Things to test on the 605 WiFi - part 2
Posted by Charbax on July 10th, 2007
If I had the 605 WiFi right now, I would try and test following:
- Which is the speed of the browser compared to the 604 WiFi, compared to the Nokia N800 and compared to the Apple iPhone.
- Which is the quality of the video streaming over Samba and Upnp compared with the 604 WiFi. In terms of being able to smoothly fast forward anywhere in the video, load thumbnails, resume playback, bookmark and such.
- Which is the performance of AJAX in the browser compared with the 604 WiFi, the Nokia N800 and the Apple iPhone.
- Is there a speed improvement in the use of the new user interface compared with the 604 WiFi.
These things we already know that are the advances of the 605 WiFi compared to the 604 WiFi:
Price -40% (-60% for 4GB)
Weight -30% (-45% for 4GB)
Thickness -20%
Screen resolution x3
Video playback resolution x2
Startup time (wake-up from sleep) /10
Those are some of new features:
Video-on-demand
Flash video playback in full screen
Progressive download of videos launched from the browser
Automatic firmware upgrade
Direct download of the plug-ins
Secured one-click payments
Wake-up from sleep-mode (to test: how long does the battery last in sleep-mode)
Upnp file-sharing
Do you have more suggestions for describing briefly the advantages of the new Archos 605 WiFi and the 5th generation? That is, while I haven’t tested the 605 WiFi yet, I’m sure it’s got many positive surprises in store for us, and I am eagerly looking forward to read more initial reports from ArchosLounge.net and GenerationMp3.com