Thread: Archos 70 review
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lardman is offline lardman
2011-01-05 , 08:12
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#22
Originally Posted by tushyd View Post
@racky

Seriously? I've been more and more disappointed with this tablet.

NOTE TO EVERYONE: DO NOT BUY THE ARCHOS 70

256mb RAM = massive slowdowns
Also they've underclocked the CPU to 800mhz!!!! They advertise 1ghz. Archos sucks.
Underclocked? Is this something new with Android 2.2 or was it always underclocked?

Have you tried installing Meego or the Angstrom distro on the device? I'm wondering if the slowness you're experiencing is Android related or truly hw related (we get by reasonably well with only 256Mb of RAM in the N900, though of course more would always be welcome)

I'd really quite like to buy something like one of these tablets, but I want something with GPS (and I don't really want to have to go back to the old N800 days of carting around a Bt GPS) and e-compass. Unfortunately neither is present, which afaiu was a decision by Archos to try to keep the device cost down (and I guess people don't really need either for an entertainment device.)