Archos 5 Internet Tablet 160GB Model Pulled by Amazon A Problem with the Archos 5โ€ s Listing, or an Issue with the Archos 5 Itself?

On Friday we offered our US based readers insight as to Amazon listing
both the 32GB and 160GB Android powered Archos 5 as available to
purchase whilst advising that user feedback is, at best, varied (and, at
worse, pretty damning) and now, interestingly, it would appear that
Amazon have ceased offering the 160GB Archos 5, instead offering up a
notice stating that the item is �under review .
At this juncture we don t actually know why Amazon have acted to pull
(specifically) the 160GB Android Archos 5 " the 32GB Android Archos 5
is, at least as at the time of writing, still shipping " and Amazon s
notice hardly helps us to narrow in on what the issue may be, in merely
stating:

Item Under Review

This item is currently unavailable from Amazon.com because customers
have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the
item, the way we are shipping it, or the way it's described here.
(Thanks for the tip!)

We're working to fix the problem as quickly as possible.

It could, of course, be an issue with the actual product listing " not
that we saw anything listed that we felt was an issue " or it could be
(and this is mere speculation) because the device is getting some pretty
poor feedback, particularly concerning stability issues. That said, its
not like this is the only product to be offered by Amazon to get
miserable feedback for end users.

Here s but two samples of what customers have had to say about the
Android Archos 5:

Tethering does not work and is constantly crashing. There is no flash
support although this may be coming in a few months. The FM transmitter
will not work unless you buy their car dock. The gps costs money. It
crashes even more often than the last generation. I have never bought a
product that is so unfinished. Never buy Archos.

This item worked for 1 minute and then the wifi application would not
respond and would crash could not connect. I will be returning this item
tommorrow. (sic)

In truth, its not like the Android Archos 5 isn t getting good reviews
as well but, interestingly, even these mention that the device has the
tendency to keep locking up.

The moment we can establish why Amazon has pulled the 160GB Android
Archos 5 we ll get back to you but, at least so far, it would appear
that Archo s Android powered internet tablet is hardly getting quite the
response that Archos would have hoped.