Android 2.2 Froyo On Archos 5 Internet Tablet (OpenAOS) Demo

So if you've ever heard of the company Archos you might know they have an Internet Tablet lineup. That lineup is mainly with their generation 8 devices. The gen8 devices come with Android 2.2 Froyo. But those who own a generation 7 tablet are stuck with Androlid 1.6 Donut.

The sad thing is Archos isn't very good at updating firmware on older devices so Archos 5 Internet Tablet users are pretty much stuck with Donut.

The good thing though is the Archos 5 IT has a community of developers behind it over at OpenAOS. So they found a way to install custom operating systems on the device. That includes Android 2.2 Froyo...

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[rebelyelleasyrider]

Is this reversible?

Can you run apps on it?

Does multitouch work?

[cusinndzl]

@rebelyelleasyrider Yeah, it's reversible, it runs apps that are installed already and ones that are in the built in app store, but there isn't multitouch. The Archos 5 has a resistive touchscreen that doesn't support multitouch.

[rebelyelleasyrider]

@cusinndzl "Resistive touchscreen technology can be made to support multi-touch input" Good ol' wiki... You should find out how to do this and make a tutorial or something.

[cusinndzl]

@rebelyelleasyrider Interesting, I'll check that out.

[MsElisabeth3]

where can I get the new update

[cusinndzl]

@MsElisabeth3 openaos (dot) org

[retrolectro]

@cusinndzl hello, have you checked how to support multitouch on archos 5? thanks a lot.

[weecmcnic]

Anything?

[thanos1864]

can you make a video tutorial on how to put froyo to archos 5 it gen 7?

[cusinndzl]

@goodson305 Well there are new models of the Archos with Froyo installed, and Gingerbread and Honeycomb ones are coming in the future. But for this device it's just Froyo at this point in time.