has anyone heard of the Archos 5 32 GB Internet Tablet with Android

[Alienx]

because its amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 it does basiclly everytuing i ever wanted ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wifi bluetoothe dvr everything its just so overwhelming and the sad part is that ive never heard of this devise at all untill i found it accidently on the best buy page looking for mp3s i even tried searching on here but i think the search engine just sux cause theres no way no one has heard of this amzing devise and not posted it hell it even has gps!!!!!! and it records tv!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in hd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it comes in 500 gb and an expansion sd slot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is by far the best mp3 player or android or watever its the best device ive ever heard of that does not charge u a 100 bucks a month im absolutlly sure it beats the crap out of any other devise so far its just amazing

[The DarkSide]

Dude, did you even bother to look in the ARCHOS section of the forums??? And BTW, the new Archos 5 rockin' Android is a buggy mess - MEH!!!!

[Olley]

I've finally received mine. No bugs I can find except for maybe one freeze trying to play a non-compatible movie file.

[The DarkSide]

Originally Posted by Olley

I've finally received mine. No bugs I can find except for maybe one freeze trying to play a non-compatible movie file.

I'm glad your having success w/it, & I hope it's stable so I can get 1 soon myself.

[Alienx]

no but i will lol thx for the link

[Curiouss]

I think I would rather get the Creative Zii.... unless Im addicted to movies and can't stand 3.5"screens..... If only this or the Creative Zii could get the Android Market!!!

[Olley]

The Zii is far more buggy than the Archos 5. It's a developer's platform, and even with Android on it much of the native hardware is as yet unused. You'll pay $399 to own a Zii that's not a retail version, and less can buy you the Archos 5 32gb.

[The DarkSide]

Archos 5 yes, Creative Zii hell no. The Zii is for developers only, and the Archos will eventually come into it's own (I hope).

[Curiouss]

Does the Archos 5 much potential with Android though?

[Olley]

Potential? Of course. The hardware is all in place. You can already find and download apps to it. How well it does depends on whether they update to android 1.6 or 2.0 with app support for the higher resolution screen.

[curiouswonderer]

I'd rather get an Android phone, like the Droid. It does everything that these Android PMP's do, and more.

But Archos 5 w/ Android sounds pretty awesome. 500GB...500! No phone can top that...

[Curiouss]

I could fit 10 full TVB drama movies, each with 20+ episodes =D

it would be soooo friggin awesome.

[electron]

Originally Posted by Curiouss

I could fit 10 full TVB drama movies, each with 20+ episodes =D

it would be soooo friggin awesome.

haha, that would be crazy...
Im happy with my half used 16gb player thank you very much

[Curiouss]

yea it would be pretty crazy

[TwystedMonkey]

For other Canadians here futureshop.ca has a listing for 2 versions of the Android Archos 5. They aren't cheap but 399.99 for the 32 gig and 429.99 for 500 gig is what they are listed at......

Considering how so many other things aren't gonna make it to Canada until Halfway through next year this amazes me.

I haven't heard anything said about how much better battery performance the SD version gets over the HD one. The poor battery life of the hard drive versions is one of a few reasons I decided against the 5. Seeing them fix something like that would be cool.

[Curiouss]

but the HD version is fatter than the SD version