Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor)

 Brand Archos | Model: 501766

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Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor)

Feature

• 10.1 Touch Screen (1024 x 600 pixels)
• 720p Video Playback
• 2 USB Slots (1x Micro 1x Full Sized)
• Built-in Speaker
• Built-in Microphone

Product Overview

Archos Arnova 10 G2 4GB Android Tablet Looking for a value tablet? Need you look any further? I think not! This Archos tablet is one of the cheapest 10 tablets on the market place! Taking a leaf or two out their very successful 101 Internet Tablet Archos have created the Arnova 10 Android Tablet! You have direct access to the Android app market with the Arnova Tablet. It's your tablet customise it! Make it your own entertainment or news centre there are literally thousands of apps out there so browse customise until your heart contents. Love the fact that the Arnova Tablet has the ability to playback your movies in HD high-resolution (720p). No more boredom on a long haul journeys sit back and enjoy an HD film on the massive 10.1 display! The screen speaks for itself it features 1024 x 600 pixels and this 10.1 TFT LCD screen features 16 millions colours! This is great this is great and on this pup Archos have even included a capacitive touch screen. This simply makes the tablet more responsive to swipes and swishes of your finger. All that is needed is for you to give the screen a little tap to select and navigate your way through the menus. Battery life? This shouldn't be an issue with up to 40 hours of music playback and around 6 of video the Archos Arnova will see you through your commute with ease! This little portable media player is quite literally a portable PC. You can connect up various devices such as a mouse keyboard or even huge capacity external storage drive! Don't lose hours on your travels work through them! Grab your Arnova Tablet from your bag set it down in front of you and with fast convenient access to your email the internet and all your multimedia needs you are ready to relax work or play at your desire! Other features of this player include an expandable Micro SDHC memory slot Micro USB and full size USB slots a built-in speaker microphone G-sensor and a front VGA Camera! If you are in the market for an internet tablet and don’t particularly

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as they say it is..., 19 Sep 2012

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A R Hartley "Monkey" (Hull, UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

Now i came across this after my mother decided she wanted something like an ipad to replace her old laptop. At first after reading some reviews i was quite impressed, people held it high regard and said it was decent.
The specs were also quite impressive for a cheap price.

Now obviously as with any tablet its going to be compared to the best out there such as the iPad and Google Nexus. Bare in mind the Nexus is only £150 and yes the ipad is £399. When my mother purchased this it was £139.99 from Comet.

Now build quality is the first thing i look at. This isnt great, plastic all over and its glossy meaning it looks constantly greasey and covered in finger prints. The screen isnt of the same quality as many other tablets, not even a patch on the expensive options or the Nexus7 which looks luxury compared to this.

The main shell itself is plastic and has the usual external ports like usb, the rocker volume buttons, charging port, headphones socket etc. The unit holds charge pretty well, a good few hours use before it needs charging.

Now the first gripe you will have is this thing is NOT quick despite what people are writing. I compared several things including browsing, launching an app etc against an iPad and my mobile phone the HTC One S, the tablet came last on everything, some things by a long way. It struggles with the 1Ghz cpu, it just isnt enough to run the machine and OS. Its laggy and realy shows that when you start switching between apps or doing anything intensive on it.

Also bare in mind this does NOT come with the standard Google Play Store, it comes with a silly market app made by Archos, but its easy to bypass and install the proper market app, just youtube it.

Now i know people will complain at this saying its not really meant for anything heavy going, but well if its claiming to be fast and other people are claiming it well wouldnt you want the truth? The cpu struggles on most things, launching the browser and then searching can make it lag, btw the browser is ugly!. For some reason, probably the resolution, everything looks ugly, if you rotate the screen into portrait mode its horrible, the screen looks blurred and warped.

If you do decide on getting this, i highly recommend you route it and put a custom rom on it, as it will get from from the device that way, but its still slow.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value tablet with good video and sound., 13 July 2012

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Parker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

Easy to use operating system with nice responsive cap screen.
Watching HD video is pleasing, with sharp images and more then reasonable sound.
Networking easy to setup and the built in bowser is basic, but runs pretty quickly.
The Android Gingerbread OS is user friendly.
OK, there are some limitations on apps, but if you want a basic machine for bowsing the net, viewing videos and playing music this unit is great value. A micro SD card slot can be used to expand the on board 4 GB of memory.
The battery life seems good, enough for watching a couple of 90 minute movies.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars skype, 9 May 2012

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Mitashki - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

lovely build but not what is says on the tin.no sim slot but the surprise was skype install it and try to make a video call that put the camera off and need to reset the divaice to get it working again

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good working tablet for beginners, 27 April 2012

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Dan3420 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

Have had this tablet for little under a month and it is a good piece of kit. Graphics are good, responsive to touch, has a USB port which can be used as a modem port ( even better to use to plug In a external hard drive and walk around with a extra terabyte or two ; )

Would reccomend to anyone wanting a tablet and cant afford the pricey iPads and ultra books out there !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars best bang for buck in the tablet line ups, 8 April 2012

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GaryL - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

While the default o/s that comes with this tablet is lame and wont allow you the freedom to get apps off google market place, it takes just 5 minutes to flash with some free custom firmware and suddenly the world is your oyster. This tablet flies and sound and video quality through freely available winamp type apps is astounding .thousands of apps and games available free for android where the same titles are pay on ipad etc . The dual (type A and B) USB happily allow a wireless mouse or pen to be plgged in, and work fine if you prefer that to the touchscreen ( although the touchscreen is smooth, quick and crystal clear) in addition to the internal storage an SD or 3G sim can be added, or simply plug in a keydisk onboard wireless is great and it copes extremeley well for streaming audio,video and even skyping or similar VOIP. Overall as good as ( and in many ways better) than other far more epensive tablets. I can only pick fault with one thing and that is the onboard camera, its ok but the quality of images is poor by current standards.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply unbelievable for the price, 5 April 2012

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Mr. A. J. Evans-crane (UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

I didn't purchase my Arnova G2 10 through Amazon (unusually for me) as a high street retailer had it for considerably cheaper.

I got the tablet to make using emails and my google calendar easier, and as the previous reviewer stated was dissapointed that I would have to use an app called hublife to sync my calendar.

However I found finless bob who does the custom ROMS (for free - I use v1.5) and that installs standard Gingerbread with Android Play (what used to be market) enabling me to choose nay App and get full intergration with google calendar - and is a bit more resource efficient to boot - since then I haven't looked back - I really rate the tablet - especially for those with a main computer who are just looking for web browsing/email/calendar without spending silly money.

Apps worth installing (with Play) are tweetcaster for twitter, Everyone should try Swiftkey tablet X predictive keyboard, Dolphin HD browser (Really impressive) and the usual suspects - for Calendar focussed have a look at Business Calendar.

For those who are looking for a cheap tablet I really cant recommend this enough - performs above and beyond expectations (and I'm used to borrowing my parents iPad 3's so well aware of what is out there).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Great but then it broke ..., 18 Mar 2012

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sean - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

This was a great wee bit of kit that had Android 2.3, a camera and a big 10 inch screen.
GOOD
Android 2.3
Big screen
Fast processor
Very cheap
Android Market (not installable at the start)
Full size USB port
Camera (front only)

BAD
Screen has terrible viewing angles and black spots
Boot up is very very long
Not very stable
No Android Market out the box
Not Honeycomb or ICS based for tablets like this
Feels cheap

BUT WORST THING IS THAT IT RANDOMLY BROKE DOWN FOR NO REASON! AFTER 2 MONTHS OF USAGE!
IT JUST STOPPED BOOTING UP HOWEVER I GOT A REFUND AS I BOUGHT IT OUT OF HMV.

I would give it 4 stars ... But now just 1 ...
AVOID THIS

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy at this price, 14 Feb 2012

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McrRed - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

This can easily be confused with the Arnova 10 G2 which is an excellent piece of kit.
However, this product seems to be the old version (they've called it "c" - there is no "c") selling at £50 more with half the capabilities.

If Amazon don't do the 10G2 it can be found at HMV or carphone warehouse for under £140.
This is one to avoid until the price drops below £100.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars archos tablet, 9 Feb 2012

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kat - See all my reviews

This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

After doing research on alternatives to the ipad I opted for the Archos Arnova 10 inch tablet. It does exactly what it says on the box - great for games.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price, 18 Jan 2012

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A. Harvey "product designer" (London) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archos Arnova 10 inch Tablet (4GB Memory, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1Ghz Processor) (Personal Computers)

Got this at carphone warehouse for 140, pretty good deal.
It's got
- micro USB (connect to PC)
- full size USB (flash drives / external hard drives - some recognized, some not)
- camera

no access to apps market (can put new image or download .apk to your pc then transfer via usb)

all in all would recommend for the price, very happy with it.

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