The Archos GamePad 2 appears to fix everything that was wrong with the first model.
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The original Archos GamePad didn’t attract much attention, despite the fact that it offered what a lot of hardcore gamers seemingly wanted: built-in game controls in the form of dual control sticks and lots of buttons. It was, for all intents in purposes, an Android-powered Sony PSP, though with a bigger screen and a lot more games to choose from.
No doubt hoping for a better reception, Archos just unveiled the GamePad 2, which promises a host of improvements over the original.
I actually thought the first GamePad was one of the most underrated products of the year. Yes, it suffered from mediocre battery life, and the controls had some issues. But for less than the price (at the time) of a Kindle Fire, you got a full-featured Android Jelly Bean tablet that really was stellar for playing certain kinds of games.
The GamePad 2 looks to correct every single shortcoming, starting under the hood: It’s powered by a 1.6GHz A9 quad-core processor, a dedicated quad-core graphics processor, and 2GB of system RAM. Archos has also … [Read more]
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