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    I see the Archos 7HT 8GB is only ?99 in Tesco, which looks a great little buy.

    Has anyone got / used one..? My wife is after an eReader for her birthday.

    I'm torn between the 7HT and the ?89 Kindle.

    I think for the extra ?10 the functions the Archos has will make it a better investment. My wife isn't a proper geek, so long as she can check her emails, read bbc.co.uk and read eBooks she'll be happy with a budget tablet

    Any opinions..??

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    i looked at it for shady jr, ended up going with the archos 101.., as it does more of what he'll / i'll use it for..

    when i was looking the 7ht looked a good little tablet, but it was ?129.99 when i was looking and i got the 101 for ?149, but for ?99, get it
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    Can't actually find anything concrete to state whether it has a resistive touchscreen or not but I think it has. Don't get a resistive touchscreen, get a capacitive one.

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    it has got resistive.. also no flash
    but for what you say its going to be used for then flash doesnt seem to be a big problem.
    i would agree with mj that capacative IS better than resisitive, but have had a play with the archos and touchscreen is good, beeter than a ds for instance.
    and looking at it as an alternative to a kindle, then its a good price
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    We looked at a few different tablets the saw that on the Amazon warehouse clearance they have a refurbished Kindle Keyboard (wifi but not 3g) for ?79 these actually brand new and have a full 12 month warranty. They have 4gb memory (the new kindle only has 2gb) and the battery life is twice that of the new kindle.

    You don't get a mains charger but they charge from USB anyway.

    We also got an aluminium clamshell case for the kindle which can be used as a stand, it was ?12.49 (18$AUS) from ebay, from Hong Kong, there's only 1 person selling them.

    I've also got an Archos 101 and I would much rather read from an E-Ink display that an LCD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadyback View Post
    it has got resistive.. also no flash
    but for what you say its going to be used for then flash doesnt seem to be a big problem.
    i would agree with mj that capacative IS better than resisitive, but have had a play with the archos and touchscreen is good, beeter than a ds for instance.
    and looking at it as an alternative to a kindle, then its a good price
    It always was a bit of a piss take calling the DS a touchscreen

    For years I have used a Nokia N810 for Ebooks and have recently gone over to an Commtiva N700 Android (old eyes, small screen) and am pleased with it for reading.

    Second hand they are about ?90 on eBay.

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    she currently has plenty of eBooks on her lappy so reading from a tablet shouldn't bother her too much..

    i did read about being able to hack a kindle and there being firmware with browsers etc on.. is this utter pish or is there any truth in it..??

    One way may be to take her to Tesco and let her have a play with all the tablets.. but that takes the surprise out of it

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    its not pish no, u can get linux running on a kindle and allsorts.. BUT its a lot of messing around and its still a monochrome screen, for ?10 more , its gotta be a tablet all the way
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    great shout that shady

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    can i watch my Dreambox on a hacked Kindle though

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    depends what booketts you got

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadyback View Post
    There are 2 versions of this tablet and none of the ads say which it is so it's a safe bet that it is the old one.

    You can't watch video on the kindle at all, the screen is too slow but you can browse the Internet in general on it. If you get a 3G one you can browse for free wherever you are. I am not sure about the new cheap Kindle though, it may not have a browser or MP3 player at all.

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    you're right mj, there are 2 versions.. the home tablet and the internet tablet..
    Archos 70 Internet Tablet mobile phone ***45; On Various networks | The Carphone Warehouse
    the internet tab is in whorehouse for ?99 and its better than the home tab, comparison below,



    Home Tablets Internet Tablets Advantages of Internet Tablets Processor ARM 9 @ 660 MHz ARM Cortex A8 @ 1 GHz 3 times faster for everything***8230; interface, web browsing, applications***8230; Processing power (million instructions / sec) 800 DMIPS 2400 DMIPS



    Screen Resistive Capacitive multitouch screen Easier to use, multitouch Graphic Coprocessor 3D OpenGL 1.0 3D OpenGL 2.0 Faster, more fluid Android interface 3D Graphics Games
    3D Games Supports 3D graphics Games Accelerometer No Yes Turn your tablet to suit your needs



    Android Version 2.1 (Eclair) 2.2 (Froyo) Last version of Android - compatible with Adobe Flash Adobe Flash compatibility No Yes - Flash 10 Access to the real web like on a PC



    Weight 380 gr 300 gr Ultra-light Thickness 12 mm 10 mm Ultra-thin



    WiFi b/g b/g/n Improved connectivity with WiFi/n Bluetooth No Yes Supports all Bluetooth peripherals 3G Tethering No Yes Access internet everywhere through your 3G mobile phone via Bluetooth



    Multimedia Standard Android Applications Specially built Archos Multimedia Apps for music, video, coverflows, photo slideshows... Better experience in terms of multimedia Compatible Video format - MPEG-4 ***8211; 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps. - MPEG-4 - HD up to 720p Higher resolution and data throughput for audio and HD video, more audio and video formats supported - H.264 up to 720p resolution ***8211; 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps. - H.264 HD up to 720p - Realvideo***8482; up to 720p resolution ***8211; 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps

    - M-JPEG (Motion JPEG Video)
    - Optional: MPEG-2 With the above codecs, the device can play video files with the following extensions: .AVI, .MP4, MKV, MOV and FLV Codecs allowing video files with the following extensions: AVI, MP4, MKV, MOV, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, 3GP Compatible Audio format - WAV
    - APE
    - OGG
    - FLAC - WAV (PCM/ADPCM)
    - P3 CBR & VBR
    - AAC, AAC+ 5.1
    - OGG Vorbis
    - FLAC
    - 0ptional: AC3 5.1 Photo formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Photo Frame Local pictures only 3D animated Photo Frame with abitily to display pictures from Facebook, Flickr and Picassa directly through WiFi
    Supported Subtitles None .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub
    Camera No Yes
    HDMI output No Yes Connect your tablet to your TV via HDMI cable Android on TV No Yes



    Capacity 8Gb 8Gb & 250 Gb Huge storage capacity: up to 250 GB at the price of 32 GB Compatible Micro SDHC Compatible Micro SDHC Streaming No UPnP & SAMBA Shared folders Stream content from a PC Peripherals USB host mouse, keyboard
    Optional - via USB host adaptor Connect mouse or beyboard and std PC peripherals via BT or USB. Dual boot No Yes Fully programmable and custimizable environment just like a PC.
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