Archos had launched a successful--and attractive multimedia line of Internet tablets last year based on the Android OS that started with the Archos 5--and the company had mentioned that a 4.3-inch Archos Tablet Phone that resembles the Archos 5 may be forthcoming, pending carrier negotiations. At the time, Archos said that it needed two senior ... Related Posts Dell Mini 3i China Bound; US & E...
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Archos expanded its tablet offerings today by introducing the Archos 7 and Archos 8 Home Tablet, two low cost Android tablets that target the home user. The Archos 7 Home Tablet shares the same form factor as the Archos 5 Internet Tablet but is powered by a 600MHz ARM9 CPU, not the more powerful ARM ...
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Developers only, please. Media player maker Archos has posted a full Linux distro that will run on its Archos 5 machine. The 5 ships with Android as standard, but open sourcerers can download a special, emebedded build of Angstrom Linux and use it to replace the Google OS. Angstrom on Archos Angstrom on Archos However, Archos said this is "special developer edition firmware" and warned that... [
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I got my free Archos 5 and spent a very lovely evening playing with my new toy. To be honest, I have very mixed feelings about the device, especially since I got it practically free. I'm hoping that the good people of Archos will read this post and take some useful info from it. The device
It looks like ARCHOS are keeping on top of their Android obligations and future opportunities: in addition to providing a firmware update to the ARCHOS 5, word out of Germany is that the company will soon launch two new Android Tablets. Carrypad.com heard from the companys German PR firm who made a statement translating
Recently, I turned on my Archos 5 tablet for my nightly reading and found notification for the firmware update (1.7.77). Alas it's still Android 1.6. The update went without a glitch but if you are wondering what was includes here's rundown from the Archos support site: Extended Bluetooth™ support for cellphone tethering (DUN and PAN) System
It feels a bit odd reviewing the Archos 5 as it's not a phone! Anyway I thought I would give it a go as I tend to travel overseas for work a few times a year and thought this maybe the perfect travel companion (apart from my girlfriend of course)! The Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet is available running Linux or Android. We have the Linux version which I am happy with as a friend has the Andro...
Usually we see a sexy device running WinMo or some proprietary garbage and think, If it only had Android. Well Archos did quite the inverse today, telling owners of the Android-based Archos 5 Internet Tablet that they could overwrite Android and load their machine with a full Linux distribution known as Angstrom Linux. ARCHOS made
Whilst the Archos 5 with Android’s firmware is still trying to find firm footing Archos have released some nice images for the Archos 7 version. Packing an extra webcam this Android based Internet tablet looks set to be even more attractively priced. After the break are some pictures and notice on the second one
Sure, we're all about to turn our attention to what we expect to be the Apple Tablet (check out TiPB's meta-liveblog), there's still plenty of Android-powered tablet love to go around. And above is the Archos 7, outed by UK dealer Data-Mind. You're looking at a 7-inch LCD screen at 800x480, about 2.2 inches bigger than the Archos 5. There's 8GB of storage onboard, and...
