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Pre-sale Release: The brand new Archos 5i Internet Media Tablet with Google's Android technology is now available to order. This portable media player is available in 2 types; Flash and Hard Drive memory. The Flash units are thinner, more compact and lightweight units, perfect for day-to-day use and light travelling and is available in 8GB, 16GB or 32GB sizes. The other type with the on board hard drive is available in 2 sizes; 160GB or 500GB. It will give you enough memory to store everything you need, whilst remaining entirely portable to be taken with you wherever you go. All models will be available for dispatch end of November.
Overview
ARCHOS is once again bringing new technologies into the hands of its
users. The new ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet is combining all the know-how and
renowned expertise of multimedia with the hot new environment developed
with Google™: the Android™ platform.
Applications just for you
In this new era of open source
and collaboration, applications and software are blooming throughout
the world. Everyday sees a new gold nugget that will overwhelm the
market. That's the magic behind the common and shared environment of
Android™, anyone can create a best-seller. There is so many fun games
out there and so many cool applications that it would be a pity to not
give you access to them. Here comes the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet.
With its sleek and advanced list of features, it truly achieves the
convergence of the Internet, entertainment, TV, and GPS in one device,
letting you discover and download lots of applications and games while
performing the best multimedia experience of a handheld device.
Featuring
a customisable interface, the ARCHOS 5 can be personalised to fit with
your lifestyle, with an access to a range of rich applications and
widgets. And with the AppsLib, you have a supermarket of paid and free
applications to download from. Your favorite sources of information,
communications and entertainment are always at your fingertips so that
you can find anything you want.
Discover a world of entertainment and connectivity
Built on a culture of innovation and a passion to deliver
groundbreaking technology, the ARCHOS 5 delivers the great features and
user experience that have made ARCHOS a global leader in consumer
electronics
The
user experience has dramatically improved, and the ARCHOS 5 is arguably
the best HD portable player that exists. No matter what you want to
watch or listen to, view or do, the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet will let
you do this in HD* quality, with accessories featuring HDMI outputs.
With easy WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth technology to
tether a 3.5G mobile phone, the ARCHOS 5 will manage to deliver 24/7
Internet connectivity.
Adding to this a great range of storage capacities, built-in
GPS, and Digital TV capabilities, the ARCHOS is probably the most
complete and over-achieving device that exists today.
FeaturesReady to go
One of the most common shortcomings of
internet devices is that they are generally naked. They could feature
lots of useful applications, but every time, you find them without any.
The ARCHOS 5 Internet tablet comes loaded with lots of them, so that
you can immediately start using it.
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Deezer:
With about 35 webradio stations and the SmartRadio feature, plus access
to the premium account for those of you who have one, Deezer is the
best way to listen to your favorite online playlists. |
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Dailymotion:
A long time ARCHOS partner, Dailymotion is now providing its video
service as a native Android application. That’s a whole new way to use
it. You can browse videos by search tags or channels. Or, connect to
your ‘MyDaily’ account and start uploading your own videos. |
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Twidroid
is the industry-standard Twitter™ client for the Android platform. You
can easily access the famous free social networking and microblogging
service and start sending and reading tweets, publish short url’s and
pictures. |
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eBuddy IM
is the multi-platform instant messaging application you want to have
when it comes to chatting. You can connect to all your friends from one
unique application, no matter what service they are using. Supporting
MSN® or Windows® Messenger, Yahoo®, GoogleTalk™, Facebook™, ICQ™,
MySpace™ and AIM (AOL), this is the simplest way to simultaneously
connect and chat with your entire network of friends and family. |
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DroidIn:
Connect to your LinkedIn® account to exchange information, ideas and
opportunities. Stay informed about your contacts and industry. Find the
people & knowledge you need to achieve your goals. Control your
career online. DroidIn will let you do this directly from your ARCHOS 5
Internet tablet. |
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QuickPedia:
Wikipedia™ can be directly accessed from the desktop of your ARCHOS 5
Internet Tablet thanks to this convenient application. Whatever
encyclopaedic information you need, you can get it here. For faster
access to your articles, Quickpedia also saves the text of each
Wikipedia search to disk, so going back to your favorite articles is
fast, making it a great way to access your information, even when you
are off-line. |
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ThinkFree Mobile: for viewing Office documents.
This
application allows you to view Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP/2003/2007
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents. A forth coming free update
before year-end will also allow you to edit and create documents. |
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CraigsPhone:
Craig's List is the de facto centralized network of online communities,
featuring free online classified advertisements – with sections devoted
to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs,
résumés, and discussion forums. And Craigsphone is certainly the best
way to access Craig’s list on an ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet. |
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Moov
wraps up most of your search needs all in one place, so you can toggle
quickly between your phone’s contacts, Google, Facebook, Yelp,
Wikipedia, Netflix, and Dial Zero.
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Below is the official Archos 5 Android video, directly from Archos. It is 7:59 minutes long.
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