Archos hasn't seemed to secure much love for its latest, the
Archos 9 tablet, so maybe it's going back to what it does best for its next suite of products: a quintet of mostly straightforward players along with a titillating new flavor of the Archos 7. First is the simple and cheap Archos Key, a €20 device with 4GB of storage and microSD expansion. Then there's the Archos Vision Slim, a slenderized and button-free version of the
original Vision, again packing just 4GB of storage but going for €40 this time. Next is the Archos Yamaha Vision 2, with an internal amp from Yamaha, integrated stereo speakers, and undisclosed storage quantity and price. Next we have the Archos 4 Vision, a 4.3-inch touchscreen model with TV output, microSD expansion, and what was previously understood to be 16 and 32GB of storage. Finally, perhaps the most interesting, is the Archos 3 Vision Camera, an 8GB player with an integrated camera that could make this into a
Flip-replacing media player -- depending on the quality of the video, naturally. Oh, and did we forget to mention the purported
Archos 7 with Android? It's worth restating. All are decidedly rendery looking and naturally this is all unconfirmed, but golly don't they look pretty.
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This competes with Apple products. Quick, bump the Live Blog (for an event that hasn't even started yet) up over it on the list of articles. Wouldn't want to risk losing any of that Ad revenue, now would we guys?
@Leindurstit The Archos 7 is rumored to be available on March for £149.99 ($242). It'll have 8GB of onboard storage, a webcam, and 7-inch LCD screen with 800 x 480 pixels. That's 2.2-inches more than the Archos 5, with the storage being the same. More Details: http://bit.ly/archos-7-details-and-features
Enough speculation!!!
If I don't see a real product soon I'm going to kill the nearest Mac user in the library.
Gees. So frustrating!
The pics on Archos Lounge aren't showing for me. Did you grab them all before you posted Tim and if so any chance of an Engadget hosted gallery?
@ChazClout
Actually, the non translated page displays them perfectly.
http://www.archoslounge.net/Scoop-5-nouveaux-lecteurs-Archos,9273.html
OOPS!
I saw Archos 7 with windows 7 last week in a local store.
@yejun How did it run? I hav'nt had a chance to play with one personally.
@Jeremiah It run as fast as a regular netbook but with a smaller screen. Overall quality is about average, dim screen, plastic body. It's like a eReader running windows 7.
sorry archos, just bought a cowon s9 32gb. but i loved your gmini xs202!
whats all this about the iSlate? hey guys its a cool name, Apple Apple is so great! they just released the hip iSlate! gooooooo Apple! :D
If their past business model holds true, this means the previous generation Archos will soon be 30-50% cheaper. I own 2 and am very pleased with them.
Archos =meh
Now this Archos 7 Android sounds perfect for me but unfortunately i smell something fishy about the £149 price since the Archos 5 Android is £200.
@Shrikey
If their past business model holds true, this means the previous generation Archos will soon be 30-50% cheaper. I own 2 and am very pleased with them.
It's likely they have more IMT models in the pipeline, and are clearing inventory to make way. They're up to GEN6 or 7, depending on how you count. I got the non android gen6 for $200 USD a while back. When it was new, they went for $350 USD or higher.
The Archos 3 Slim better be an improvement over the 3. Because thee current model needs a lot more than losing a few inches and a camera.
DataMind Press Release - 28 January 2010: Release of Archos new product Information by DataMind
On 26 January 2010 a reliable UK source of Archos information sent DataMind news & prices of five new Archos devices. No mention was made to DataMind by the source that these products were on embargo. On 26 January DataMind added these products to the website www.Data-Mind.co.uk. At noon on 27 January Archos UK requested that DataMind remove all five products from the website. DataMind immediately complied with this request. On 28 January Archos UK thanked DataMind for the prompt action taken.
DataMind (a division of Megapixels Ltd) has been an Archos UK e-tailer www.DataMind.co.uk since 2002.
"DataMind for Archos - every product (probably!)"