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cheve	2010-06-12 , 01:27
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Originally Posted by tekplay

Regarding Archos's latest devices :

You are posting details about an older Archos 7 device that does have the Cortex-A8 processor.
If you ordered the latest Archos 7 Home Tablet from expansys
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=198651,
then , the specs are much different than the Archos 5 Internet Tablet

the Archos 7 specs are
7″ WVGA 800×480 touchscreen
600MHz ARM9 Rockchip 2808 CPU
128MB RAM

CortexTM-A8 != ARM9(Rockchip 2808)

At one time, I was considering the Archos 705WiFi, w/7" inch screen(which is an older model and has lower spec by today's standard). But I ended up getting the Archos 605 instead, the reason was that 7" was just too big for portability. To me, the main selling point of all these devices(n800, archos at the time) was and continue to be portability -- that is if it can't fit in the jean/shirt pocket, it will get left behind.

Do not get me wrong, the 7" model looks really nice on display; but if you can't take it to the place that you want to go; then what is the point?

good luck,

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