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ARCHOS 7 home tablet - 8 GB

bigbite
bigbite Posts: 14 Forumite
in It's gone, but was it any good?
Seems a good price if your after a cheaper tablet

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/r/archos-7-home-tablet-8-gb

Plus cashback on quidco

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  • needaspirin
    needaspirin Posts: 1,208 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic
    Unfortunately not WIFI. The WIFI version is £134 and the 10" is £149 instore Tesco. I have the 10" and its a nice piece of kit.
  • bigbite
    bigbite Posts: 14 Forumite
    needaspirin wrote: »
    Unfortunately not WIFI. The WIFI version is £134 and the 10" is £149 instore Tesco. I have the 10" and its a nice piece of kit.

    But even for the spec its still a good price.

    The wifi is a good price as well thats why I included the link for both
  • funnelm
    funnelm Posts: 22 Forumite
    Are you sure its not Wifi - Theres a Wifi logo on the page and the reviewer talks about using Wifi...

    I think the cheaper version might be the original Archos 7 Home Tablet which runs Android 1.5 and has a Resistive screen. Search the internet and you'll find you can upgrade to Android 2.2 fairly easily but theres no flash support, so sorry, no iplayer. Use a stylus and the screen is more than usable on these.
  • daveg72
    daveg72 Posts: 212 Forumite
    All I can say is be really careful before ordering anything from Pixmania, they are not the best company to use with lots and lots and lots of unhappy customers.
  • k599rag
    k599rag Posts: 103 Forumite
    needaspirin wrote: »
    Unfortunately not WIFI. The WIFI version is £134 and the 10" is £149 instore Tesco. I have the 10" and its a nice piece of kit.

    It is WI-FI. Cheaper here too.

    http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/ARCHOS-7-HOME-TABLET/HANDSET&clearance=false

    The thing you should be aware of is the fact that it runs Android 2.1 which isn't really designed for tablets.
  • snowqueen555
    snowqueen555 Posts: 1,588 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I am not sure if archos have access to the full android market as I waqs into getting one last year and it put me off. Appslib, Achos' own android app store, is severely limited. there are ways around it though
  • Obviously_the_best
    Obviously_the_best Posts: 4,086 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Cashback Cashier
    The archos 10" is in my local HMV for £129 but it doesn't seem to be online (HMV worthing if interested)
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