Archos 10 netbook looks uninspiring

Whilst Archos may be better known for their excellent PMP products, it looks like they too found it hard to resist the netbook segment. Cnet has had a play around with the Archos 10, which unsurprisingly is a 10-inch netbook. Overall they didn’t really understand why it exists.

They keyboard wasn’t comfortable to type on, the battery was rated at a rather weak 2,200mAh and given that the Archos’ suggested retail price is £349, not very good value for money either. In fact the Asus 1000HE can be had for £49 cheaper, which makes it even harder to understand who would choose the Archos over the Asus?

The styling is a slightly uninspired matt black and the spec are similarly ‘standard’. The unit is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 1GB RAM. It also supports a 160GB hard disk, a 1.3MP webcam and integrated Wi-Fi.