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Originally Posted by BatPenguin View Post

Anyway, maybe a bit off-topic but I'm curious about your critique of the "App Store Model". I don't mean to start a flame war or anything, just wondering if you'd care to enlighten me what it is that you object to in that? From an end-user point of view, the only difference between Maemo extras and other repository installs and the Android App Store seems to be that one (the Market) comes in a prettier interface than the other (at least now, perhaps N900 has a nicer interface). Both handle installation of free apps and updates to them. Why is Maemo Extras a good way of handling software installations and Android/Apple marketplaces a bad one? Is it the commercial aspect that you have a problem with?
not the appstore in general, but rather archo's appstore in particular.

they have a nasty habit of locking down the system and making you pay for everything.

so although it runs android, will archos 5 users be able to download and install random apps from the android store?

e.g. will i be able to download a mapping utility from the android store and then run it on my archos 5, and even if i am; will the mapping utility be able to access the GPS hardware in the device?

much is unknown.