Comments on: Quick Look: Hands-on With the Archos 101 XS Tablet

By: AD

AD — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:40:00 +0000

look at the galaxy nexus, how fast it became when it got jelly bean, wait when the archos 101 xs gets jelly bean it will be incredibly fast especially when they release the firmware that allows them to bump up the processor to 1.8ghz

By: AD

AD — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:38:00 +0000

archos released a statement saying the gen 8 series tablets did not have the power to handle honeycomb or anything above. they take the products as far as they can. You looked at the 5′s specs. i would like an update as i have the tablet

By: Danny Borst

Danny Borst — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:45:00 +0000

Very nice

By: chango

chango — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:32:00 +0000

“Watch out, folks. Archos is looking to make a blast in the Android tablet market with their new Gen10 lineup of devices.” – Are you kiddin’? Maybe a blast, because you have to say that in favour of your hands-on opportunity – but honestly, the price for the 101 XS Gen10 is simply ridiculous. Pull 100 bucks off and it is a deal – else /dev/nul

By: Robert Jakiel

Robert Jakiel — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Yes there is most definitely a problem. Dual core tablet priced the same as the high end quad cores. Not that it won’t be plenty powerful but from a price and consumer standpoint there is no reason to pay the same for lesser.

By: Scott Haskell

Scott Haskell — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:10:00 +0000

After Archos left me in the dust with Android 1.6 on my 5 Internet Tablet, I will never buy from them again. There is no reason at all that device should not have gotten at least a 2.2 upgrade. So stupid.

By: serotheo

serotheo — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:45:00 +0000

The Infinity doesn’t share the same issues that’s why its not a solid aluminum construction it has a part that’s made of plastic for the radios to get better signal.

By: serotheo

serotheo — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:43:00 +0000

There’s no problem with dual-core its that its a 4470, if it was a Snapdragon S4 it’d still be plenty powerful.

By: Jason Howard

Jason Howard — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:04:00 +0000

I have to disagree. I had a prime for a few days and ended up taking it back as the wifi and gps were horrible due to the metal backing. The infinity has corrected all the problems I had with the prime. It is an excellent device and soon will have Jelly Bean on it and then it SHOULD be even faster. I recommend the infinity but I would never recommend the prime.

By: florious80

florious80 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:51:00 +0000

You meant to say “It’s magical!!!”

By: Allen Byrd

Allen Byrd — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:38:00 +0000

Whaaaaaat? The Infinity does NOT have the same issue. I have heard absolutely NO reports of screen problems or Wifi and GPS issues. The plastic strip completely takes care of Wifi and GPS issues, at least for me on my Infinity.

By: Robert Jakiel

Robert Jakiel — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:50:00 +0000

Dual core 4470… nope. Too late to the game with a dual core especially at $400. You can get a Transformer Prime w/ dock for about $175 more if you shop around. Hell you can get the TF300 w/ dock for $500 shopping around. In any case both are quad core and will outperform the Archos and also have EXCELLENT software support from Asus. The TF300 already got its’ official Jellybean update. As for reliability of the Prime I can say that I have never had any problems aside from the GPS being spotty. That was addressed with an add on GPS antenna that Asus had sent me for free. As for the dock I have never had any issues with my Prime or OG Transformer.

Now with the introduction of the Galaxy Note 10.1, Toshiba Excite 10 and Acer A700 all quad core tablets at or slightly below the $400 price tag I seriously don’t see this tablet as a worthy or justified purchase.

By: paul_cus

paul_cus — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Yeah, Archos should have tried a little harder with the keyboard. The tablet doesn’t lean back nearly enough when it’s docked.

By: David Partida

David Partida — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:05:00 +0000

I have it for like a week. Its a game changer!

By: itznfb

itznfb — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:03:00 +0000

lol. Well played.