Archos 8 Home Tablet

“The hardest part of reviewing this device is to try to review it as something. If the device is regarded as a digital photoframe then it is quite competent if a little expensive. As a media player it's got potential, Android 1.6 is not noted for its media handling however Archos works their magic a little and it shows. Finally as an internet tablet its leagues behind the standard, the browser is old and clunky, there is no access to the Google Marketplace and for the size of the unit the screen feels a bit paltry. At £179.99 the device is hardly a steal and it's never going to be recommended over something like the iPad. No one visiting you is going to mistake this for anything but a digital photo frame and in that regard this is probably about as flexible as you can get.”