Archos 5IT: It's Getting Better All the Time

Sure the Archos 5 Internet Tablet is a work in progress. Firmware updates are pushing out every 7-10 days, and there are reports of this or that not working. Youtube playback was broken for over a week because of a change that Google made to its API. Yet, Archos released a new firmware update 1.3.7 with a long list of fixes. Youtube is once again working. Plus, yesterday Fictionwise announced the release of ereader for Android. The software will read books purchased from either the ereader.com or fictionwise.com sites. The newsletter offers 15% off until November 22 when you use the promo code "ANDROID15." Ereader for Android is a very basic reading app, much more so than more advanced versions for Windows Mobile, for example. Aldiko is a more elegant eBook reader, but Ereader offers the opportunity to read the latest bestsellers and commercial publishers because, at least for now, those all come saddled with DRM. A real win for Aldiko would be to license the Adobe ePub DRM. Until then, I'll enjoy my ereader books on the Archos' big screen.