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jswinden · 02-18-2010, 10:53 PM

I owned an Archos 5 IT one day and took it back. Honestly, if Android is the best Google can come it with they need to stop developing OSes. This gadget was total crap, especially the Android portion. No wonder developers are not developing much for it. Plus Archos support was lackluster. I finally got FBReader to work only to find out it really sucked. FBReader on the PC is pretty good, but the Android version is terrible. Next I got Aldiko to work, but only after messing with the Android file system settings fo over an hour. Apparently you have to tell Android that you added a new folder and/or new files, that is force it to rescan the filing system. What a POS! Aldiko was finally able to see and read the /eBooks/import folder and import my books. However, the Aldiko documentation said Aldiko would look for those folders on the SD card. BS, it looks for them on the internal memory.

My assessment: Archos 5 IT and Android are both a total waste of time--don't bother with either as far as eBook readers go.

02-18-2010, 10:53 PM	#18
jswinden Nameless Being	I owned an Archos 5 IT one day and took it back. Honestly, if Android is the best Google can come it with they need to stop developing OSes. This gadget was total crap, especially the Android portion. No wonder developers are not developing much for it. Plus Archos support was lackluster. I finally got FBReader to work only to find out it really sucked. FBReader on the PC is pretty good, but the Android version is terrible. Next I got Aldiko to work, but only after messing with the Android file system settings fo over an hour. Apparently you have to tell Android that you added a new folder and/or new files, that is force it to rescan the filing system. What a POS! Aldiko was finally able to see and read the /eBooks/import folder and import my books. However, the Aldiko documentation said Aldiko would look for those folders on the SD card. BS, it looks for them on the internal memory. My assessment: Archos 5 IT and Android are both a total waste of time--don't bother with either as far as eBook readers go.