It’s up to Archos now

Well, earlier this week Archos finally got my player. They had me send the entire thing back, which I guess is ok, since I can’t use the device anyway (recall in my earlier post that the Archos 7 is nothing but a brick without a battery attached). Hopefully they’ll get it back to me soon. Sadly I’ve lost quite a bit of confidence in their product now, which probably marks the last Archos I ever buy. It’s a shame, the Archos 7 is a nice media player, it had great battery life, but I just can’t get over the battery bulge, and the fact that without the battery, it just doesn’t work! Will Archos be making Archos 7 batteries forever? What happens 6 months from now? Will my battery bulge again? Archos doesn’t even sell the battery online, so if it happens again out of warranty then what? Charge me a ton of cash for an out-of-warranty battery repair later? Everything else I own works without their battery, I just plug it in… Archos made a poor choice in this design. Maybe I’m being to harsh on them, but I just don’t like living with this liability.