Thread: Archos 5 Internet Tablet
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GeraldKo is offline GeraldKo
2010-08-05 , 03:53
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Originally Posted by railroadmaster View Post
Well the Nokia n810 simply isn't a good value compared to the Archos 5.
Archos wifi is 802.11b/g/n while the n810 has 400mhz processor, Archos 5 processor is 800mhz, Screen on Archos 5 is 5 inch screen on Nokia n810 is 4.1 inch, ram on n810 is 128mb while its 256mb on Archos. The Archos 5 I can find 270 usd for 32gb while the Nokia n810 I find for 300-400 usd for only 2gb of storage.
As to price, you would really have to compare an N8x0 from eBay since the NITs are discontinued, and you'll find like-new for $90-200.

Comparing storage and not noting that the Nokia has a microSD slot, and the Archos doesn't, is really putting the apples up against the oranges.

Reading the reviews of the Archos 5 on Amazon, at first I thought the units were so problem-plagued that you were way off in preferring it; but reading the newer reviews, after Archos released various bug-fixes, does make it sound like a pretty great tablet.

Most impressive in this regard was one by "B. Forsberg," whom I suppose was the Bruce Forsberg who used to be on this forum (and had karma of 390):

I just got mine a week ago and so far I love this tablet. My first tablet was the Nokia N800 and N810. This is far superior to these. The video playback is fantastic. The browser experience is great, better then my laptop. I also got the DVR station. It comes with the HD plugin. With this plugin I am able to play vob formatted video files as is. I always had to down convert the files for the Nokia tablets. Their appslib market is much better then the Nokia market at [...] with more apps being added all the time.
http://www.amazon.com/Archos-32-Inte...DateDescending (review dated July 12, 2010)
Last edited by GeraldKo; 2010-08-05 at 03:58.