Processing:
Allen doomsayers makes the tablet outside a good impression. The plastic frame holds the Archos 101 G9 Turbo together securely, and fits comfortably in your hand. Also from the feeling can not be said it would be cheap plastic. It's just plastic, and as such it has a certain degree to which it can be bent. If you at certain points, particularly along the border, pushing, you can hear quiet "creaking". But you have been really something solid and targeted press. As I said a property of the plastic and therefore not a threat to the tablet. - Tip: If you want a fixed housing should look at tablets with aluminum back. The price of such devices is then but certainly well over 300 euros.
The technique:
The dual-core processor with 1.2GHz (governed, as needed, up to 1.5GHz high) care and the 1GB RAM in this great tablet for orderly performance surfing. If the page is completely loaded once, which of course goes times faster and sometimes slower depending on the Internet speed and WiFi version, you can scroll up and down to your hearts content. Zooming will be here rarely need to, as long as you hold the device horizontally. If you hold it vertically, it is well suited for reading eBooks or other documents, even if the tablet of course heavier than a pure EBOOKREADER.
Of course you want on a tablet not only surfing but sometimes games. And that's wonderful. In addition to classics like Solitair * Angry Birds * and Fruit Ninja * offers the Archos 101 G9 enough power for 3D games. For example, the pre-installed asphalt flexed smoothly 6 HD. (*: Available on Google Play and not in the Tablet included!)
One thing you should remember the App-mania: the apps can be only on the internal, in this case, 8GB large Flash memory. That's not harassment by Archos but is the Android OS Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) established. But if you all downloads, videos, photos and music stored on a separately available SDHC Card 8GB outsources the rich well for countless apps.
A little highlight was the screen of this tablet. The display is really sharp and colorful. Here Archos did not appear to splash out and, best brought out for the final price.
The technology offering will ultimately positional and tilt sensors, and the possibility later a UMTS stick retrofit rounded. The battery lasts, so how can I assess it, no less than a day of intensive use. Who looks only now and then the tablet may even look forward to several days of battery life.
Handling:
In short, the tablet is easy and intuitive to use. Both of the software here, as well as from the controls of the device itself. Since then I I own the tablet it off either by mistake, the SDHC card rausgedrückt nor the volume adjusted. However, here the ghosts, because probably every person a Tablet holds something different. Here it is easy to try.
Something negative I have but then found. I put my headphones on the tablet to be holding the tablet in landscape mode a little more difficult, because the socket is located on the left side below the on-off switch. Edgewise however, it is not a problem.
Conclusion:
Anyone who is aware of what you can expect from a tablet to 300 euros, will be very pleased with the Archos 101 G9 Turbo. It is processed very solid, technically has a lot on the edge and accompanied everyone safely through the day; at home, on the road and at work. Higher claims it can not meet, it will not as well. That leaves it with a wink to the more expensive counterparts.
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Notes: tested the tablet with Android ICS over a week away. Both intensive and normal use. There were also extreme temperature fluctuations, on a day almost 30 ° C in the shade, the next day rain at 15 ° C. Number of system crashes: 2 during intensive use in tens open apps. Number of touchscreen calibration: 1. Number of position sensor calibration: no. Number of full charging cycles: 3. Utilized connection: Wireless G standard (WPA2)
