Thread: Archos has a PC Tablet like the ipad

These are specs right of the Archos website, about their PC tablet. Just because Apple thinks they are the leader in i this and i that, doesn't mean it is superior to other product that are already available.

Tech Specs


PROCESSOR Intel ATOM Z510 1.1 GHz DISPLAY 8.9” LED backlight
1024x600 pixels
Resistive touch screen
Video chipset: Intel Poulsbo US15W OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft® Windows® 7 Starter Edition SYSTEM MEMORY 1GB onboard (DDR2 SDRAM 400) HARD DRIVE HDD 60GB (1.8”) COMMUNICATION WiFi: PCI-E interface, 1 antenna, support IEEE 802.11b/g
Ethernet: 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet Controller (via port replicator)
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR compliant) AUDIO Audio card : Realtek ALC269
2 built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone PORTS USB 2.0 port (2 additional ports via port replicator)
DC-IN jack
3.5” audio output (1 additional output via port replicator)
Microphone input (via port replicator)
Ethernet port (via port replicator) MOUSE NAVIGATION Optical finger navigation system (trackpoint)
Left and right mouse buttons POWER SOURCE Internal: removable Lithium Polymer battery
External: Power adapter/charger BATTERY LIFE Approx. 5h MISCELLANEOUS Integrated 1.3MP webcam
Built-in leg stand (2 positions) DIMENSIONS 256 x 134 x 17 mm WEIGHT 800 grams PACKAGE INCLUDES ARCHOS 9, removable battery, stylus, AC adapter with power cord, user guide, legal and safety notice

Included Software



Type Nom Description Antivirus/Antispyware Microsoft Security Essentials5 Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Office Productivity
Lotus Symphony
Easily create and edit all your documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Web TV and radio player
vTuner Access to over 11.000 radio and TV stations broadcasting over the Internet.
Email manager & Chat
Windows Live™
Manage all your email accounts and chat instantly.
1 Optimized for videos in H264 HP 1080p
2 1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less.
3 Online storage space. Requires a free Windows Live account. More information on
www.windowslive.com/skydrive

4 Requires compatible wireless access point(s)
5 Installation files to be downloaded

8.9" touch screen
Windows® 7 Starter Edition
WiFi and Bluetooth
Extremely light and thin, .67" and 29 ounces
HD Video: Watch video in 1080p (H264HP 1080p)
Internet: Experience the full internet on a 8.9" screen
Edit and create documents with the QWERTY virtual keyboard
Forward facing 1.3MP web cam for video conferencing
Battery Life: 5hr (WiFi Bluetooth off, mini backlight)
Package includes: power cord, power adapter, stylus, removable battery

Archos 9
$549.99 US</B>


Specs for the ipad

The iPad is slightly smaller than a sheet of regular paper, just one-half inch thick, and weighs 1.5 pounds (1.6 with an optional 3G modem built-in). The 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multi-touch screen has 1024x768 pixel resolution (132 pixels per inch).
Wireless connectivity is 802.11n Wi-Fi (backward compatible with 11abg devices), Bluetooth 2.1 + Ehanced Data Rate (EDR). 3G cellular is available for $130 more, supporting UMTS/HSDPA and GSM/EDGE networks, but available at least at first only on AT&T?s network.
Apple says the iPad?s battery can give up to 10 hours of use, and 30 days of standby power, though that is likely to vary greatly depending on what applications and connectivity are being run and for how long.
iPad runs a version of the iPhone operating system, itself a variant of the Mac OS X. That means that it can run unchanged every app on the iTunes App Store. Moreover, it runs them in one of two modes: just as you?d see it on the iPhone or expanded to be twice as large to exploit the iPad?s larger screen.
The biggest surprise probably is the price. There are three models, based on amount of solid state memory: iPad with 16Gbytes is just $499; 32Gbytes, $599; 64Gbytes, $699. 3G adds $130 to each, so the most expensive iPad is $829.
A simple docking stand props it up, and accepts a hardware keyboard. Also included: digital compass, assisted GPS, 1GHz CPU system-on-a-chip custom designed for Apple, the usual array of audio and video formats.




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Yeah, the competing products need to hit the press and enthusiast/review sites hard if they aren't going to beat the iPad to market. It's not difficult to make a better product, Apple has just made a tablet shaped device to push their services, not a tablet PC.

These things will be all over the place by the end of the year. Competition will make them better and better. It will be fun watching from the sideline until someone makes a tablet for my liking. Will it be done this year? Doubt it.

A few things that would keep me away from the Archos:
1) resistive touch screen
2) Included Antivirus is a feature? No thanks...
3) HDD? How about SSD?
4) 5 hours battery life with the radios off?

It looks interesting, though. It might be nice at work (assuming you can load XP Pro on it: No Win7 allowed.)

I believe most of those tablets are netbook PCs with the keyboard removed and screen
bolted together with the other half. Touch sensitive screen and some software.

That most likely means the parts are upgradeable/replaceable just like in any other netbook.
HDD probably to keep the costs down.

It might be different if it runs Android or Chrome OS (I don't think these work with HDDs).

Diogen.

Windows 7 is a touch sensitive OS out of the box with the appropriate hardware.

It is.
But I'm not sure about Chrome OS.

Diogen.

Archos also has a Android tablet coming out.


Archos 7 - that other tablet - leaked | Android Central

I agree, that there will be a lot of tablets out.

I don't know if Apple is spot on with the iPad, but for those that want a small, touchpad computer that runs all those windows apps, you're going to be disappointed.

Touch works quite well for a very small amount of software specifically written to take advantage of touch. Otherwise it just sucks!

Apple's real leg up on this is the 140K apps and counting that are just that way. And then there will be the new ones coming to take advantage of the new things in the iPad. And if history tells us anything, it will all work great.