Archos 101 G9 with 250GB disk

Nelson Muntz

Hi,

Does anyone know when this is due to go on sale? Anyone have any experience of it or Archos tablets in general? Any good?

http://www.archos.com/products/gen9/archos_101g9/index.html?country=ie&lang=en

Thanks

justsomebloke

posted this on the FNAC thread this morning about a G9 I got yesterday afternoon. One thing to be careful of is that there are 3 different processors going to be used in G9's (1, 1.2 and 1.5)

justsomebloke wrote: »

First impressions are that I am a little let down by it. It seems to be slightly under-powered, screen transitions and scrolling are both a bit sluggish. This also means that flash games, if intensive won't be a good experience, some of these issues may be resolvable with a custom rom but the fact that I may have to install a custom rom on it is a bit of a pisser as it should be good enough out of the box.

The screen although not as vibrant as an ipad2 is still quite good and has great viewing angles so can't complain however there are moments of unresponsiveness from the touch screen that will leave you frustrated.

Aesthetically it is a bit plasticy, however I'm not to pushed about it to be truthful however the volume button is stupidly placed on the side were you would naturally place your hand so that can be a pain.

16:9 V 4:3. Truthfully personal preference is that I'm not a fan of 16:9 tablets especially at this size as they can be a bit to tall meaning you have to use them in landscape mode for the most part. However most android devices are like this. That said the missus who will be using this mostly prefers the 16:9 ratio

Truthfully not a bad tablet, however I am basing that off the fact that it was €212 delivered. If I was paying an extra €100 I would start thinking about something else.

Nelson Muntz

Cheers, thanks for that.

rockfist

What model was that 'justsomebloke'? I've been waiting for the 101 g9 250gig and was told by archos early December but now they are saying the new year. Quite Frustrating.