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Jan 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: combjelly who wrote (257474)	12/21/2008 3:02:36 AM
From: wbmw	Read Replies (1) of 275872

CJ, is this an example of a good ARM based consumer device? umpcportal.com just got an archos7/320 a few days ago and updated to latest firmware 1.2.05. the software of this unit is unbelievably bad! it crashes so often that it is definitely not fun to work with. the principal design of the unit is fine. also, the user interface is not bad at all. but the software just isn't stable. i have been web browsing mostly and the damn browser crashes every half hour or so. the unit freezes completely and only a full reset will re-awake it. and i am not doing anything esoteric. just normal browsing. also, websites above a certain size will simply not display correctly. don't know what the size limit is exactly. something around 400KB or so, which really isn't much. how can anybody sell such a piece of crap software!? i am a software designer for 30 years and i have seen some crappy software in my time but this one is just unbelievably bad. at this point i absolutely CAN NOT RECOMMEND this unit. other bad points: 1. wifi range is VERY short. 2. touch screen is VERY imprecise! if you're in the browser and want to click on a link do not click on the link! yes, that's right. would be way to easy now, wouldn't it? you actually have to click above the link and slightly to the right. i don't think i am the only one with the touch screen problem. i have seen it in a review video (i believe it was an archos 5) on the internet. i think it was on youtube. reviewer had the same problem. folks, DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT. software is crap and needs MUCH work before this unit is usable. also, price is VERY high and you don't even get all the codecs you need. you have to BUY codecs you will certainly need. also, support is totally useless. i asked very precise questions and all i get is pre-fabricated responses, probably from some folks in india who have never seen a unit in their lives. if i don't see improvements VERY SOON i will return my unit and post whereever i can and tell people NOT TO BUY this thing. i hope some archos folks are reading this. you got yourselves a VERY unhappy customer. cheers, h

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