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iPad to Directly Compete W/ Archos 9 Tablet?

BrianB — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:12:42 +0000

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 to astonish. Is there any way to compete? This post that I found over Myce might give us a clue on what the iPad is up against.

The Archos 9 tablet. With a smaller 8.9-inch touch-controlled widescreen, it offers more portability than the squarish Apple iPad. The Archos 9 also offers a faster 1.2 GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and something called a webcam and a full computer functionality with Windows 7. There’s multitasking, lots of ports and connector, a selection of built-in hard-disk memory starting with 60GB, it can do many things what the iPad cannot. The Archos 9 is slightly thicker and comes with a steeper price but at around $550 for the 60GB and the all-important USB ports, it might just slip into the popular consciousness as an alternative to ipad.

[specs and store, also read]

Archos 7 Android Tablet w/ Flash Storage Leaked

BrianB — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:04:57 +0000

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 7 Android comes with a 180 euro price or about 150 British pounds.

It’s not official yet. Read on for the second part of the flyer.

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Archos Phone Tablet Coming Soon

BrianB — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:30:28 +0000

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 such devices in the future but at least Archos will have tried and even if Archos fails to ake a dent in the smartphone market, the French company will have the competitive experience to make it in a world where every portable device can make calls or every phoe can do anything any portable device can. Convergence.

For now, Archos doesn’t seem to be moving away from previously announced specs: 1GHz ARM Cortex processor, 4.3-inch touchscreen with killer 854 × 480 resolution, 3.5G and dazzling multimedia capabilities.

[via gmp3]

Archos Vision 1 Start Sale

BrianB — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:57:27 +0000

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 say the boss cares but don’t care enough to give everyone at the office iPods.

Specs: 1.5-inch screen, music only but includes APE and FLAC lossless, FM tuner and 21-hour battery life.

[via dapreview]

Archos 1 Vision Mini-PMP is OEM Friendly

BrianB — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:31:54 +0000

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 releasing the 30-euro Archos Vision 1. The 1.5-inch LCD screen and lack of video support despite the name will not charm anyone but perhaps the price tag will. It supports MP3, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, music files and plays continuously for 20 hours at a single charge.

[via journaldugeek]

Archos 5 Internet Tablet Shipping Now

BrianB — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:25:35 +0000

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 output. Archos also makes available an optional DVR station. Other Archos 5 features: Web TV and Web Radio, multimedia content on the go thru Media Club, instant messaging, DroidIn, Twitroid, Deezer for music streaming, Dailymotion, ThinkFree Mobile, etc.

[amazon via i4u]

Archos has an Android Phone Tablet

BrianB — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:47:16 +0000

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 480 resolution, also a 10mm slimness.

[via engadget]

Video: Archos 3 Vision PMP

BrianB — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:26:11 +0000

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 choice for Archos not to include a built-in speaker. It’ll make public areas more livable for the rest of us. The review has some slight problems with the virtual scroll-wheel but other than that, it’s a useful little player.

[via engadget]

Archos A5S and A5H Internet Tablets to Run Android?

BrianB — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:48:20 +0000

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 photo also tells us that maybe Archos is rethinking the price-range of their Internet Tablets. The A5S looks placticky and should appeal to the more budget-conscious crowd.

[via engadget]

Archos Clipper and 2 and 3 Vision Handled

BrianB — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:58:55 +0000

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 lounge may well be under way in giving us a full in-depth review of all three gadgets. For now, have a look at the photos they have on there.