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Archos 7 Home Tablet

Daedalus said:
I was looking at the Nook Color and talking out loud how I could root that and throw a custom ROM on it and have a working tablet. Joking with my GF I said she can get me a tablet for my Christmas and in all seriousness I was joking. So like a day or two later I was looking at the Archos 70 and 101 online and again commenting on these units. She hopes on Best Buy and orders me a A7HT now when I opened it up I was a bit surprised and it was a cool gift but it was not exactly what I wanted thankfully the wifi was not working 100% and the resistive screen blew chunks on this unit, So I talk to her and ask her if I could return it and then just set aside that money for a unit I would rather have. Well when we got home Monday after the return she looked at me and said you want the A70IT I did not know there was a difference threw me her CC and told me to find it. God I have the greatest GF, the A7HT is a decent unit for someone that just wants an e-reader and web browser and the step up to the A70IT or the A101IT is so worth the extra money if you want more.
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I'm going to chime in on the bolded part of your comment so undecided people get a more complete picture.

The Archos 7 Home Tablet (A7HT) is a horrible e-reader for 2 reasons.

1) No Kindle app
2) No Nook app

Aldiko is a horrible e-reader IMO. There is very limited access to ebooks and isn't even close to the "quality" of a Kindle or Nook app. The A7HT has android version 1.5 which may not mean much to some people. As my first device was a Motorola Droid (which shipped with Android 2.0) I didn't have any experience with anything less than that. Kindle and Nook apps from the market do NOT support Android 1.5 (Android 1.6 is supported but 1.6 may never be available on the A7HT).

If having e-reading functionality is important to you, do not buy the A7HT. I returned both of the ones I bought for my kids and picked up two NOOKcolor e-readers. I've rooted it, installed Android Market, and it works brilliantly. Games, apps, and yes, even the Kindle app works on the rooted NOOK's.

My Archos 70 Internet Tablet (A70IT) is really nice as well as an e-reader with access to both popular e-reader apps. There are many choices for a tablets that double as e-readers (or vice versa :D) but the A7HT is NOT one of them.

Glad to hear that you got a A70IT. When you find someone that caters to the "tech" in you...the next step is buying a ring for that person ;)
 
UBRocked said:
I'm going to chime in on the bolded part of your comment so undecided people get a more complete picture.

The Archos 7 Home Tablet (A7HT) is a horrible e-reader for 2 reasons.

1) No Kindle app
2) No Nook app

Aldiko is a horrible e-reader IMO. There is very limited access to ebooks and isn't even close to the "quality" of a Kindle or Nook app. The A7HT has android version 1.5 which may not mean much to some people. As my first device was a Motorola Droid (which shipped with Android 2.0) I didn't have any experience with anything less than that. Kindle and Nook apps from the market do NOT support Android 1.5 (Android 1.6 is supported but 1.6 may never be available on the A7HT).

If having e-reading functionality is important to you, do not buy the A7HT. I returned both of the ones I bought for my kids and picked up two NOOKcolor e-readers. I've rooted it, installed Android Market, and it works brilliantly. Games, apps, and yes, even the Kindle app works on the rooted NOOK's.

My Archos 70 Internet Tablet (A70IT) is really nice as well as an e-reader with access to both popular e-reader apps. There are many choices for a tablets that double as e-readers (or vice versa :D) but the A7HT is NOT one of them.

Glad to hear that you got a A70IT. When you find someone that caters to the "tech" in you...the next step is buying a ring for that person ;)
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I would not say the HT could not be an e-reader you just have to jump through more hoops then I care to (Root, Custom 1.5 rom, then a Crappy android market install) but it would always be sub-par.

The screen was hideous my Dell D620 laptop have a better touchscreen (and yes I know it does not come with one). But I am going to say that for the movies I loaded on the device it was freaking awesome the speakers were nice for being so small. The Picture clarity was good and it played the avi's smoothly.

Beyond that there was nothing I could do and it was not a reason slide me laptop or my Vibrant away when I was sitting on the couch.

As for the GF ya i think we cater to the tech in each other. Maybe someday I will buy her a Ring just been down that path once before and keep thinking why fix what is not broke, Being a 6 year friend before we started dating i also have an inside look on her views of marriage (One guy that was going to ask her got dumped on his head), So I will wait till her nice southern family march me up to the alter with a shotgun. I write this as she is looking over my shoulder giggling over at my response.
 
Daedalus said:
In response:

I would not say the HT could not be an e-reader you just have to jump through more hoops then I care to (Root, Custom 1.5 rom, then a Crappy android market install) but it would always be sub-par.

The screen was hideous my Dell D620 laptop have a better touchscreen (and yes I know it does not come with one). But I am going to say that for the movies I loaded on the device it was freaking awesome the speakers were nice for being so small. The Picture clarity was good and it played the avi's smoothly.

Beyond that there was nothing I could do and it was not a reason slide me laptop or my Vibrant away when I was sitting on the couch.

As for the GF ya i think we cater to the tech in each other. Maybe someday I will buy her a Ring just been down that path once before and keep thinking why fix what is not broke, Being a 6 year friend before we started dating i also have an inside look on her views of marriage (One guy that was going to ask her got dumped on his head), So I will wait till her nice southern family march me up to the alter with a shotgun. I write this as she is looking over my shoulder giggling over at my response.
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I'd agree that the A7HT is a decent multimedia device. Android version 1.5 just kills it IMO.

And as long as you and her are on the same page...that is all that matters. :D
 
Ok looking for some advice here. Two kids looking for an web browser device of some sort for Christmas. Aged 8 and 10 (will be strictly monitored so no need to go OT with Parental advice issues).. Basically this is to get them away from my laptop and give me some peace. So the Archos 7 home tablet is available on pixmania.ie for
 
Santy said:
Ok looking for some advice here. Two kids looking for an web browser device of some sort for Christmas. Aged 8 and 10 (will be strictly monitored so no need to go OT with Parental advice issues).. Basically this is to get them away from my laptop and give me some peace. So the Archos 7 home tablet is available on pixmania.ie for
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Hello all,
I greatly appreciate all you have done to improve the usage of the device. I have to wonder why Archos doesn't do a better job in the first place.

Most of the firmware upgrades listed go back to the beginning of 2011, if not further than that. As most of these have had a chance to mature, have there been any further improvements in the time since?

Thank you,
Tumbleweed Biff
 
Hi there, my sister is looking at buying this and wants to use it to write text documents, similar to word. Is there any features on here that relates to this? It's the main thing for her, along with my Ebook reader. Can someone please help me out? Thanks a lot
 
This would not be a good choice as input by finger is not reliable. For input, you really need to use a stylus and, of course, there is not a slot for one on the unit making it difficult to keep one with the device. On the other hand, there is one for sale at bestbuy for $199. If you look up CNet's Cheapskate, it is today's deal.
 
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