Archos Android Phone Tablet

Archos has an Android Phone Tablet via PMPToday

Available from Data-Mind.co.uk probably Q1 2010

Sat, Sep 26, 2009Archos, Mobile Phone
As PMPToday advise today: a 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.


Archos - Android Smartphone - introduced by Mr Rochas - to be launched at CES in Las Vegas, January 2010

PenPower mini scaneye 11 - a pen scanner which reads words out aloud

The PenPower mini scaneye 11 sample has been sitting on my desk for ages. Today I got around to testing this Korean designed usb pen scanner. Once sentences are scanned the words appear instantly on your laptop or PC. You can edit these words to incorporate into your essay. As you scan the words they can be read out aloud - a great feature for dyslexics or foreign language students.

PenPower mini scaneye 11 has a couple of features which its nearest competitor, C-Pen 20 does not have; namely reading words out aloud and scanning images such as logos. This latter feature was available with JNotes on the older C-Pen 600c/800c models but C-Pen 20 did away with scanning images, which is a pity.

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Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet hands-on [Video]

SlashGear stopped by the Archos launch event last night for the company’s new Android-powered Internet Tablet, the Archos 5. The idea is straightforward: all of Archos’ usual media-centric abilities are there, including broad codec support and the ability to play local and network-based content, but rather than their home-grown Linux-based OS the French company has turned to Android and a custom UI shell.

Stand-out specifications include WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth (with straightforward pairing to your cellphone, for mobile internet access), a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen (using a resistive, not capacitive, panel) and an 800MHz OPAP3440 processor. ...

As you can see from our hands-on images, the QWERTY is well-spaced (especially when you compare it to what’s on offer from the HTC Hero) though we wouldn’t want to do document creation on the PMP; incidentally, while at release the Archos 5 will only support viewing Office documents and PDFs, editing is expected to be added before the end of the year.

As you’d expect from a media-centric company, the Archos 5 concentrates its efforts on audio, video and picture playback. As well as being capable of 720p output via HDMI, there are various docks on offer including a DVR Station which allows you to record VGA-quality TV and other video directly onto the PMP’s internal storage. Alternatively you can surf the web at 1,280 x 720 resolution on your HDTV, with either the optional ultra-thin QWERTY keyboard, Archos’ existing mini-keyboard remote, or the on-screen ‘board (or indeed any Bluetooth keyboard and mouse).

Still, since this is Android there are apps to be had, though Archos would prefer you to source those through their own AppsLib store (which features software fettled for the larger display). ... Archos have also cherry-picked a selection of apps to preinstall, including Twidroid and a new MP3 download store.

All in all, it’s a tempting machine, though we’re holding off final judgement until we see exactly how well the Archos 5 manages web browsing. While there’s Flash support, it’s not in-browser (videos open up in a separate window rather than running in-page) but the speedy CPU has us anticipating a slicker, more desktop-like experience than on most Android mobiles.

Archos Phone Tablet tipped: 1GHz Android 4.3-inch smartphone

via Slashgear via usarchos
While Archos’ event this week was predominantly about their Archos 5 Android-based Internet Tablet, they couldn’t help but tease with another upcoming device building on Google’s open-source platform. The Archos Phone Tablet is, as the name suggests, a 3.5G-enabled version of the Archos 5, adding HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity to the PMP’s existing WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth.

Full specifications of the smartphone are unclear, but Archos did confirm that it would have a 4.3-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen (slightly smaller, but slightly higher resolution, than the Archos 5) together with using a faster, 1GHz ARM Cortex processor. It also keeps its PMP-sibling’s slender build, measuring just 10mm thick, and a brief rear glimpse showed a camera lens.

No word on what sort of internal memory we can expect – though we’d like to think that Archos will offer the same 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flash versions as the Archos 5 – nor when the Archos Phone Tablet will drop. Still, it certainly has potential as a MID/smartphone crossover device.

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