Android Archos 5 Issues Fixed by Firmware 1.1.01? [Reports Suggest New Firmware Addresses Instability Issues - Amazon Review Still Pending]

Having initially reported that the Android powered Archos 5 internet tablet have been made available via Amazon (see: Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hits Amazon [32GB & 160GB Android Powered Archos Shipping, 500GB Model Available to Pre-Order]) and then following up to confirm that Amazon had duly pulled the 160GB Archos 5 (see: Archos 5 Internet Tablet 160GB Model Pulled by Amazon [A Problem with the Archos 5’s Listing, or an Issue with the Archos 5 Itself?]) reports concerning the new Firmware 1.1.01 update appear to confirm that the instability issues users were seeing with the Android Archos 5 may be (in the most part) addressed.

At this juncture, Amazon still have the 160GB Android Archos 5 listed as “under review” and we suspect, with good reason, that they are looking particularly hard at whether the 1.1.01 update indeed fixes the instability issues being widely reported but, so far, its looking like the new Firmware update sees most of the bugs fixed – but it seems some issues remain.

Interested/affected parties can get up to speed concerning the new update via ArchosFans who’s coverage (including input from someone from Archos) is pretty extensive and especially insightful (there’s really no point in us attempting to distil it here considering the wealth of information on offer).

Of course we’d especially like to hear from anyone who’s experiencing frustrations with the Android Archos 5 as well as from those who have updated – has it fixed things? Do let us know.

In the meantime we’ll be watching Amazon’s listing of the 160GB Archos 5 closely to see if it gets re-listed.