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Arnova 7 and 84

6. June 2011 | by Jonas

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Arnova 7 and 84

Archos is taking the downright cheap approach to tablets, and by pricing these latest offerings so low, there should be some sales. The Arnova 7 features an 800 x 480 touchscreen on a 7″ display- hence the name.  The OS is Android 2.2 (Froyo) which is an iteration behind.  It has 4 GB of internal storage, [...]

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Archos 7c

23. April 2011 | by Jonas

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Archos 7c

Archos has successfully transitioned from media players to tablets.  Their latest effort, the Archos 7c shows just what a value they can offer in the tablet segment. The Archos 7c offers a 7″ tablet with a 480 x 800 capacitive display.  The OS is Android, although it is version 2.1, and not the more desirable Honeycomb [...]

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Archos 101

11. January 2011 | by Jonas

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With the flurry of tablets at CES, it is easy to forget that there are products available right now that will satisfy your Android tablet fix.  One is the Archos 101. The specs include a 1 GHz A8 ARM based single core chip.  Recall that ARM based chips offer better battery life than x86 processors.  The [...]

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Archos 13

13. June 2010 | by Jonas

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Archos 13

While a thirteen inch netbook is definitely pushing the boundaries of ultraportable laptop versus true netbook, it is not stopping Archos from offering such a device.  Archos has offered some netbooks before, but they were definitely more mainstream, so at least it is nice to see them innovating and breaking away from the pack. The Archos [...]

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Deal of the Day: Archos 10

15. November 2009 | by Jonas

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Deal of the Day: Archos 10

Guess Black Friday is starting early this year.  I can’t say I’m a fan of Best Buy with their blaring music and pushy salespeople ready to pounce at too many of the displays.  Nitpicks aside, it does look like Best Buy has a deal worthy of some holiday shopping, and the best part is that [...]

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Archos 9 Internet tablet available as of October 22, retailing for $499

25. September 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Archos 9 Internet tablet available as of October 22, retailing for $499

Some new details have recently emerged in regards to the Archos 9 Internet tablet. In short, the device will be available (in the US market) as of October 22 and is going to be selling for $499. In terms of features, the Archos 9 will offer a 9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 screen resolution, [...]

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Archos quietly unveils the Archos 10s netbook, available in October for $399

10. September 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Archos quietly unveils the Archos 10s netbook, available in October for $399

With little fanfare, Archos has officially unveiled their latest netbook — the Archos 10s. This model seems to be a follow up to the current Archos 10, however nothing seems to have really changed all that much. The Archos 10s will be running Windows XP, and is set to be available beginning in mid-October. Seems bad [...]

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Archos 9

9. September 2009 | by Jonas

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This seems to be the week for expanding the definition of what a netbook is.  While Apple will keep mum about any tablet plans, Archos has a slick, portable tablet style device. The specs include an Intel Atom Z515 (1.2 GHz) processor and 1 GB of RAM.  The hard drive is a smaller 60 GB one, [...]

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Blockbuster moves into the netbook market; begins selling the Archos 10

18. July 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Blockbuster moves into the netbook market; begins selling the Archos 10

Coming as a little bit of a surprise, Blockbuster recently announced that they were going to begin selling the Archos 10 netbook. The model they will be offering will feature a 10-inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and is running Windows XP Home. As [...]

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Archos now shipping the Archos 10 Ubuntu Edition netbook, comes packed with 2GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive

30. June 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Archos now shipping the Archos 10 Ubuntu Edition netbook, comes packed with 2GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive

In a netbook that moves away, if ever so slightly from the standard set of specs, we are now seeing the Archos 10U, other wise know as the Archos 10 Ubuntu Edition which comes pre-installed with a large 500GB hard drive as well as 2GB of RAM. Of course, aside from the extra hard drive space [...]

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