Last fall the french manufacturer Archos released its last three Internet Media Tablets. The Archos 5 and Archos 7, which both include high-resolution touchscreen, WiFi, up to 320GB storage besides slim casing, and the Archos 5g which adds 3G HSDPA cellular broadband. They are powered by OMAP 3 applications processors from Texas Instruments, based on a 600MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor.
Now, Archos has announced is going to combine this Archos’ multimedia framework with Google’s Android telephony stack. This makes Archos possible to think in a IMT with smartphone capabiliteis. With the integration of voice Archos is looking to expand beyond portable media players, and moving into the mobile device market with a high-quality video content delivery clearly better than its competitors. Android also provides access to its fast-developing applications environment.
The new Archos’ IMT will offer:
- PC-like Internet experience enhanced by a high-resolution 5″ screen and full-width page viewing
- Adobe FlashTM and Flash VideoTM support, full screen
- Access whenever and wherever to TV, movies, photos, music and game
- Uncompromised TV recording and High Definition (HD) playback, all formats
- Innovative design: compact 10-mm ultra-thin tablet
- Long battery life, 7 hours’ video playback
- 3.5G 7.2 Mb/s HSUPA
- Laptop-like performance from the first implementation of OMAP3440 processor based on the ARM(r) CortexTM superscalar microprocessor and DSP
ARCHOS’ new Android-based IMT with voice functionality will be released in 3Q 2009. Don’t miss it.
Via PRNewswire
