Comments on: Mr Blurrycam snaps the Archos A5s running Android

By: Valeria Kelly

Valeria Kelly — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:04:56 +0000

product lunches are great! i am always on the lookout for it..;

By: Eli Ally

Eli Ally — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:01:57 +0000

i am always watching for any product launch on the internet as i am a gadget addict myself.*,”

By: Elliot Russell

Elliot Russell — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:21:15 +0000

i love to see new product launches because i am addicted to shopping both online and offline.”‘,

By: Britman

Britman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:13:59 +0000

Being an owner of the current Archos 5 I started to wonder if Android would work on that.

Also, this is Archos we’re talking about, things don’t come free. If you take the way add-ons for the currect gen of devices are all extras why do people think they will move away from that business model.

Would be cool if we could install any Android app.

By: theluketaylor

theluketaylor — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:43:05 +0000

the android sdk itself supports both relative and absolute positioning of elements so it will come down to how developers have created their particular applications. The examples in the Google documentation all use relative positions but it is a bit more complicated. Hopefully developers have been mindful of the fact there are many different form factor android devices being developed.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:36:45 +0000

Hopefully the advantage over the 5G will be stability of operating system! At least someone other than Archos has been working on it too….

As Charbax says below, logically it will support other Android apps, but this is Archos and logic is not always applied. They are renowned for keeping their devices locked up very tightly. But hopefully my doubts will be unfounded as their recent move to Windows based devices suggests their iron grip is loosening a little….

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:07:37 +0000

how things end up looking depends heavily on how resolution independent the android gui libs are.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:01:01 +0000

I don’t know. Logically, they will support all Android applications, even those made for 480×320 screens. Logically, the Archos appslib is there for an alternative Android marketplace and a way to find out which Android applications have been optimized to be used on 800×480 and 1280×720 screens. Since Archos has a 4.8″ 800×480 screen, running 480×320 applications on it will obviously look weird and buttons would be really big, and Archos even outputs to HDMI the Android applications in 1280×720 to a HDTV or computer monitor.

Hopefully Archos allows you to install Android applications from anywhere you want on the Internet, even the Google android marketplace or just simply clicking, downloading and installing any .apk Android application file.

By: D Runner

D Runner — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:36:14 +0000

Mr Blurrycam snaps the Archos A5s running Android | UMPCPortal … http://bit.ly/Iybqw

By: Chippy

Chippy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:19:07 +0000

Totally agree. If they’ve branched out a version that’s not backward compatible, it will have little advantage over the Archos 5G.

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:09:34 +0000

the biggest question for me is this, will it be able to run existing android apps, or will it be limited to archos only apps?

if its limited to archos only, the value of it going android is dropping like a whale in free fall…

By: Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Steve 'Chippy' Paine — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:53:24 +0000

New article: Mr Blurrycam snaps the Archos A5s running Android http://cli.gs/857E0