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Archos 101 G9 Turbo 10-Inch Tablet Hits Woot! for $280 (210 EUR)

If you are looking for a faster than average Android tablet that won’t break your bank, Archos has you covered with the Turbo edition of the Archos 101 G9 that has now popped up on Woot! for $279.99 (210 EUR).Compared to the 1.2GHz version that is available from most retailers out there, the Turbo model swaps t...

9 February 2012
12:12 GMT

Archos Starts Shipping 1.5GHz Clocked 101 G9 Turbo Tablet in France

If you are looking for a faster than average Android tablet that won’t break your bank, Archos has you covered with the Turbo edition of the Archos 101 G9, which recently popped up in France.Compared to the 1.2GHz version that is available right now in the US, the Turbo model swaps this SoC for a faster clocked...

24 January 2012
11:10 GMT

CES 2012: Archos Promises Android 4.0 ICS Update for All G9 Tablets

Asus’ original Transformer, the TF101, won’t be the only tablet out there to get Android 4.0 by early February, since Archos also has similar plans for its G9-sereis slates.The good news was revealed by an Archos rep, who talked with Android Police over at CES 2012, the website also taking a picture of a ...

12 January 2012
17:01 GMT

CES 2012: Archos 70b $199 (156€) 7-Inch Tablet Has Android Market Support

Archos’ 7-inch tablet might not be as popular as the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet, but that hasn’t stopped the company from releasing yet another such device at this year’s CES.The Archos 70b, as this is called, differentiates itself from all the other 70-series tablets in the outfit’s lineu...

11 January 2012
09:29 GMT

Archos 80 G9 Turbo 250GB Tablet Now on Sale

If you are looking for a high-capacity Android tablet that won’t break your bank, Archos has you covered with the 250GB edition of the Archos 80 G9, which recently went on sale in the US.The 8-inhcer is now available right from the company’s US website for $369.99, which is roughly equal with 286 EUR.Apar...

29 December 2011
06:10 GMT

Archos 70b Honeycomb Tablet for $199 No Longer a Dream (151.74 Euro)

Archos has just made the official introduction of what it claims to be the first Honeycomb-running tablet to sell for a price of under $200 (152 Euro or so). The item goes by the name of Archos 70b and features the Android 3.2 version of Google's mobile OS (operating system). We aren't very sure about t...

21 December 2011
02:53 GMT

Archos Home Connect 35 Android Clock & Internet Radio Now in the US

It seems to be no end to the number of devices that are designed to run Google’s Android operating system, and the Archos Home Connect 35 is definitely one of the most interesting of these.This small blackish device is actually a battery-powered alarm clock and internet radio that was created to become your fav...

15 December 2011
11:08 GMT

Archos 101 G9 10.1-Inch Tablet Gets Android 4.0

Despite how Archos consistently fails to make an impression on the multitude of people who want a tablet or two, its inventions are still alive and kicking and, apparently, getting the latest Android too. As XDA-developers forum member LeTama revealed in a video, an unofficial port of Android 4.0 was made to work on...

12 December 2011
08:21 GMT

Archos Child-Sized Robot Will Cost 300 Euro ($403)

Robots wouldn't exactly be our first guess if anyone asked us what we thought Archos was thinking of doing next, but it looks like they are. At least, this is what an interview with French publication La Liberation revealed. It was an off-hand mention and definitely doesn't say when and how it will happen...

7 December 2011
20:31 GMT

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Previewed on Archos 101 G9 Tablet

While some would be fooled to think that Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, needs high-end hardware in order to run properly, Google’s OS works just as well on more budget tablets like the 10.1-inch Archos 101 G9.The French company even posted a video of their tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich and the results...

6 December 2011
11:22 GMT

Archos Arnova 9 G2 Tablet Sells for under $250 (185 Euro)

Archos just became part of the reason why there are rumors on the Internet, however outlandish, that PC makers like HP, Acer, ASUS and other are going to quit making slates altogether. What the French company built is a whole series of tablet devices, the Arnova 9 G2, which, for the most part, stick to price tags b...

17 November 2011
09:53 GMT

Archos 101 G9 Tablet Up for Order Now

Another day, another set of tablet news it seems, Archos being, this once, the one to sit back and watch the marketing performance of a 10-inch touchscreen-based device. Archos may not be the first company to say it will join in on the tablet craze, and it isn't going to be the last one either (probably). ...

12 October 2011
05:13 GMT

ARCHOS G9 Tablets with Android 3.2 Honeycomb on Pre-Order Next Week

ARCHOS has just announced the upcoming availability of new G9 Android tablets, set to be put on pre-order no later than September 20th, 2011, with Google's Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system on board. ARCHOS's G9 tablet packs an 8-inch touchscreen display, and is powered by a dual-core application ...

16 September 2011
03:38 GMT

IFA 2011: Hands-On with Archos G9 Tablets

Tablets arrived in quite a force at this year's edition of the IFA trade show, and Archos did not let itself fall behind, having delivered two such devices, dubbed G9 80 and G9 101. Archos is just one of the companies that included tablets in their IFA 2011 exhibitions, what with so many companies from aroun...

3 September 2011
04:30 GMT

Archos 10-Inch Tablet Gets Better OS, Sells for $250

The saga of tablets continues with the emergence of two newcomers on Archos's part, one of which measures 10 inches in diagonal but, like its 7-inch sibling, stick to an older version of Android but also sport a much smaller price that competitors.One might say that there is a sort of standard on the tablet mar...

11 August 2011
05:15 GMT

Archos Arnova 7 G2 Tablet with Gingerbread Launched in Hong Kong, Priced at $215

It looks like the Arnova 7 G2 that was spotted recently at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was indeed a second generation tablet.By the look of it, this is not the same $99 Arnova 7 tablet that was announced a few months ago, instead Archos improved and updated the tablet's hardware and software conf...

11 August 2011
05:00 GMT

ARCHOS Debuts First Android-Based DECT Phone and Alarm/Radio Clock

Even though Archos is known for its cheap but less innovative device, the company managed to come up with something interesting based on Google's Android mobile platform. The ARCHOS 35 Smart Home Phone, an Android DECT phone and ARCHOS 35 Home Connect, an Android-based web radio are smart devices and both fea...

27 June 2011
03:59 GMT

[UPDATE] Android 3.1-Loaded Archos G9 Tablets Have Huge Storage Capacities

That Archos would make a point of unveiling its own tablets is not really that big a surprise, but the company does seem to fancy larger storage capacities than most other makers of slates, as shown by its two new models.These days have definitely been practically filled with announcements or rumors concerning the t...

24 June 2011
04:07 GMT

Archos Intends to Launch New Tablets at IFA

CeBIT wasn't all that packed with announcements, since some top-tier IT players had little or nothing to show off, and whether or not IFA ends up in the same boat, Archos is still said to be getting ready for a special showing during that particular event. The past week doesn't seem to have been that much ...

5 March 2011
06:24 GMT

Archos Brings Its New E-Reader and Tablet to CeBIT 2011

It appears that MWC 2011 wasn't where all new tablets were released, as CeBIT is seeing its own share of such mobile electronics, one of which was revealed by Archos, alongside an e-reader.As consumers know, quite a few tablets have been, so far, revealed or outright unleashed upon the consumer market.Most of t...

3 March 2011
03:12 GMT

Two New Archos Android Tablets Approved by FCC

Archos, one of the most prolific Internet tablet manufacturers, has recently passed two new products through the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). Known as ARNOVA 10HT and ARNOVA 8, both tablets are supposed to run on the Android platform.Even though information regarding the spec sheets of the tablets is scar...

23 February 2011
11:12 GMT

Prestigio MultiPad Tablets Powered by Archos Going Official

As some of you will certainly remember, we've talked a while ago about Prestigio and their plans of launching a couple of Internet tablets with some help from Archos, and now, the company has revealed the fact that it's going official with three MultiPad tablet models, all providing fairly similar features,...

21 February 2011
05:46 GMT

New Archos ARNOVA Packs Internet Radio, Web TV Features

Archos is quite well-known for being one of the most innovative companies around, and now, the French outfit is back with yet another very interesting product, the ARNOVA, that manages to combine Internet radio and web TV capabilities into a single device. So, what makes this thing different from the numerous othe...

21 February 2011
00:08 GMT

Prestigio to Launch MultiPad Internet Tablets Powered by Archos

Given the fact that Internet tablets have become such a hot trend over the past couple of months, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that just about everyone out there's trying their best in order to get on-board this money-making “train”, and that's also the case with Prestigio, a wel...

20 January 2011
08:26 GMT

New ARCHOS 28 and 32 Android PMPs To Arrive at CES 2011

Archos' not quite content with prepping just an improved tablet for the next year's CES, and for this reason, they've also revealed the fact that they'll be outing a couple of new PMPs (portable media players), models 28 and 32, both of which, however, are powered by Google's Android OS.The A...

30 December 2010
14:41 GMT

Archos E-Reader Runs Android, Is Up for Pre-Order

Even as a certain e-reader seems to draw close to selling 8 million models, it cannot hope to cover the entirety of the worldwide market alone, hence the many other e-reader cropping up, like Archos' 70b. While Amazon isn't known for divulging financial figures, so-called sources recently said that the kin...

22 December 2010
05:30 GMT

Archos Updates Android Tablet PCs to Android 2.2.1 Froyo

Archos, the company which brought to the market a nice range of Android-based tablet PCs, announced recently the availability of the Android 2.2.1 Froyo software update for its slates.Through the new software update, the tablet PCs receive a nice range of new features, including improved performance levels, support ...

1 December 2010
11:25 GMT

Archos Puts 16GB Android Tablet On Sale for $250

Archos has just announced that its Archos 43 Android-based tablet PC is now available for purchase in the United States and in Canada for only $250, straight from the company's website. Packing a 4.3-inch touchscreen display, the slate is no larger than the HTC Desire HD or HTC EVO 4G smartphones already made a...

3 November 2010
08:52 GMT

Apple Faces New Competition - Archos 5

Some may have expected Apple to be the first company to roll out a tablet computer, but Archos seems to be more eager at staking a claim at the Internet Media Tablet category. The Archos 5 boasts insane specs, including up to 500GB storage (HDD-based version), Flash support, built-in GPS and 3G. 9to5Mac has picked u...

17 September 2009
08:24 GMT

ARCHOS 9 PCtablet Touches Windows 7

ARCHOS has unveiled its next-generation PC tablet that breaks the line separating tablets from netbooks, the manufacturer claims. In this regard, the complete removal of the keyboard of the ARCHOS 9 PCtablet is advertised as an innovative move, as the company has shrugged off traditional input models altogether. Rely...

3 July 2009
09:39 GMT

Archos Also Rolls Out Archos 10s, Archos 13 Laptops

Aside from the launch of its new Windows 7, Atom-powered Archos 9 Tablet PC, the French PC vendor has also introduced a couple of other new ultraportable PCs, including a CULV-based laptop and a 10-inch PC designed for students and educational purposes. With the launch of the new portable computer systems, Archos is ...

12 June 2009
04:44 GMT

Archos 9 PC Tablet Has Windows 7 and Atom Power

As we are heading to an inevitable release of Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Windows 7, we keep seeing several system vendors gearing up for the much anticipated event. Such is the case with Archos, a French PC vendor that has just announced the introduction of its new Archos 9 PC Tablet, an 8.9-i...

12 June 2009
03:01 GMT

Archos to Launch Android-Based Tablet in 2009

Archos announced last month that it intended to come to the market with an Internet tablet device that would be powered by Google's Android operating system, and now the company reinforces its previous statement with a new one that announces its plans to release such a device. Archos has recently announced it...

30 March 2009
10:40 GMT

ARCHOS Announces New Android-Based IMT Device

ARCHOS, a technology innovator and leading provider of portable media player solutions, announced that it planned to add to its offering a new ultra-thin Internet Media Tablet (IMT) that also featured mobile phone capabilities, through the combination of Google's Android telephony stack and ARCHOS' multimed...

10 February 2009
10:51 GMT

Archos 10 Is the New Kid on the Block

With the netbook market increasingly growing, it's no surprise that more consumer electronics makers are releasing their very own netbook systems, pretty much offering the same specifications as most of the other such products on the market. The latest company to join the club is Archos, which has come up with a...

15 January 2009
09:10 GMT

New Archos Internet Media Tablets are PMPs Pumped Up on WiFi and 3G Steroids

Well, we haven't heard anything interesting from Archos for quite some time now, but it would really seem that things are about to change dramatically, as the company has just introduced a whole new family of products, dubbed Internet Media Tablets. While the name is a bit vague, the truth of the matter is that ...

20 August 2008
02:54 GMT

Archos Brings GPS, Portable TV Plugin, Extended Video Content For Its WiFi PMPs

GPS navigators with multimedia features are not exactly a novelty, most high-end products from this segment providing MP3 and multimedia playback features. But what about the other way around? What about a portable media player with GPS functionality? Well, looks like that's exactly what Archos has managed to pu...

23 April 2008
04:06 GMT

Archos TV+ Could Kill Apple TV

The possibility of streaming multimedia content from a computer running iTunes to a HDTV set is what made the Apple TV famous, but the design originating in the Cupertino labs has some very serious flaws, which have prevented it to enjoy a reasonably high level of success. However, it would seem that Archos has learn...

4 January 2008
15:26 GMT

Apparate: Harry Potter And The Order Of... Archos!?

You surely remember when book stores everywhere were stormed by millions of kids eager to obtain the latest book of the Harry Potter series. After the stores episode, the thick book took over the subway where readers were spotted with their heads buried in the book.Recently, the massive Harry Potter hysteria has spre...

18 December 2007
12:11 GMT

Archos Celebrates Chaplin! Launches Limited Edition "605 de Charlie"!

Archos celebrates in its own way 30 years since Charlie Chaplin died. And since there is no better way to do it, the giant French electronic company has prepared a limited edition of one of its best seller items, the 605 portable media player.The limited edition is going to celebrate Charlie Chaplin, and of course it...

30 October 2007
11:20 GMT

Archos to Sell Cool Generation 5 Worldwide!

Good news for Archos fans. The company's Generation 5 players are now available worldwide. Archos, finally decided to unleash all its versions. Since I guess you already know the 605 and 405 had been recently sent to the Stateside, to compete with some of the heaviest names in the electronics industry, this news...

14 September 2007
08:56 GMT

Warning Competitors: Archos Deploys 105 Mini Media Player in the US!

Archos is about to make its American fans happy, as the company decided it's time to send some 105 mini media players to the US.For the ones who are not familiar with the device, it belongs to the fifth generation of players. On the outside it looks like a sleek and stylish device and is only 7 mm thick. It reve...

3 September 2007
02:29 GMT

Why Do The French Make It Better? Archos 605 Pricing and Availability Revealed!?!

After so much waiting, the Archos fans can finally purchase the Archos 605 version of their favorite player online, for a price tag of around 400 bucks, not cheap at all, but still worthy. However, it seems they'll have to wait until September the 1st to get one of their own, as the company is preparing itself f...

23 July 2007
04:03 GMT

Archos Launches 605 WiFi Flavored Media Player

Now that is one company that has never disappointed its fans! This time Archos launches the indestructible Generation 5 of multimedia players. Archos chose silver to be the star color of the new line. The new portable devices feature a lot of similarities with the previous version, and a couple of extra improvements....

15 June 2007
03:43 GMT


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