[SWLUG] Archos 101, 16GB .. opinions?

Justin Mitchell justin at discordia.org.uk
Mon Aug 1 09:37:18 UTC 2011


Alternative: Advent Vega £199 from dixons/currys.

Similar spec, 10.1 inch capacitive screen, hdmi, sd, usb, etc but  with dual core 1ghz Tegra2 chipset.

Loads of roms for it that give it google market etc, modaco, cyanogen rom, vegacomb (a port of honey comb)

swlug <swlug at alicious.com> wrote:

>Thinking of getting an Archos 101 tablet 
><http://www.trustedreviews.com/Archos-101-Internet-Tablet_Laptop_review>, capacitive 
>touchscreen, Wifi, HDMI, USB connector, Flash, microSD. Apparently you 
>can dual boot it or install a Linux OS instead of Android 2.2 but I 
>doubt that I will. 16GB version is £220 at Tesco.
>
>Will use it to check email, web surf, watch movies and probably connect 
>it to lounge TV sometimes for iPlayer.
>
>Anyone got one or got a recommendation for a similar priced tablet. The 
>HDMI and easy connection to storage are probably most essential. 
>Preferably battery enough to show a movie or two.
>
>Thanks all!
>
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