Archos 5 Android tablet gets felt up all over the internet

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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Remember that hot new Archos tablet we mentioned a little while back? Five inch touchscreen? Runs Android? Right. Well it’s not just PR shots and specs now; it’s been handled by just about everyone on the internet, and the consensus is: solid, but maybe wait for the first update, which will add full HTML browsing by default and perhaps Flash support. At any rate, the pricing is confirmed and they’re available now.

Laptop Magazine has a little hands on that shows it being pretty much what you’d expect. The touchscreen, although the lady says it’s very responsive, appears about as laggy as my G1′s. Still, with 60GB of storage and some serious firepower running the thing, it’s still a pretty serious super-PMP.

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