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I participated in another $400 beta from Archos back in 2000. I see they didn't change much since then - it all looks very familiar. Later on someone developed

• jrockway 17y ago
  Yeah. I thought I would give them another chance, but they are trying to be as controlling as Apple without having the ability to do it. They say they can't allow arbitrary firmware reflashes (or root access) because they want to sell DRM'd content. Well, their content library is like one home video. It sucks and reflects poorly on their company and shareholders. (Same with their DRM'd games and other crap.) It's time for them to realize, "we're not Apple", and to stop acting like Apple. Archos is a hardware company, but like many other hardware companies, don't get software. So they should just let the community write the software for them. (Remember Sony? They made awesome hardware, but their consistently bad software did in all their consumer electronics that run software.) Archos now lets you flash Angstrom Linux instead of Android, but the image they provide is just horrible. They seem like they're trying to improve, but sadly, I don't think they are ever going to make it.