I now have this device for a while and it is something I essentially use everyday. As the screen shows it is kind of modified from what you get out of the shop. If you want to try it out yourself: Google Market is installed as you can find on the Archosfans forum. Afterwards Zeam is installed as launcher this will give you the ‘dock’ like feature as is seen on the picture at the bottom. It also allows you to configure the amount of screens which now is just one (this avoids the miscalculation which occurs to the software buttons). Music is launched by the stock music player widget (the small version). And the menu in the middle comes from Folder Organizer which can be found on the Market and in my opinion is the worth the 99ct it costs to have all the features enabled. In my case I let it show the most used apps so it automatically adjust to my changing habits or needs as some apps drop off and others get added.

During the time I used it it is relatively stable, however it did stop functioning more than once most of them when trying out new apps and in some cases with updating existing apps. Memory management does show itself so every now and then and makes it act slow as with about 100 apps installed there is some fighting over resources on this device and I still run the standard Android 2.2 memory manager without any taskkillers.

Most used apps are Google Listen mostly on the way to and from work with twit.tv’s tech podcasts sometimes mixed with something else like a course in Mandarin. The stock video app which allows me to access my TVersity (DLNA) audio/video server so that does not occupy in space on the device and I can watch my own stuff while Sunny does a hostile take over of the old fashioned TV. APG is installed for encryption of mail and files, still have to look at that a bit better. Not the easiest to use especially since the stock file browser and e-mail application (ActiveSync) do not support it in a nice way. Aldiko is what I use for reading books and Wyse Pocketcloud for taking over Servers and Desktops. Pulse for RSS Feeds and ofcourse a ton of games where WordUp!, Air Control and Angry Birds are the most played according to Folder Organizer.

So it suits my needs and is handy take with me as it fits on the center console of my car. I just use a little velcro sticker to keep in place otherwise it would drop off when taking a turn a little bit too fast.