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Archos 7 Home Tablet clears FCC

Chris Davies, Apr 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

We're expecting it to launch imminently, in Europe at least, but while we wait for the Archos 7 Home Tablet to finally arrive we can at least entertain ourselves with the freshly-published FCC report. They've done their usual hack-job on the Android-based slate, with external and internal photos together with the full (if sparse) user manual to browse through. Read The Full Story

Archos 7 Home Tablet drops in 7 days time?

Chris Davies, Mar 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Archos promised we could expect the Archos 7 Home Tablet - announced back at CeBIT 2010 - sometime in April 2010, but it looks like the 7-inch touchscreen slate could be arriving in tandem with the iPad. German retailer Redcoon.de reckon they'll have the Archos 7 HT in stock in a week's time, though it's the slightly more expensive 8GB model rather than the €149 ($203) entry-level 2GB version. Read The Full Story

Archos 9 PC Tablet gets Atom Z515 1.2GHz update

Chris Davies, Mar 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Archos have got around to updating their Archos 9 PC Tablet with the promised 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z515 processor, boosting performance slightly over the original 1.1GHz chip. Now available to order for $549.99 at the company's US store, it's unclear whether Archos have changed any other of the specifications - we're hoping for a faster hard-drive, frankly - since the spec page still details the older model. Read The Full Story

Archos A13PS ultraportable coming April; Archos 9 CPU update imminent

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Archos' attempts at traditional notebook/netbook form-factors hasn't exactly been a runaway success so far, but they could have better luck with the new Archos A13PS. Set to go on sale in April 2010, the A13PS distinguishes itself by using Intel's D510 processor, more commonly found in nettops than notebooks. Read The Full Story

Archos 1 Vision PMP reviewed: cheap but definitely not cheerful

Chris Davies, Mar 15th 2010 Discuss [1]

While fanboi debates rage just as strongly as they ever did, in general gadgets across the board are better designed, better constructed and better performing than we could've hoped for five or so years ago. That's why it's so nice to find a real humdinger of a review for Archos' 1 Vision PMP, an MP3 player that anythingbutipod describe as having "bad build quality, awkward design, peculiar button placements, an undeniably unnecessary power switch, somewhat peculiar menus and an extra features set that might as well not have been there." Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 9 2010

Shane McGlaun, Mar 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to this week's Week in Review! With CeBIT going this week new laptops and computer hardware were announced in abundance. Monday we spied the Gigabyte T1000P multitouch netbook. The convertible device looks nice and runs Windows 7 Starter. Read The Full Story

Archos Phone Tablet axed over poor carrier support?

Chris Davies, Mar 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Archos' Android-based Phone Tablet was meant to make an appearance at CES 2010 a few months back, and after it failed to show up there we assumed it would be spotted at either MWC 2010 or CeBIT 2010 this week. That doesn't look to be the case, however - Archos have outed their new Home Tablets and a range of PMPs, but no smartphone - and according to French financial paper Les Echoes (quoted by LesMobiles) the device may in fact never launch. Read The Full Story

Archos Vision Series PMPs: 1.4 to 4.3-inches

Chris Davies, Mar 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Not, perhaps, as interesting as the company's new Home Tablets, but Archos also have a line of new and updated PMPs to show at CeBIT 2010. The Archos Vision Series ranges from the tiny 24g Vision A14VG, with a video-capable 1.4-inch LCD display, FM radio and 4GB of storage, to the 4.3-inch touchscreen Vision A43VB, with 8GB of storage, a microSD card slot, 30hr battery and a video-output for playing content on a bigger display. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

Archos 9 PC Tablet getting 1.2GHz CPU update; capacitive screen & 3G in the works?

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [3]

The Archos 9 PC Tablet - plagued by launch delays and partially scuppered with underperforming components - may not be the star of CeBIT 2010 this week, but according to a talkative employee from the company it's scheduled to get a refresh relatively soon. The rep told jkkmobile that the Archos 9 will see its CPU updated to a 1.2GHz chip, bringing with it HyperThreading support, an improvement in the GPU and a faster bus speed. Meanwhile, down the line there are apparently even bigger changes afoot. Read The Full Story

Archos 7 Home Tablet gets hands-on video: surprisingly good

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

The prospect of a 7-inch Android internet tablet running a relatively laggardly 600MHz ARM9 processor left us doubtful about Archos' new Archos 7 Home Tablet, but according to a very enthusiastic Charbax we shouldn't be so concerned. He's been playing with the Archos 7 for a few days now, and is reporting reasonable browsing speeds, 720p HD playback and 7hrs usage from a full charge. Video hands-on after the cut Read The Full Story

Archos 7 and Archos 8 Home Tablets official: €149 but sluggish CPUs

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Archos have officially announced their so-called Home Tablets at CeBIT 2010 this week, and there's good news and bad. The Archos 7 Home Tablet and the Archos 8 digital photo frame each run Android, just like the Archos 5, but they have sluggish ARM9 processors rather than any of the more speedy SoC's we've seen on other tablets lately. Archos' trick, though, is in pricing: the two devices are €149 ($203), making them reasonably budget friendly. Read The Full Story

Archos A70HB Family Digital Assistant tipped for CeBIT 2010

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Archos have already been pretty upfront about their plans to bring larger versions of their Android-based internet tablet to CeBIT 2010 this week, and according to the show guide they'll slot into the company's new Archos Home Slate category. As tipped before, the tablets will prioritize family activities, such as group email and calendar access, together with the usual tablet fare such as internet access and multimedia. Read The Full Story