There is an interesting NPR interview of Richard Clarke Here regarding his comments.
Listen to exactly what he says.
He is not encouraging reverse engineering products to find their security weaknesses. He is only encouraging those who accidently find weaknesses to responsibly report them.
As an early purchaser of the Archos MP3 Recorder I have found that Archos has not completed the work on the MP3 Recorder (common these days) and if this carries over consumers would be advised to wait until the Video version has had plenty of "break in time" so Archos fixes many of the bugs.
1. MP3 recorder powers off regularly when used in a car. My guess is that vibration is a factor, but even after adding much padding to the protected placement the unit is virtually unusable in a car. (I am talking 2002 model not a 49 chevy:-) )
2. The firmware needs more revision as it is plagued by odd display bugs and other anomalies. These do not affect performance, but do impact the user experience. Powering off and back on will clear the display.
3. Better documentation would be a nicety:-)
4. Realize that the 10 hours claimed does not mean while the device is transfering files to/from pc. Better have that puppy plugged in or it will be drained in no time. (current draw is greater by HD under continual use blah blah blah... but they need to document that)
Overall I love the MP3 Recorder and will be looking forward to reviews of the Video Recorder.
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There is an interesting NPR interview of Richard Clarke Here regarding his comments.
Listen to exactly what he says.
He is not encouraging reverse engineering products to find their security weaknesses. He is only encouraging those who accidently find weaknesses to responsibly report them.
Cheers
As an early purchaser of the Archos MP3 Recorder I have found that Archos has not completed the work on the MP3 Recorder (common these days) and if this carries over consumers would be advised to wait until the Video version has had plenty of "break in time" so Archos fixes many of the bugs.
:-) )
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1. MP3 recorder powers off regularly when used in a car. My guess is that vibration is a factor, but even after adding much padding to the protected placement the unit is virtually unusable in a car. (I am talking 2002 model not a 49 chevy
2. The firmware needs more revision as it is plagued by odd display bugs and other anomalies. These do not affect performance, but do impact the user experience. Powering off and back on will clear the display.
3. Better documentation would be a nicety
4. Realize that the 10 hours claimed does not mean while the device is transfering files to/from pc. Better have that puppy plugged in or it will be drained in no time. (current draw is greater by HD under continual use blah blah blah... but they need to document that)
Overall I love the MP3 Recorder and will be looking forward to reviews of the Video Recorder.