Archos 32 3.2-Inch Internet Tablet with Android Rating :
Product Details
Product Dimensions:
4.1 x 2.2 x 0.4 inches ; 2.6 ounces
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- Product Code: B003X26VNM
- Item model number: 501570
- Batteries 1 Lithium Metal batteries required.
- Average Customer Review:3.2 out of 5 stars style="margin-left:-3px">See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
- On the audio front, you'll get support for MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, and FLAC formats out of the box, along with a plug-in available for AC3 5.1.
- For video, the ARCHOS 32 will play MPEG-4 HD, MPEG-4, H.264 HD, WMV9/ACP, and MJPG codecs with the following filename extensions: AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, MKV, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, and WMV.
- Even with images, the ARCHOS 32 delivers, with support for JPEG, BMP, PNG, and GIF files.
- On the audio front, you'll get support for MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, and FLAC formats out of the box, along with a plug-in available for AC3 5.1.
- For video, the ARCHOS 32 will play MPEG-4 HD, MPEG-4, H.264 HD, WMV9/ACP, and MJPG codecs with the following filename extensions: AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, MKV, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, and WMV.
- Even with images, the ARCHOS 32 delivers, with support for JPEG, BMP, PNG, and GIF files.
Product Description
Amazon.com
The ARCHOS 32 is a sleek Android device with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and 8 GB of on-board memory. Smaller than a pack of gum, the ARCHOS 32 will play multiple video and music formats, download Android apps to fit your lifestyle, connect to the Internet, and even shoot video with its built-in camera.
 Play a variety of video and music formats, surf the web, or shoot some video. Click to enlarge. |
 Sleek and stylish, with a 3.2-inch touchscreen. |
 Access the AppsLib store, an Android app marketplace where you can download multiple apps while connected to Wi-Fi. |
Great Hardware The ARCHOS 32 is a real eye-catcher, with its 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen LCD that boasts a WQVGA (400 x 240) resolution and 16 million colors.
It's also got the power to back up those looks, with an 800 MHz Arm Cortex A8 processor with DSP, and 3D OpenGL graphics acceleration.
An Excellent Media Player The ARCHOS 32 features music, video, and photo applications that allow users to browse through the album covers to locate and instantly access their media. Plus, the ARCHOS 32 is able to play a variety of music, photo, and video formats. This means far less headaches with file conversion--simply drag and drop files directly from your computer to the device and enjoy.
Android Apps Since the ARCHOS 32 is an Android-based device, it provides access to all kinds of applications. The AppsLib store is an Android application marketplace where you can download multiple apps while connected to a Wi-Fi network. You decide what your product should do for you by choosing from the thousands of available apps. Social media, entertainment, weather, traffic, news, and games are now just a click away.
Built-in Video Camera The ARCHOS 32 gives you the ability to make memories wherever you choose. With a built-in video camera, you can easily record video or take pictures. Within minutes, you can upload and share your personal memories on your social networks.
Surf the Internet Using a Wi-Fi connection, you can surf the web as efficiently as you do on your computer, thanks to the ARCHOS 32's speedy processor. Easily zoom in and out by double-tapping on the screen or by rotating the product horizontally.
USB 2.0 Device The ARCHOS 32 is a USB 2.0 device, so it will connect and charge using your computer's USB port. This makes file transfer fast and easy as well, with drag-and-drop ease.
What's in the Box ARCHOS 32, earphones, standard USB cable, quick start guide, and legal/safety notice.Also Available for this Android Device
 | Amazon Appstore for Android Get a great paid app for free every day. |  | Kindle Buy a book once and read it everywhere with our free Kindle Reading App for Android. |  | Amazon MP3 Shop 15 million songs and stream your Cloud Drive music directly from your Android device. |
 | IMDB Find local movie showtimes and TV listings, watch trailers, and search the world's largest source of entertainment information. |  | Audible Download audiobooks directly to your Android device, then listen wherever you go, get audiobook news, earn badges, and more. |  | Amazon Mobile Shop for millions of products, get product details, and read reviews--right from your mobile device. |
Customer Reviews
See all 87 customer reviews
Let's start with the Pros and ConsPros:-Very responsive touch screen (no multitouch)-Slim-Good media player-Aesthetically nice-Android OSCons:-Atrocious wireless reception (Achilles heel of this device)-No native android market-Comes with Android 2.1 installedNow the dirt:The point for me in getting this device was to be able to connect to my university's wireless internet to stream Pandora internet radio, and do general web surfing while walking around campus. Unfortunately this device gets subpar wireless reception. This device will pretty much only get stable internet reception if you can see the access point. For comparison, I'm sitting here on my Lenovo laptop which gets a signal strength of excellent (full bars) from an access point a couple of floors below me, and this Archos 32 barely registers the signal. I can't get any signal if I try to hold it in any comfortable and realistic way. Having "wireless n" in no way aids this device. For this reason I'm now in the process of returning it.Selling a device with the label "internet tablet" on it while the device gets poor wireless reception, is misleading marketing in my opinion. A customer service rep told me this when I inquired about the poor wireless reception "this is just a Portable Media Player with Internet Capabilities." Exactly, and they should market these as what Amazon puts on the product page "Archos 32 3.2-Inch Touch Screen with Android".Supposedly there will be a software upgrade sometime in the future that will enable Android 2.2. Only problem with this is that one of the main benefits to Android 2.2 is flash support in the browser, but how is somebody supposed to experience that with limited wireless reception.Playing media that is physically on the device is really where it accels. It has a slim form factor, has good sound quality, and can play pretty much anything you throw at it. The only real benefit to having the Android OS on it is the video games for which the accelerometer works well enough (at least for the demo racing game that comes preinstalled). Where Android hurts it is that the software can start to lag a bit at times when all you want to do is listen to some music. Of course the reason for this is when you go to the system monitor you find a bunch of programs that you've unknowingly had running in the background. Another thing is that it's not fully Android supported so there is no Marketplace. However, with a little searching online, that can be easily fixed ;)The screen is nothing spectacular, but it has a good enough resolution that you most likely won't be bothered by it, and the image quality is decent. The touchscreen is surprisingly very responsive. It's only single touch, no multi touch, but you will find that it won't inhibit you in any way, and is quite excellent. I had no problems typing on the onscreen keyboard, even with the screen in portrait mode. The device supports screen rotation through the accelerometer, but in order for the screen to respond to a shift in the way you're holding it, it often requires a little shake, and seems to never respond immediately. It can be annoying but it's livable.Also a note on Archos customer support; they are very quick to respond through emails. I was getting responses within a couple hours of my replies. Of course when I inquired about my wireless strength issue, all it turned into was an argument about whether or not enterprise security effects signal strength (of course it doesn't, but my support rep insisted on that being the problem). They also apparently don't support all of the functionality of the Android OS (as in my case the Android OS supports connecting to a wpa2 enterprise network, but my support rep kept insisting that I connect to a personal level network and that would somehow mysteriously solve my wireless problems-yeah right). Why ship a product with software you don't support?To Conclude, if you're looking for a for a media player that just happens to be able to connect to the internet then this is the device for you. If you're looking for something where the main purpose is accessing the internet (my case) then this is not for you, and you will only find yourself becoming frustrated with its inadequacies.Update 12/28/10:I've had my iPod touch for a couple of months now, and where this pmp should have been getting wireless reception but didn't, my iPod is able to get a signal just fine. Really just a poor hardware design on Archos part.
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Product Description
Amazon.com
The ARCHOS 32 is a sleek Android device with a 3.2-inch touchscreen and 8 GB of on-board memory. Smaller than a pack of gum, the ARCHOS 32 will play multiple video and music formats, download Android apps to fit your lifestyle, connect to the Internet, and even shoot video with its built-in camera.
Play a variety of video and music formats, surf the web, or shoot some video. Click to enlarge. |
Sleek and stylish, with a 3.2-inch touchscreen. |
Access the AppsLib store, an Android app marketplace where you can download multiple apps while connected to Wi-Fi. |
Great Hardware The ARCHOS 32 is a real eye-catcher, with its 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen LCD that boasts a WQVGA (400 x 240) resolution and 16 million colors.
It's also got the power to back up those looks, with an 800 MHz Arm Cortex A8 processor with DSP, and 3D OpenGL graphics acceleration.
An Excellent Media Player The ARCHOS 32 features music, video, and photo applications that allow users to browse through the album covers to locate and instantly access their media. Plus, the ARCHOS 32 is able to play a variety of music, photo, and video formats. This means far less headaches with file conversion--simply drag and drop files directly from your computer to the device and enjoy.
Android Apps Since the ARCHOS 32 is an Android-based device, it provides access to all kinds of applications. The AppsLib store is an Android application marketplace where you can download multiple apps while connected to a Wi-Fi network. You decide what your product should do for you by choosing from the thousands of available apps. Social media, entertainment, weather, traffic, news, and games are now just a click away.
Built-in Video Camera The ARCHOS 32 gives you the ability to make memories wherever you choose. With a built-in video camera, you can easily record video or take pictures. Within minutes, you can upload and share your personal memories on your social networks.
Surf the Internet Using a Wi-Fi connection, you can surf the web as efficiently as you do on your computer, thanks to the ARCHOS 32's speedy processor. Easily zoom in and out by double-tapping on the screen or by rotating the product horizontally.
USB 2.0 Device The ARCHOS 32 is a USB 2.0 device, so it will connect and charge using your computer's USB port. This makes file transfer fast and easy as well, with drag-and-drop ease.
What's in the Box ARCHOS 32, earphones, standard USB cable, quick start guide, and legal/safety notice.Also Available for this Android Device
| Amazon Appstore for Android Get a great paid app for free every day. | | Kindle Buy a book once and read it everywhere with our free Kindle Reading App for Android. | | Amazon MP3 Shop 15 million songs and stream your Cloud Drive music directly from your Android device. |
| IMDB Find local movie showtimes and TV listings, watch trailers, and search the world's largest source of entertainment information. | | Audible Download audiobooks directly to your Android device, then listen wherever you go, get audiobook news, earn badges, and more. | | Amazon Mobile Shop for millions of products, get product details, and read reviews--right from your mobile device. |
Customer Reviews
See all 87 customer reviews
Let's start with the Pros and ConsPros:-Very responsive touch screen (no multitouch)-Slim-Good media player-Aesthetically nice-Android OSCons:-Atrocious wireless reception (Achilles heel of this device)-No native android market-Comes with Android 2.1 installedNow the dirt:The point for me in getting this device was to be able to connect to my university's wireless internet to stream Pandora internet radio, and do general web surfing while walking around campus. Unfortunately this device gets subpar wireless reception. This device will pretty much only get stable internet reception if you can see the access point. For comparison, I'm sitting here on my Lenovo laptop which gets a signal strength of excellent (full bars) from an access point a couple of floors below me, and this Archos 32 barely registers the signal. I can't get any signal if I try to hold it in any comfortable and realistic way. Having "wireless n" in no way aids this device. For this reason I'm now in the process of returning it.Selling a device with the label "internet tablet" on it while the device gets poor wireless reception, is misleading marketing in my opinion. A customer service rep told me this when I inquired about the poor wireless reception "this is just a Portable Media Player with Internet Capabilities." Exactly, and they should market these as what Amazon puts on the product page "Archos 32 3.2-Inch Touch Screen with Android".Supposedly there will be a software upgrade sometime in the future that will enable Android 2.2. Only problem with this is that one of the main benefits to Android 2.2 is flash support in the browser, but how is somebody supposed to experience that with limited wireless reception.Playing media that is physically on the device is really where it accels. It has a slim form factor, has good sound quality, and can play pretty much anything you throw at it. The only real benefit to having the Android OS on it is the video games for which the accelerometer works well enough (at least for the demo racing game that comes preinstalled). Where Android hurts it is that the software can start to lag a bit at times when all you want to do is listen to some music. Of course the reason for this is when you go to the system monitor you find a bunch of programs that you've unknowingly had running in the background. Another thing is that it's not fully Android supported so there is no Marketplace. However, with a little searching online, that can be easily fixed ;)The screen is nothing spectacular, but it has a good enough resolution that you most likely won't be bothered by it, and the image quality is decent. The touchscreen is surprisingly very responsive. It's only single touch, no multi touch, but you will find that it won't inhibit you in any way, and is quite excellent. I had no problems typing on the onscreen keyboard, even with the screen in portrait mode. The device supports screen rotation through the accelerometer, but in order for the screen to respond to a shift in the way you're holding it, it often requires a little shake, and seems to never respond immediately. It can be annoying but it's livable.Also a note on Archos customer support; they are very quick to respond through emails. I was getting responses within a couple hours of my replies. Of course when I inquired about my wireless strength issue, all it turned into was an argument about whether or not enterprise security effects signal strength (of course it doesn't, but my support rep insisted on that being the problem). They also apparently don't support all of the functionality of the Android OS (as in my case the Android OS supports connecting to a wpa2 enterprise network, but my support rep kept insisting that I connect to a personal level network and that would somehow mysteriously solve my wireless problems-yeah right). Why ship a product with software you don't support?To Conclude, if you're looking for a for a media player that just happens to be able to connect to the internet then this is the device for you. If you're looking for something where the main purpose is accessing the internet (my case) then this is not for you, and you will only find yourself becoming frustrated with its inadequacies.Update 12/28/10:I've had my iPod touch for a couple of months now, and where this pmp should have been getting wireless reception but didn't, my iPod is able to get a signal just fine. Really just a poor hardware design on Archos part.
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