Archos 5g Reviews

Good touch interface, Great media experience, HD and SD video output with optional dock, Access to apps from the Android Market

Poor GPS navigation, Browser doesn't support Flash, Device gets hot after only a few minutes of use, Limited number of Android apps available ; nbsp

Navigating the interface wasn't always intuitive, and there were a few minor annoyances. In the browser address field, for example, we weren't able to easily move the cursor among the letters to delete a mistake; we could only backspace over the last ...

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet may look familiar, and for good reasonit very closely resembles, in appearance and name, last year's touch-screen Archos 5. The primary difference is significant, however: Archos has replaced its old operating system with ...

Sleek design. Huge, beautiful, high-res screen. Built-in Wi-Fi, browser. On-screen home button for one-click Main Menu access. No need for stylus. Available in large capacities

Expensive. Touch-screen interface is not as sophisticated as those of competitors. Apps aren't well-executed. UI could stand to be streamlined—requires too many clicks at times

Besides the half-baked Android implementation on the latest Archos 5 Internet Tablet, not much has changed from last year's device, and the touch-screen PMP competition is only getting tougher.