[ale] Archos Tablet

[Richard Faulkner]

Been playing with the tablet tonight and it crashed.  BIG TIME!!!  So
bad as a matter of fact that it is not recoverable and it cannot be
shut-off (constant error and will not accept input.)  The search is on
for support documents and a way to wrestle control of the box without
prying it open to pull the battery.  A search of the Archos website
reveals an update for the OS and developer tools too.  Will also keep on
the look-out for PDF tools but believe those will be found at Adobe
itself.  Will see if I'm right once I get control of the tablet
back.....RinL


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>
Reply-to: rfaulkner at 34thprs.org, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Archos Tablet
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:07:28 -0400

Funny you should ask...we just got one yesterday as a Mother's Day
present for my wife.  Got it on Tiger Direct for a very good price (well
below $300) and so far it isn't bad.  Of course I haven't gotten much
time on it as the wife is putting it through its paces.  I just put a
PDF doc on a thumb drive but was not able to open it out of the box.
Media files are a cinch, but PDF may take a plug-in.  (I got the same
results as you...)  Will see if I can find any tools for PDF....

Rich in Lilburn

-----Original Message-----
From: John Pilman <jcpilman at gmail.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] Archos Tablet
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 07:41:09 -0400


Does anyone here have experience or knowledge of the Achos 101 tablet?
 I am thinking of getting one for the following reasons:

~ $300
10" dual touch capacitive screen
WiFi
It claims to dual boot Android and Linux Angstrom.
It accepts micro SDHC and USB 2 flash drives.
My primary purpose is to read PDF documents.

I tried testing one at BrandSmart in Kennesaw, but was not successful
there.  That is, I plugged in a flash drive and saw my files, but the
tablet failed to open a PDF when I selected it.

Thoughts?

...John
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