Furthermore, many apps in Android Market provided, also free, but the offer is qualitatively not comparable to the Apple world. But for the person or one or other pastimes and information it was good enough. Whether weather or television, Sudoku or chess. Requirement for access to the Android apps is a Google account. But that is in the Apple / iOS world yes otherwise.
The third aspect is the use as an eReader. If you consider that Amazon's Kindle is an inch smaller, one can imagine that seven inches are quite comfortable. Clear, on an iPad 2 with its 10 inches, it reads even better because less needs to be scrolled, but beats the iPad with 600 grams without and with 840 grams with a shell to beech, while the Archos only 330 grams on the Libra brings. A notable difference when you hold the reader like a book the whole time in the hand.
Finally, can the tablet great use as carrier media, whether music or photos. Here I am, however, also encountered the first difficulty: it is I have not succeeded after more than one week of testing, to transfer data from external to internal 8GB memory. Neither with that described in the handout even with the traditional approach by connecting with USB to a computer and copy. The tablet is recognized properly on my computers, but it can be far not store any data on it. So in my view is a very handy way to the game, the extension with a micro SD card. I put the data directly on the laptop on the card and put it just on the fly into the tablet. This really works very simply and well. I also think so the internal memory free of data that are as well placed on a map, the access speed is absolutely sufficient.
The display is quite outstanding in my view, is a good resolution for most applications and responds equally well to touch. Usability and ergonomics are also properly. As additional equipment the small device has a camera, the pictures and movies can (which I do not use), what you can but skype together with the built-in microphone or the like also. In addition, the microphone can be use for voice control. So certain functions can also be used with language. The search function in the Kindle app, for example, just to name a.
One difficulty so far is that Flash Player is necessary for watching many videos, for example from the media libraries of television station, an additional plugin, Adobe. Once I install this, then worked the provided browser no longer properly. My tip, if someone has this problem: install an alternative browser, such as the Opera. (In the meantime, after several attempts, is also the original browser again.) But although then works with installed Adobe Flash Player, the browser again, but video playback is still not possible. Another review is apparent that this would be necessary a paid unlock in Archos. I have yet to refrain.
An important point is the battery time. In normal use while surfing or when eBook reading my device achieved a runtime of about five hours. Even when reading but the WiFi is always enabled. Possibly can be read more or act offline, when WLAN and Bluetooth are disabled. This is also stated that with the Archos 70b via Bluetooth may well trigger other devices. This works for me with a Creative ZiiSound D3X and the respective Creative ZiiSound DSX subwoofer properly and easily.
Conclusion: The Archos 70b is a tablet that is great fun with a good price-performance ratio, is easy to use and set up, and as a constant companion now goes on business trips with me. (Make Sure you have that you need a wireless network in order to trade online can.) Yet not without teething troubles it remains a gadget that I initially underestimated and now appreciate even more. Nevertheless, a star deduction for the fee-based plug-in for full video playback, a battery life at the lower limit of a small tablet and the difficulty of storing data in the internal memory.
