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joenunya · 08-24-2011, 08:51 AM

Yeah, careful with which Archos you look at...many of the older models use a resistive touch screen. Those can wear out or just break pretty quickly, Not saying it will but be aware that resistive screens are very old technology. You want at minimum a capacitive touch screen.

You probably might want to avoid the Viewsonic as well. I believe it too has a resistive screen. If not it's pretty low resolution and really for just $100 more, give or take, you can get a far better screen.

I am hunting a tablet still myself. I'm going to hold out until either Amazon's Kindle is announced or early next year. I have an eye on the Lenovo's myself. If I happen to visit HP's site to find the 8GB version in stock I'll nab one of them as well and hope someone gets HC ported over. If not it's still a nice media player, color ereader and web surfing for $100. Nothing comes close really.

08-24-2011, 08:51 AM	#19
joenunya Banned Posts: 120 Karma: 234858 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle4pc	Yeah, careful with which Archos you look at...many of the older models use a resistive touch screen. Those can wear out or just break pretty quickly, Not saying it will but be aware that resistive screens are very old technology. You want at minimum a capacitive touch screen. You probably might want to avoid the Viewsonic as well. I believe it too has a resistive screen. If not it's pretty low resolution and really for just $100 more, give or take, you can get a far better screen. I am hunting a tablet still myself. I'm going to hold out until either Amazon's Kindle is announced or early next year. I have an eye on the Lenovo's myself. If I happen to visit HP's site to find the 8GB version in stock I'll nab one of them as well and hope someone gets HC ported over. If not it's still a nice media player, color ereader and web surfing for $100. Nothing comes close really. Last edited by joenunya; 08-24-2011 at 08:54 AM.