Archos is a French brand of computer and mobile products that we used to cover more closely when their products were also available in North America. They tend to release new tablets frequently, and this week they’ve announced the upcoming launch of a 21.5-inch tablet. The tablet is the 21.5-inch Archos Play Tab which is a digital board game that is actually built to lay flat. As such, it’s even … more…
Archos announced their new 13.3-inch tablet Archos 133 Oxygen at IFA in Berlin, which will be launched in November, at least in the UK, for £179. This is the 4th Oxygen tablet, added to the existing 7, 8, and 10.1-inch range of Android 6.0 tablets from before. The 13.3-inch screen has Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080, is powered by a octa-core 1.5 GHz Rockchip RK3368 processor, PowerVR SGX6110 … more…
The new Android budget tablet from Archos under the name Archos 101e Neon has just been FCC approved and may be headed for North America, where we haven’t seen much of Archos the last three years. Archos 101e Neon is the successor to the Archos 101 Neon, so there’s just a tiny update to the tablet, with a new processor and a newer version of Android. But specs are still … more…
Archos have announced three new Android tablets ahead of an official unveiling at the Mobile World Congress 2016 (MWC) next week. Archos Oxygen 70, 80, & 101b are Android 6.0 Marshmallow tablets with Full HD screens and 2GB of RAM. They will be released in Europe at least, in May. What they all share in common are the 1.3 GHz MediaTek MTK 8163A processor with Mali 720 MP2 GPU, 2GB … more…
Archos have just announced a tablet that is hot on paper with the new Archos Diamond Tab, a 7.9-inch Android 5.1 tablet. The hotness lies in the 2048 x 1536 resolution of the 7.9-inch screen, in the 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT8752 processor with Mali T760-MP2 GPU, and in the 3GB of RAM. Of course hardware isn’t everything if the hardware and firmware doesn’t work well together, and that’s usually … more…
Archos have a secretly been prepping a 7-inch Windows 8.1 tablet called Archos 70 Cesium lite, to compete with HP Stream 7 and Toshiba Encore mini. Archos haven’t announced this tablet yet, but thanks to our tipster we learned that Archos cheapest Windows 8.1 tablet yet will be priced at $79/€79/£69, which is a very cheap launch price, but also the same price that the HP Stream 7 can be … more…
Archos announced a new range of Android tablets today. These tablets offer up to 256GB of storage and are called Archos Magnus. The three Archos Magnus tablets will launch in Europe in April. They have different configurations based on the current tablet trends. Archos 94 Magnus This tablet actually features a 9.4-inch display, something we haven’t seen since the Sony Xperia Tablet S. The aspect ratio is 16:10 with a … more…
Archos have announced four new computers, two of them tablets, for the education sector in France, taking part in the “Grand Digital for Schools Project” that aims to equip 50 000 students in France with tablets and computers by the end of this year, but with an increase to over 1 million by 2016. The tablets are education exclusive, and come in 9-inch and 10.1-inch variants, with a choice of … more…
Do you want to disappoint your kids this Christmas? Then get them this, the new Archos GamePad 2, successor to the, well, Archos GamePad 1 – which was awful. Whereas normal tablet manufacturers make a point out of what kind of processor their tablets are powered by, and rightly so, Archos is so ashamed of their processors that they prefer to let them go unnamed. So what powers the GamePad … more…
We probably won’t win any Pulitzer Prize for this but neither will anyone else in this industry, so instead we will tell you that a new gaming tablet from Archos has been spotted. [UPDATED: The Archos GamePad 2 was officially launched on October 9, 2013.] To be named Archos Gamepad 2, the information comes from an FCC filing by Archos, in which they have prepared what looks like a successor … more…
First released in Europe on March 18, the 13.3″ Android tablet Archos FamilyPad 2 have at last been released in the US too. Available for order from $375. With a 13.3-inch screen – another one of the ‘new’ screen sizes up for trial on tablets this year, this is a tablet that certainly makes an impression, compared to the most common tablet sizes in the 7- to 10-inch range. It’s … more…
Archos have just unveiled a new range of cheap Android tablets, this time with retina display. Archos expects release to start in April, but if you can’t wait that long, some models from Archos Titanium line started hitting the market in March. [Updated] (Archos 97 Platinum was finally in online stores on July 15.) Nobody seems to unveil more tablet models than Archos does these days. Adding to their lineup … more…
Archos announced the details and specs for their upcoming new generation 10 (Gen10) Archos 101 XS 10.1-inch Android tablet today, as well as anouncing two additional tablets. The Archos 101 XS will start at around $369,99 in the US. Specifications CPU: 1.5 GHz OMAP 4470 ARM CORTEX CPU multi-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU graphics co-processor. RAM: 1GB Storage: 16GB + micro SD Slot (expandable to 64GB) Display: 10.1-inch (1280×800) … more…
The presale of photographers dream tablet, the Archos 250GB G9 101 (10.1 inch) Android Tablet, just hit Amazon. This is for the model known as “Classic”, that is, the 1GHz model. The 1,2GHz “Turbo” processor will come later, while a 1,5GHz model is promised early next year. The large capacity HDD Archos 250GB 101 G9 goes on sale for $389.99. The smaller 80 G9 (8 inch) Android tablet from Archos, … more…