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This 130gr super compact FWVGA 854×480 Android 2.2 tablet with ARM Cortex A8 1ghz 45nm omap3630. Although it’s a resistive touch screen, it is the most reactive and best looking resistive touch screen that I have seen thus far. This Android 2.2 device is extremely compact, offering comparable Android 2.2 experience to the HTC EVO and Droid X, though at a fraction of the price, for $199 for the 16GB model, it comes with HDMI output and support for all video codecs at up to 720p and with pretty high bitrates even for advance profile encodings. In this video I also try to demonstrate some of the performance for web browsing.

Probably one of the most affordable 10.1″ capacitive Android 2.2 ARM Cortex A8 45nm tablets, with beautiful built-in HDMI output and full sized USB host, it’ll come starting at $299 for the 8GB model with MicroSD slot, it’s amazingly thin and light, 480gr that is 30% less heavy than the iPad and it’s got 12% more screen surface area than the iPad.

The world’s cheapest Android 2.2 device with ARM Cortex A8 45nm processor. It’s got a 2.8″ QVGA resistive touch screen. But, it can really do most things basic Android users want. It’s less than half the price of the iPod Touch.

Archos first 7″ capacitive Android tablet, with ARM Cortex A8 omap3630 1ghz processor, it’s 300gr in weight, very thin and it costs $275, that is less than half the price of the similar Samsung Galaxy Tab.

This is the new Archos 32 Internet Tablet, with a 800mhz ARM Cortex A8 omap3630 processor based on 45nm process, it playsback all video codecs at up to 720p requiring no video convertions, suport composite video output, bluetooth, WiFi b/g/n, comes with 3.2″ resistive (but good) touch screen.

At IFA 2010, which I will film for you in HD quality, subscribe to my RSS feed of my other site http://ARMdevices.net, Archos will be demonstrating the whole new Generation 8 line of Android tablet devices.

At nearly 2 times faster performance using Texas Instruments new 45nm OMAP3630 processor at up to 1ghz, with new and improved electronics, faster and more RAM memory (probably, to be confirmed if up to 512MB RAM), 3D graphics and video bitrates playback support nearly 2 times faster and better, all the while, battery runtime is longer in a thinner and lighter design. Archos has added up to HD camcorders, hardware Android buttons for better UI navigation as well as fantastic built-in HDMI outputs and full sized USB host connectors.

Perhaps best of all, Archos Gen8 is super affordable:

Archos 28 : $99 for 4GB, 8GB version also available
Archos 32 : $149 for 8GB
Archos 43 : $199
Archos 70 : $279 for 16GB, 250GB version for $349
Archos 101 : $299 for 8GB, $349 for 16GB

28 is the basic QVGA 2.8″ model, comes with least amount of RAM, no cam, no Bluetooth and no composite video output. 32 adds a camcorder, Bluetooth and composite video output. 43 also ads HD camcorder, FWVGA screen resolution, HDMI output and even more RAM. 70 and 101 come with capacitive touch screens, front facing video-conferencing cameras and full sized USB host connectors and HDMI outputs.

So for much cheaper than what Apple provides to the market, Archos is providing much better performance, better features, better multimedia support, more choice to the consumer. Look forward to my full HD quality videos of these products to be published here from IFA in the days to come.

Questions to be answered by Archos hopefully soon:

- Is there going to be a 4.8″ or 5″ Android tablet version in this generation, and if yes when does it come and will it have a capacitive touch screen?

- Will Generation 7 Archos 5 Internet Tablet have a firmware upgrade to Android 2.2 after it has been provided to the upcoming Generation 8 players in the couple of months to come?

- Would Archos use a Pixel Qi screen on the Archos 101, at least as an option if that readable e-ink quality LCD screen becomes available in the months to come?

- Will Archos release 3G options for any or all of these Tablet sizes as least as an option and for what kind of premium? Could it be done for just $50 extra or less?

- Does full bitrates of all or most of MKV high profile movies found on BitTorrents on the Internet playback smoothly and perfectly on the LCD as well as on the HDMI output of these new players?

There are many more specs to be read on http://archos.com

Discuss this new generation in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewforum.php?f=63

austnash posted a video explaining how to install the modified firmware on Archos 7 Home Tablet to have the full Google Marketplace experience on the device, as released by knightdominion to the forum since 19th of June this year in this thread: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=34668

Keep up the good work austnash!

Amazon.com has leaked a nice higher resolution image of the upcoming $149 Archos 32 (8GB) Android 2.2 compatible device, with 800MHZ ARM Cortex A8 45nm, OpenGL, DSP for full video/audio playback, VGA camcorder, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth, 3.2″ 400×240 touchscreen, microphone, usb-host and more:

Look forward for Archos announcing the whole rest of the Archos Generation 8 lines of products during a press event scheduled for August 30th in Paris, a few days before the IFA consumer electronics show of Berlin, at which I plan to film all the videos of the best products shown which I will release here and on my other site http://ARMdevices.net from September 3-8th, so subscribe to the RSS.

You can discuss this product in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?p=244478#p244478

Those FCC guys are nice, they keep leaking every new Archos device even though they have been asked to keep the informations confidential.

Here is the new, cheapest Android 2.2 ARM Cortex A8 45nm device in the world! Probably to be launched at around $99, with WiFi b/g/n:

This is the Archos A28 Minidroid, comes with 2.8″ QVGA 320×240 screen, support for Android 2.2 and runs on 800mhz ARM Cortex A8 at 45nm OMAP3630 by Texas Instruments. The price is likely to be lower than the recently leaked $149 Archos 32, thus the price is possibly going to be announced for $99 for the lowest 8GB capacity version!

As with every previous Archos Android Tablets, the Google Marketplace will for sure work just fine on this device. If it doesn’t come pre-installed on the device (because Google wouldn’t yet allow it to come pre-installed), there will most likely be an .apk that anyone can find on the Internet that takes 1 minute to install the full Google Marketplace with all the Google Apps on this device.

Consider its positioning on the market:
Archos A28 Minidroid (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen = $99
Archos A32 Minidroid (8GB), 3.2″ WQVGA touch screen = $149
Apple iPod Nano (8GB), 2″ QVGA non-touch screen = $149
Apple iPod Touch (8GB), 3.5″ HVGA capacitive touch screen = $199
Samsung YP-MB2 (8GB), 4″ WVGA capacitive touch screen Super AMOLED = $249
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone = $299
HTC Tatoo (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone = $299
Acer beTouch E110 (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone = $299
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone = $339
HTC Wildfire (8GB), 3.2″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone = $349
Samsung Galaxy S (8GB), 4″ WVGA capacitive touch screen Super AMOLED, with 3G/phone = $649
Apple iPhone 4 (16GB), 3.5″ Quad-HVGA capacitive touch screen, with 3G/phone = $760
Announced products, no pricing yet:
Acer beTouch E120 (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone
Acer beTouch E130 (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone
Dell Smoke (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone
T-Mobile Pulse Mini (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone
ZTE Smooth (8GB), 2.8″ QVGA touch screen, with 3G/phone

You can discuss this new product in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=36412

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Found via: wirelessgoodness.com

Wow, check this out, this is the new cheapest Android ARM Cortex A8 device in the world. Archos Gen8 has hardware buttons for Android Menu, Home, Back and Search/OK functions!

Here are more pictures showing the hardware buttons and design of this new awesome $149 ARM Cortex A8 45nm based Android device. Consider, this is Android 2.2 experience with OpenGL acceleration starting below $149 without the need to signup for 2 year contracts with any carrier. 3G access can be had using Mifi or through Bluetooth tethering.

It has a volume rocker and some power/charging LED or buttons:

The headphones jack (which doubles as composite video output with the right cable), microphone emplacement (or input), another power button or LED and the mini-USB or micro-USB connector:

The user interface of Android on this $149 device is similar to the previous generation Archos 5 Internet Tablet, but consider that Archos is preparing Android 2.1 firmware upgradable to Android 2.2 for this device. See that the Archos Media Center features which allow full video and audio codecs playback is provided through the Archos Media Center Widget at the bottom of the Android user interface. The multimedia part available as the AMC widget is the core of Archos customization of the Android user interface.

The back seems to be easily openable, which may or may not provide access to an eventual MicroSD card slot that may or may not be present there on the back of the device, to be confirmed. It may just be the opening for the volume rocker buttons. Otherwise while $149 would be the price of the 8GB built-in storage version, I think it would be fair to estimate that for $199 one could get the 32GB version of this device.

You can discuss these pictures in the forum: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=36255

Source: fcc.gov
Found via: liliputing.com