Resistive The Archos 5 is a 5-inch portable media player (PMP) that uses Google’s Android as the OS from Archos. Unfortunately the beautiful 4.8-inch TFT LCD with 800 x 480 resolution is coupled with resistive touch technology. Not all resistive touch is terrible: there is one that is excellent but most are terrible and I’m hoping the Archos 5 is at least decent. The reviews on Amazon are not too flattering with only 1 of 5 reviews giving it a 5 star rating (at the time of writing).
The Bad Let’s see what the folks didn’t like first:
The Good And then the good stuff (there’s lots):
Slick Interface (easy to navigate around), Simple Setup, Solid Battery Life, Intelligent Feedback (tells you if copied files cannot be played), FM Transmitter, Touch Works Well (?), Solid Web Browsing, PDF Support.
Almost There The Archos 5 seems to be about 90% there. With future firmware updates the Archos5 can fix some of the problems mentioned but what is confusing to me is how the reviewers are reacting to the resistive touch screen: some say it is good and others hate it. I guess there’s only one way to find out if you like it or not: You can get the Archos 5 for US$389.99 at Amazon.
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