10" Archos 101 Internet Tablet is now available in Germany

zod

The Archos 101 Internet Tablet can be pre-ordered at Amazon Germany for €299 and it should be available at Amazon US soon for $299.

Some Germans are already able to purchase in store .. see here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecUy0blig

More here: http://archosfans.com/ and here: http://www.androidtablets.net/


Question: Which one to go for this or the Advent Vega sold by Dixons/Curries on Nov 1 ?

d31b0y

Archos 101 16Gb available to order from the Irish store. I put my order in.
It says it's out of stock, with next shipment in November.

Linky.

00sully

been looking forward to this for a while now - I am also curious about the Vega which will ship with 2.2 and 512mb of ram. The bezel on the thing puts me off though.

the Archos will have more support I reckon amongst the android community since it seems pretty solid for pretty cheap so I'm leaning in that direction if they ever actually release the thing!!

fransdev

Hi this I found someone who sells them for 273.78 pounds so around 312 Euro, save around 40 Euro. If I buy 5 or more I even get them cheaper any one interested.

zod

hmm €15 for codecs is a bit steep!

http://www.archos.com/store/plugsearch.html?prod=archos101it

and according to the pdf it will ship with **Android 2.2Froyo ( 2.1 Éclair, upgradable to Android 2.2 Froyo when released)

Brian

Froyo is coming soon! http://armdevices.net/2010/10/28/android-2-2-froyo-on-archos-gen8-tablets/

Inquitus

Baza210 wrote: »

Froyo is coming soon! http://armdevices.net/2010/10/28/android-2-2-froyo-on-archos-gen8-tablets/

lol Froyo is coming soon to half the Android world, sometimes sooner than others lol. The Galaxy S official 2.2 has now been pushed from Sep to Nov, the HTC Hero took 12 months to get a 2.x version of Android, the Dell Streak is running 1.6, if I remember correctly, and is also on the coming soon list, and that's to name just a few!

..........2.2 coming soon just doesn't fill me with confidence.

zod

Inquitus wrote: »

..........2.2 coming soon just doesn't fill me with confidence.

somebody beta testing froyo :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9Y4Zv5avU

cormie

So which would be the best to go for? This or the Advent/Vega thing Dixons will be selling?

Inquitus

zod wrote: »

somebody beta testing froyo :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9Y4Zv5avU

The Samsung Galaxy S has had beta Froyo available if you know what you are doing since early Sept. Beta's of the HTC Hero leaked 6 mths before it was released. Beta shots are no indication of how soon a released build will come out.

cormie wrote: »

So which would be the best to go for? This or the Advent/Vega thing Dixons will be selling?

Buy an iPad imho if you want a tablet, or wait until next year when Android tablets begin to take off and Android 3.0 is out. There simply aren't the apps there atm to justify spending 70% of the cost of an iPad on an Android tablet.

jock101

I'd go for the Toshiba Folio, as it has a tegra 250 dual core cpu, 512 ram and unlike Archos, Tosh tend to have better screens with no dead or stuck pixels. Which Archos are notorious for?

zod

the 101 is Out of stock! Next shipment in December

http://www.archos.com/store/psearch.html?country=ie&lang=en&prod_id=archos101it

Boxfresh

Waited so long for this Archos 10, so long in fact, that I ended up buying an iPad last week and never looked back.

fransdev

This guy is selling them too, through his website http://www.thurgo.co.uk/ or eBay http://stores.ebay.ie/thurgo-com169
He is waiting for the next batch to arrive next week!

d31b0y

zod wrote: »

the 101 is Out of stock! Next shipment in December

http://www.archos.com/store/psearch.html?country=ie&lang=en&prod_id=archos101it

Yer, I saw this so I contacted them about my order, made on the 26th of Oct. It will be shipping tomorrow by FedEx, so, according to them, I should have it by next Monday at the latest

mickoneill30

zod wrote: »

the 101 is Out of stock! Next shipment in December

http://www.archos.com/store/psearch.html?country=ie&lang=en&prod_id=archos101it

They'd want to hurry up and get this shipping for the Christmas season. Otherwise they're going to miss out an the best time of the year.

zod

mickoneill30 wrote: »

They'd want to hurry up and get this shipping for the Christmas season. Otherwise they're going to miss out an the best time of the year.

If your in a hurry you can buy a tosh for 399 @ powercity here

mickoneill30

zod wrote: »

If your in a hurry you can buy a tosh for 399 @ powercity here

I hadn't seen that. Thanks zod. The 8Gb Archos for €299 was pushing the envelope for my current money though

00sully

thanks for the heads up zod. had a look at this on youtube, decent specs but let down with custom UI and a bad screen apparently looks like it'll be after chrimbo for the new addition to the tech family!

zod

emailed archos WRT to delivery before Christmas if ordered online now :


e-commerce <e-commerce@archos.com>

Dear customer,

We can't guarantee a delivery before Christmas if you order it on our online store.
Cordialement / Best regards

Web sales department
e-mail : e-commerce@archos.com / web-sales@archos.com
Tel : +33 1 69 33 16 90
Fax : +33 1 69 33 16 99

fransdev

I picked up the Archos 101 at Peats 2day, they told me it had Froyo 2.2 on it, as some should have 2.2 on them, but this one still had 2.1, found that out after I unboxed it. Will have a look on the net for Froyo or I just go back. For the rest it works like a charm If I keep this one going to sideload the Android market etc.

It should be getting 2.2 before the end of the month according to Engadget.

00sully

thanks to fransdev who tipped me off that peats had stock of these the 16gb version for €349 - jumped at it yesterday.

first one, stuck pixel so replaced immediately. 2nd one, another stuck pixel dead center of screen manifested itself after an hour with it. brought it back for refund.

1st impressions of my few hours with it:

pros:

• Great form factor with a small bezel and very thin design. very comfertable to hold in both portrait and landscape. (though I think possibly a 9" one would be a nice compromise in size)
• I installed the android market place no problems very easily so had full access to market
• Tested out angry birds, looked and played wicked although did crash once.
• Wifi strength was quite good, the browser has pinch to zoom

cons:

• Android 2.1 comes loaded on this thing and its slow and buggy.
  It's hard to delete shortcuts from home screen
  sometimes the thing just freezes up. (they even saw fit to pre-install a performance monitor on it - you can tell it has only 256mb ram and single core cpu)
• It doesn't charge over micros usb boo-urns - only supplied power adapter
• you have to manually install the market
• the media center app would only randomly play videos with numerous "cannot play media" errors for no apparent reason.
• I'm so used to HTC Sense with Froyo and this 2.1 was just too plain. found myself missing the intuitive froyo actions navigating around the software and apps
• The screen viewing angles, while not awful, were significantly worse than my HTC desire

didn't get to test hdmi out or usb host.

overall, close one but still probably the best cheap tab there is but the cons far outweigh the pros for me. It was next to the folio in peats which is worse in every dept bar the specifications ironically enough. terrible terrible screen and software on the folio. It has a bigger overall footprint too (and the archos is just about useable one handed on some situations) so I would steer clear.

Looks like I'm gonna wait till a gingerbread flavour tab comes out with at least a tegra2 and 512mb of ram :pac:

zod

Using the HDMI out to 42" TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYAyQQk2C78

slowlydownwards

Any other bricks & mortar shops that have archos 101 in stock?

fransdev

Still available at Peats (Blanchardstown and Parnell Street)

fransdev

I just installed the Android market and all the apps connected to it, gmail, gtalk, navigation etc and it works like a charm, downloading Skype

Taco Corp

fransdev wrote: »

I just installed the Android market and all the apps connected to it, gmail, gtalk, navigation etc and it works like a charm, downloading Skype

How would you say your experience so far compares to 00sully? I was planning on buying one of these (archos 101) but have been a bit discouraged by 00sully's post.

zod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_OBMD03x2I

zod

Inquitus wrote: »

lol Froyo is coming soon to half the Android world, sometimes sooner than others lol. The Galaxy S official 2.2 has now been pushed from Sep to Nov, the HTC Hero took 12 months to get a 2.x version of Android, the Dell Streak is running 1.6, if I remember correctly, and is also on the coming soon list, and that's to name just a few!

..........2.2 coming soon just doesn't fill me with confidence.

Froyo released archos 101

see here http://www.androidcentral.com/archos-internet-tablets-receive-froyo-today?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

discussed here http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=41941

fransdev

Updated my Archos to Froyo, update went smooth. Just experience problems connecting to my Wifi at home. I got N but this should be no problem, it wasn't with Eclair. I just tried the Wifi at work and no problems so I will have a look on some forums if more people experience the same problems. The other thing what isn't working anymore is the Google apps apk, market, gmail etc. It only supports Eclair, but this will probably take time. Overall experience is good. The only thing I don't like is that in some angles you can see the honey grate shape of the screen. Probably gonna sell this one when the Woow or Adam come out also because of the wide screen on the Archos.

00sully

I loved the widescreen on the archos! anyway,after reading the froyo update problems I'm glad I brought mine back (not to mention the stuck pixels arghhh can't stand that!!)

I think next year is the safe bet for a tablet

by the way, I think the market apk is available now for froyo

alanceltic

Just bought one of these in Peats as a santy pressie and im eally pi$$ed. First one had a dead/stuck pixel so i replaced it and now I find that this one has about 1/4 of the screen which has a dead zone and wont respond to touch.... overall not impressed and it feels cheap cheap cheap. Also noticed that the name on it is "Archos table" down the bottom of the bezel, it just looks like a cheap chinese knock off!!"$!"£!%"$£

Basq

Good value if you're in the UK, or know anyone in the UK who could forward it onto you!

Boxfresh

alanceltic wrote: »

Just bought one of these in Peats as a santy pressie and im eally pi$$ed. First one had a dead/stuck pixel so i replaced it and now I find that this one has about 1/4 of the screen which has a dead zone and wont respond to touch.... overall not impressed and it feels cheap cheap cheap. Also noticed that the name on it is "Archos table" down the bottom of the bezel, it just looks like a cheap chinese knock off!!"$!"£!%"$£

If I were you I'd take it back for a refund and buy yourself an iPad. I was really looking forward to the Archos 10 for months but they took ages to release it. I went and tried out the demo iPad in currys last month and ended up buying it. Best thing ever. I know it'll cost you an extra €200 more than the archos but worth every penny if you ask me.

slowlydownwards

Boxfresh wrote: »

If I were you I'd take it back for a refund and buy yourself an iPad...

Have iPad on a loan for a week or so. The hardware aspect of it is just incredible!!! However I can not believe how restrictive iOs is. Apple calls this simplicity and I understand that a lot of people like it that way. There are some of us though that miss that flexibility and ease of customisation that Android offers.

If only we could have an Android tablet in such an excellent hardware enclosure as iPad. Roll on CES 2011.

As for Galaxy Tab, although very well made, I find that 7inch form factor is neither here nor there.

kaisersose77

Got the 101 myself and was unhappy at first due to viewing angle and dead zones. But have got used to viewing angles and dead zones are easily fixed by recalibrating the screen (done it once at start and has being fine ever since). Ipad is a great piece of kit but if you watch xvids etc you need to transcode everything so not an option for me.

Web browsing is great on the 101 and now i can even watch live tv on mine (from a linux program called tvheadend).

slowlydownwards

To be fair, VLC is available for iPad and takes care of everything else that isn't .mp4.

kaisersose77

didnt know that, there was only crappy media players out for it when i used it earlier this year. Good to know.

Stuxnet

slowlydownwards wrote: »

If only we could have an Android tablet in such an excellent hardware enclosure as iPad. Roll on CES 2011

thats why we jailbreak our devices ! no restrictions then, job done with one click

better then any droid device then

slowlydownwards

Sure, sure... you mean like usb ports, hdmi-out ports, front and rear cameras, native tethering, endless customisation options, live wallpapers over multiple screens, widgets, real multitasking, wireless sync and update, etc. Besides, the whole concept of jailbreaking seems (is) illegal and can't be compared to rooting. And speaking of those "devices", there's one tablet, one phone and one mp3 player.

But hey, you like chocolate, I like vanilla. How do you really measure which is better?

Frank11

fransdev wrote: »

I just installed the Android market and all the apps connected to it, gmail, gtalk, navigation etc and it works like a charm, downloading Skype

how do you download and install Android Market? I got the 7o running 2.2 and am totally new to this.

zod

Frank11 wrote: »

how do you download and install Android Market? I got the 7o running 2.2 and am totally new to this.

On the archos 101 I'm running the following so far:

Nook, alkido
Logmein
Zeam launcher
skype -audio only
smb to win 7 - video streaming, copying files .. etc
dolphin
snesnoid

Games:
Angry Birds every one
Hungry sharks
paper toss

slowlydownwards

Frank11 wrote: »

how do you download and install Android Market? I got the 7o running 2.2 and am totally new to this.

Linky here + keep an eye on that community.

ps. I see you got another official update today.