All right, we weren’t too impressed with the Apple iPad specs–no multitasking, no webcam, no Flash–but then when the $499 price was announced, we were almost willing to overlook the downside of the Apple tablet. Apple is just genius. One of the worst product releases by the company in recent memory, the iPad still manages [...]
Continue reading...28. January 2010
There is of course an Archos 7 Tablet on the Archos site running on Linux. This new scoop from ArchosLounge points to an Android-based Archos 7 tablet. The specs also indicates a flash-storage device instead of a hard drive one. It should be the same 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen tablet with WiFi. The Archos [...]
Continue reading...16. January 2010
After the rumor has circulated that Archos is developing a smartphone with an Android OS, we pretty much have forgotten about it. But the ArchosPhone is real and it will most definitely come. Sure, Archos has no phone to show us at CES and sure enough this Android device will only be one in many [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
You can take an Archos Vision 1 home right now for 39.99 euros, officially. There’s no price in US dollars yet as it isn’t available Stateside. Hopefully, this cheap Archos PMP will be offered to American consumers before Christmas. There’s nothing like an Archos MP3 player or any cheap MP3 player, for that matter, to [...]
Continue reading...6. November 2009
French manufacturer Archos has been bitten by the budget bug lately. Despite the premium Internet tablets (e.g. Archos 5), the company has been keen on flooding the market with cheap mini-PMPs. The Archos Clipper, Vision 2 and Vision 3 have all come out this year to a pretty much disinterested public. And now they are [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2009
The Archos 5 Internet Tablet is now available for shipping at Amazon. The 160GB will set you back $389.99. Other capacities like the 500GB and the 32GB are not available yet. The Archos 5 is a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen PMP with WiFi, 3.5G connectivity and GPS. It supports HD TV out thru an HDMI [...]
Continue reading...26. September 2009
Very, very interesting announcement today from Archos. No official name for the Phone Tablet yet but it’s touchscreen, shiny and equipped with a 1GHz ARM Cortex processor. It will be official unveiled with features and everything at the next CES. Other known features include 3.5G connectivity and a big 4.3-inch screen supporting an 854 x [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2009
To tell the truth, there is very little that excites us about the Archos 3 Vision. Besides its unoriginal looks, it’s a mid-range PMP featureswise with none of the cutting edge specs that the newer Archos Internet Tablets possess. Archos 3 Vision by roylovelock For a 3-inch player, it’s got quite a good, crisp screen. Good [...]
Continue reading...26. August 2009
Engadget has dug up two new Archos Internet Tablets under FCC review. They are the A5S and the A5H. They both seem to be spin-offs of the Archos 5, but they could very well be new devices… to be revealed on the September 15 Archos event. We expect a 5-inch touchscreen device with WiFi. The [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2009
Three new Archoses were available for review at Archos lounge. The Archos Clipper MP3 player and Archos 2 Vision and 3 Vision look too gray for me at the moment. I’m sure Archos will supply us with various colors for the three. The Teclast lookalike Archos 3 is in full live display as well. Archos [...]
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2. February 2010
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