was I glad about that! I was hoping sooo much that this thing would work really well because I really looking forward to using it. I chose it over the Ipod touch because the screen is slightly bigger. The Ipod touch's screen is too small for me.
Pros
Reads pdf files so you can use this as a Kindle type of reading device. You can upload all of your ebooks that are in pdf format and read them on a very clear screen. (Just watch out for the glare) I am a musician so I can store sheet music on there.
Great screen-bright and clear. Very inviting to look at. High resolution. Photos and videos look great when you use smaller photo sizes. 5-6 meg. photos do not work so plan on downsizing your 8-10 megapixel photos if you want them to display properly.
Photo viewing is very simple. Just swipe to turn to the next photos. To zoom in on an area, just press your finger on the screen and hold it there and you will zoom in on that area. Need to change from portrait to landscape. Easy. Just swipe up or down.
Touch screen works very well.
The Internet works great. Not too slow. And, it supports Flash files when you are viewing web sites. IPod touch does not. Apple really dropped the ball on that one!
60gb of hard drive space. The bottom end of the Ipod touch family is only 8gb. That isn't going to help very much at all. Especially when you start uploading some larger photos and video files. 60gb is a nice starting point and you can always upgrade to one of the other higher capacity players when you need more space.
Music sounds amazing (when you listen on good headphones and use very little compression when making your mp3 file) I used my studio headphones to listen to a Chris Botti CD today and the sound was amazing.
Comes with the Opera browser for free. Last year's models made you purchase this separately. All you have to do to get it is choose the Internet button, it will search for a wifi connection, then it installs Opera. Take a while but it is worth the wait. As far as I know, you must be at a wifi connection to install/register. You can't do it through your computer when the Arches 5 is hooked up to it. You can download the latest firmware, and then stick it in the Arches 5's root directory. When you switch off the Archos 5 and turn it back on again your firmware will automatically be installed.
Free widgets-Currency converter, unit converter, and a simple calculator. I think this will come in handy on many occasions. The one odd thing about the currency converter is that it uses a rate that you cannot adjust manually. At least Ihave not found a way to do it yet. It says at the bottom of the screen that the conversion rates are over two weeks old but it doesn't tell you how to get or program current ones. Very odd.
Cons
Takes about 25 seconds to boot. But, my computer takes 5-8 minutes so I should stop complaining.
They shipped it with beta firmware. There are messages in a few places saying, "This feature will be added/updated soon" with an upcoming firmware version. I didn't get too bothered by it though because I am pretty they will resolve this very soon. It is a very new product and I think it has a very bright future. It is an excellent alternative to the Ipod touch.
No wall charger included. Comes with a USB charger- It
takes forever and you have to have your computer running for it to work.
Speaker is small, tinny and not very loud. But, it will come in handy for watching a movie in a quiet room.
Headphones sound OK as far as included-mp3-headphones go but you won't get the full potential of this thing's sound until you use professional headphones. This is true with any audio device. It is worth it to buy a nice set of headphones for this because it does sound amazing. I can only hear absolute silence when I am waiting for a song to play! And, that is a good thing!
I wouldn't want to do much typing when I am on the Internet (cause the virtual keys are pretty small), but just having a look around and pressing a button now and then is a lot of fun. It gets more readable when you enlarge the text a bit.
I suggest getting the dock accessory with it when you order it. It gives you a charger, usb port to download pics from your camera when you are on the road, European plug and American plug, and video out to T.V. for only $30 bucks. It is worth it.
Have to convert DRM files to play in this. That is not Archos' fault but it will be a pin in the but if you have a lot of files to convert. (ITUNES!!!)
Here is a great program that works very well. It will allow you play DRM files on your Archos. Daniusoft Digital Media to ARCHOS Converter
Overall, I am impressed so far. The more I use this thing the more I like it. The only real problems I had was uploading huge pics. I just won't do that anymore and things should be fine. Also, a product should never be shipped with beta firmware.
I will update this review when I think of more things. Enjoy your Archos 5!!!
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