ARCHOS VIDEO PLAYER ANDROID REVIEW FULL
ARCHOS VIDEO PLAYER ANDROID REVIEW SOFTWARE

We transferred over a bunch of our newest albums and had no complaints about the sound of our tunes. There's also the typical Artist, Songs, Albums and Playlist organization, and scrolling through the long lists is particularly easy with the alphabetical option that appears over the scroll bar. Also, Archos has done some work to the music interface вЂ“ they've added a Cover Flow-esque UI for easily sifting through recently played albums. On the music front, the little guy handles a slew of audio formats, including MP3, WMA, WMA-Pro 5.1, WAV, AAC, OGG. The 32 can do a handful of things, and we'll get to them in a bit, but its real talent is music and video playback. Turning around the bend in Racing Thunder Lite by tilting it to the right or left was quite responsive. However, when it comes to gaming it's much more accurate. At least there's an option to turn it off within the Settings menu. The accelerometer is a nice addition, but at times it can be a bit slow to readjust вЂ“ we had to shake the device a few times to get it to reorientate itself. Even with brightness cranked all the way up, colors are fairly washed out and just not as bright as you'd expect вЂ“ greens and blues in an HD clip of the Caribbean just weren't as crisp as we'd hoped it would be. The display is also overly glossy, which makes it hard to see in bright situations.ДЄs far as actual screen quality goes, we're less than impressed. While we realize we're used to glass displays, the plastic one on the 32 feels like it's caving in every time you make a selection. Our major issue with the display is really how mushy it feels. You can check it out for yourself in the video below, but lightly swiping a finger to scroll through albums or down a web page was rather smooth вЂ“ much smoother than on the Archos 7 Home Tablet or any of the other resistive tablets we've reviewed lately. We found the 420 x 240-resolution LCD to be responsive to light finger swipes and taps - at first we actually thought it may be capacitive, but the old fingernail test proved us wrong. We don't blame you, but it's nowhere near as bad as you'd think. Your run-of-the-mill plastic earbuds are included in the box вЂ“ they're loud, but outrageously uncomfortable in comparison to our Shures.ДЄdmit it: you've been cringing at the fact that the 32 has a resistive touchscreen since you read the introduction. It's a fairly odd omission considering most of the other Archos PMPs have had it in the past. There's a small mic on the bottom as well, but the device is missing a speaker. The left edge holds the 32's power button and volume rocker, while the bottom is home to micro-USB and 3.5mm headphone jacks. However, they're not backlit so seeing them in the dark is a struggle. The front of the device is mostly glossy screen, although below the display are six touch-sensitive buttons that actually happen to be more responsive to finger taps than we expected. There's no carrying case included, so we'd strongly suggest nabbing a small pouch for protecting it against bumps and bruises in a bag. 3-inch thick 'tablet.' The little thing felt right at home in our pocket at the gym and didn't protrude much when we put it in our jeans pocket. However for weighing just 2.5 ounces we're fairly impressed with the build quality of the. When powered off, the Archos 32 looks like the company's typical music player вЂ“ it's primarily crafted of black plastic, though the back is made of some sort of brushed metal.

ARCHOS VIDEO PLAYER ANDROID REVIEW FULL

You'll want to check out our full review after the break to find out just what those are. At $150, it seems like a pretty good deal, especially when you consider that it's cheaper than an iPod Touch or even a Zune HD (depending on where you're shopping), but there are a few issues that may hold you back from forking over the cash. And it's also got an accelerometer for playing games. But unlike most, it runs Android 2.1 (2.2 will be a firmware update, we're told), which adds quite a bit more functionality in terms of applications and web browsing.

ARCHOS VIDEO PLAYER ANDROID REVIEW SOFTWARE

With 3.2 inches of resistive touchscreen, the 32 packs the specs of a typical media player: 8GB of storage, media player software with support for loads of audio and video formats, and a VGA camera. With there now being five ( oh yes, five!) Archos Android Internet Tablets on the market, it's understandably hard to keep 'em all straight, but in our minds the 32 is easy to separate from the rest вЂ“ it, along with the 28, is more of an Android PMP than anything else.

Archos video player android review