[ale] Archos Tablet

Sat May 14 20:16:53 EDT 2011

I tried calling Customer Support last night for the Arnova 10 my wife
has.  The info card that comes in the box claims you can call Customer
Service 24 x 7!  I thought that would be rather impressive!!  Well...it
would have.  Once I called I found they were closed and decided to try
for their Saturday hours.

I called again this morning...very long wait times!  The first try ended
with me hanging-up.  The second try had me through in about 10-minutes.
The support tech was a native English speaker and very well versed.  (A
bonus to the company at this point!)  I found out quickly that the tools
that I had d/l'd were all the wrong ones and that the website that I had
been going to was wrong.  He explained that the websites are confusing
and not done as well as they should be.  

Once on track I found the .img to update the OS but found that the unit
is basically TOAST.  The error loop that it is stuck in does not allow
the machine to power down thus it cannot see the new update to the OS to
reinitialize and un-bork itself on reboot.  This is a well known issue
to them now and was recommended for RMA if I couldn't get lucky working
with it otherwise.

I'll give it a few more college tries and then send it back to the
factory.  Not much of a showing thus far for Archos and the Arnova 10
thus far......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: Re: [ale] Archos Tablet
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 07:51:15 -0400

Thanks for all the feedback.  Rich, I would definitely like to know
what you find out about PDFs.  This looks viable for me if I don't
drag my feet until the next better solution.

...John

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Richard Faulkner
<rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:
> 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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