Archos 28 4 GB Internet Tablet (Black)

by Archos

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00422SGX0
• Item model number: 501562
• Batteries: 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,455 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet is the first WiFi connected Android device to offer a compact form factor with a 2.8 inch touch-screen, a wide range of features such as video, Internet browsing and tons of applications downloadable from AppsLib, as well as a music application every player of this size deserves.

An Android-enabled media player with Wi-Fi connectivity.

A Connected Android Pocket Tablet

Connected Android
Android is the application framework developed by Google for connected mobile devices, coming stock with a full pack of connected apps, such as a web browser and email application. The five home screens of the Android user interface allow for advanced personalization: icons can be placed, moved or erased with just a flick of a finger.

ARCHOS products also feature an accelerometer and a graphical accelerator (3D OpenGL ES 2.0) to exploit the Android 3D capabilities such as live wallpapers, transition effects and 3D games.

Comes stock with a full pack of connected apps, such as a web browser and email application.

Enjoy your favorite media--music, videos, and images--with ultra-wide format support.

Built-in Wi-Fi for surfing the web, downloading apps, updating your firmware, and more.

In addition, since the ARCHOS 28 is Wi-Fi enabled, it'll automatically download the latest firmware and OS updates.

Brilliant 2.8-Inch Touchscreen
The ARCHOS 28 boasts a 2.8-inch, QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) resolution touch screen that makes navigation and application use a breeze.

Fantastic Multimedia Player
ARCHOS 28 features include a new music application, adding 3D cover animation support and the ability to add a mini music widget to the home screen (in order to control your music at any time). Also, because it is an ARCHOS music player, the ARCHOS 28 IT is able to play all the music formats you'll need to keep your digital music experience as large as it can be.

Who doesn't have a few minutes to watch a little video? The ARCHOS 28 IT answers this need with its video player application that supports all the popular video formats. Or, if you're more into personal photos, why not open the Gallery application and show your latest vacation to your friends or even share them via a wireless network.

Basically, you won't find too may media players with a list like this:

• Video Support: MPEG-4, H.264, WMV/VC1, Motion JPEG, MPEG 2 codecs with AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, MKV, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, and WMV extensions
• Audio Support: MP3 (CBR & VBR), WMA, WMA-Pro 5.1, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC, AAC+ 5.13, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, and AC3 5.1
• Image Support: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Applications to Make Your Player What You Want It to Be
Via AppsLib store, the Android app market place for advanced devices, you can download fun 3D games and cool applications such as online music players (Deezer, Mewbox & Napster) or chat to stay in touch with your friends (Ebuddy). As long as you have a Wi-Fi connection, you can choose to fill your device with all the apps that suit your lifestyle.

The Power of a Pocket Computer
As the ARCHOS 28 IT has a high speed processor, convenient pre-installed applications and Wi-Fi connectivity, you no longer need to turn on your PC or borrow the family's laptop. Surf the Web, check what's happening on your social network page, write and receive emails and even open office attachment files; all this from a small held-hand device.

What's in the Box

ARCHOS 28 Internet Tablet, Earphones, Standard USB cable, Quick Start Guide, Legal and Safety Notice.

Also Available for this Android Device

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Product Description

The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet is the first WiFi connected Android device to offer a compact form factor with a 2.8 inch touch-screen, a wide range of features such as video, Internet browsing and tons of applications downloadable from AppsLib, as well as a music application every player of this size deserves. Android is the application framework developed by Google for connected mobile devices, coming stock with a full pack of connected apps, such as a web browser and email application. The five home screens of the Android user interface allow for advanced personalization: icons can be placed, moved or erased with just a flick of a finger.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD, November 16, 2010

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Lakers "FE" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archos 28 4 GB Internet Tablet (Black) (Electronics)

Even though this is the smallest one in the food chain at 2.8 inches for the screen, it does not dissapoint. VERY good resistive screen and android is cool!
if u need more answers about how this works comment on my review and ill comment back.
NOTE: do not buy this thing for more than 105 bucks... some sellers here are selling it for 115...insane price!! i got mine for 98 bucks w/ free shipping.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice Android toy, December 4, 2010

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W. Thompson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Archos 28 4 GB Internet Tablet (Black) (Electronics)

I bought this from Tiger Direct through Amazon. It came quickly and worked fine right out of the box. Comes with cable to charge/program from your computer and small earphones without a headband.

It comes with Android 2.1, but an upgrade to Android 2.2 is available. I had a little trouble downloading the upgrade, seems like the Archos servers are very busy in the evening. I tried again in the morning, early, and it worked first try.

Very nice little MP3 player, very light, fits easily in my pocket. Music sounds good. Easy to load music from the PC, just copy it over like it was a flash drive. Earphones are pretty lame, a $5 pair of Panasonic phones with a headband work fine though.

As a portable computer it is really a little too small. Quarter VGA screen. Touchscreen works but not as well as other devices. Screen is too small so you need something smaller than your finger to type with. A ballpoint pen cap seems to work well in the on-screen keyboard.

App Store is not the Google store but an Archos store. Wants you to sign up with PayPal for paid apps, but when I tried to do that the link was busted. Free apps are fun. I saw postings that said how to install the Google app store but have not tried it.

WiFi range is a tad short. Works throughout the upstairs of my house (access point is upstairs on one end of the house) but does not work well downstairs in the family room. Probably too much metal heating duct, etc, in the way but that never bothered laptop computers.

Overall, a nice little toy for listening to music and playing with Android.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Archos 28 wifi not wifi not, December 7, 2010

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Common Joe - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archos 28 4 GB Internet Tablet (Black) (Electronics)

This product (Archos 28 internet tablet) would be great except for one little problem: It constantly (every 1 to 10 minutes)drops its wifi link. That takes all the fun out of streaming audio. It drops on my home network about 10 feet from the router. Not only that but, my laptop usually sees 5 to 6 wifi connections from my home. The Archos in the same location sees only one. I did get the Archos to connect at a couple of public hot spots but it soon locked up on one and dropped the link on the other.

It does make a nice pocket photo viewer or mp3 player (if you USB those in from your PC) and the screen is surprisingly responsive.

It will also run Android apps but that brings up another problem or series of problems with the 28 - being how to load applications. It doesn't have access to the Google market (unless you use an unofficial hack). The Archos came with a 3rd party marketplace that is not bad but you may want to use other sources as well. You are not limited to using a market and many app programmers make their software available for download on their own sites. Many of those offer to install either by send to mobile or by scan the bar code method. Since the 28 does not have G3 - you can't use the send to mobile. It also does not have a camera so, you can't scan the bar code.

Overall, this product has a lot of potential but just isn't quite there yet. I wanted it for something convenient to stream audio around my home and to do some light web surfing when I travel. The unreliable wifi will prevent me from using it for either.

I also think Archos is over promoting this product. From looking at their product info you would expect it to do everything a computer does. You would spend a long time sorting through and installing apps before you even got close and I just can't see any reasonable person trying to do serious work on a device this small.

If the price (around $100) isn't much to you and you want a sexy looking mp3 player, you might appreciate this product. If you want an ipad or notebook, buy one of those instead.