High Demands on next firmware update!

Well, it's been a while since Archos released their last firmware update for the Generation 4 PMPs. Actually that was more than 3 weeks ago. So the release cycle has been tripled - from one over two to three weeks now. They must've been flooded with bug reports. I mean real bugs, not just little annoyances. Let's hope they're doing their homework and fix some serious issues.

As there are:
With the 504/604 (wifi) series

• Huge problems with lots of MP3s --> Arclib updates forever. Option to turn it off definitely needed
• Some people reported worse screen quality than the AV500
• MP3s sounding fuzzy, but play fine after reboot.
• No subtitle support
• Static charge causes reboot
• Low sound volume (this is limited by european law)
• WMV8 doesn't seem to work properly - only sound, no video
• Units lock up once in a while

With the 604 wifi

• VOB file streaming obviously doesn't work - avi does though
• Opera browser lacks features like flash, java
• No copy/past in opera

I hope I caught the most common things here. If I didn't feel, free to add a comment below. There is certainly more to complain, but as every new product, sorting out bugs in the beginning has become a usual process. Let's hope they'll be fixing the above issues with the next release.