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Archos’ G9 Honeycomb Tablets Headed Our Way September 20th Starting at $300

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

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Archos definitely has the best-priced Honeycomb tablets coming out and, thankfully for you, it won’t take long to head to store shelves. They’ve just announced September 20th availability with final pricing plans for two of the G9 tablets (two configurations each).

First up, we’ve got the 8 inch model. This one has a 1GHz dual-core OMAP4 processor and 8GB of internal storage (more configurations head) for just $300. They 8 inch line is topped out with a 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP4 and either 16GB or 250GB of internal storage for $329 and $369, respectively.

There are also 10 inch variants with the 1.5GHz OMAP4 processor and 16GB and 250GB of internal storage for $400 and $470, respectively.

Great prices for great specs, though we can’t say we’re huge fans of the design. For $300, are any of you going to be up bright and early to order one of these online? Read on for full press details.

ARCHOS G9 Tablets Available Starting September 20, 2011

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ARCHOS, an award winning technology innovator and pioneer in the tablet market, announce the availability of its new G9 AndroidTM tablets starting on September 20, 2011. The ARCHOS G9 tablets introduced on June 23, 2011 are an unrivaled combination of speed and affordability.

With its 8” G9 tablet, ARCHOS will be the first to market with a dual-core, Android Honeycomb 3.2 tablet under $300 featuring an OMAP 4 processor with an ARM Cortex dual-core A9 at 1 GHz for $299. Pushing the technological boundaries even further, the ARCHOS G9 “Turbo” will be the first and only Android tablet in the market under $400 to use the OMAP 4 dual-core processor up to 1.5 GHz, which gives it 50% more raw computational power over its 1 GHz competitors.

Powered by Android 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’

Android™ 3.2 ‘Honeycomb’ is specially designed and optimized for tablets, giving a full web experience for on-the-go web browsing, communication and applications. With Adobe® Flash® 10.3 support for the true web experience and with the constantly growing number of apps in Android Market™, ARCHOS G9 tablets are your versatile tool for your connected life.

ARCHOS G9 tablets will include access to Android Market, which has more than 250,000 applications available for download. Whether you’re after games, news, tools or widgets to personalize your Honeycomb experience, there are plenty of apps to make your ARCHOS G9 tablet your own.

ARCHOS G9 tablets also come with a suite of GoogleTM mobile applications including Google Talk™ with video chat, Gmail™, Youtube™, Google Maps™ with Street View and Navigation (beta) and Google Calendar™.

Flash storage or 250GB hard drive storage

To give you more space for your media and apps ARCHOS G9 tablets are available with flash storage and 250GB hard drive storage capacities. Using an intelligent caching system on the hard drive versions, your 250GB G9 will feel as fast and responsive as a flash device but gives you storage space to spare.

Wanting to give users the best of both worlds, ARCHOS paired the Seagate® Momentus® Thin hard drive with a dedicated 4GB flash caching system. This ARCHOS engineered hybrid solution offered on all ARCHOS G9 hard drive tablets is designed to limit spinning and to keep the drive powered down when not in use, which will protect it when on the go as well as preserve battery life.

Price and availability

The ARCHOS 80 G9 tablet featuring a 1 GHz dual-core processor will be on pre-sale starting September 20, 2011 on ARCHOS.com with the following recommended retail price:

ARCHOS 80 G9 8GB - 1 GHZ at $299

Additionally, the ARCHOS 80 G9 8GB tablet will be available online and at select retailers including HH Gregg, Amazon, Newegg, Tiger Direct, Brandsmart and Electronic Express on September 30, 2011.

The ARCHOS G9 tablets running a dual-core processor up to 1.5 GHz will be available in stores and online in October with the following recommended retail price:

ARCHOS 80 G9 16GB – 1.5 GHz at $329
ARCHOS 80 G9 250GB - 1.5 GHz at $369
ARCHOS 101 G9 16GB - 1.5 GHz at $399
ARCHOS 101 G9 250GB - 1.5 GHz at $469

Philly Papers Subsidize Tablets for Subscribers, But Don’t Get Too Excited

Posted by on September 13, 2011 1 comment

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Some interesting news for you folks today. Philadelphia Media Network has announced their plans to allow subscribers to get discounted tablets in exchange for two-year membership to digital distributions of the Philadelphia Inquirer and/or the Philadelphia Daily News. The tablets will cost $99 after subsidy.

Plans for subsidizing tablets were revealed two months ago. It was originally slated to begin in August, but it seems the network had to push that date back a bit. We had no idea what sort of tablet folks would be getting for their money, but we’ve finally been enlightened.

Before you go calling up the newspaper company, consider this – it’s an Archos Arnova 10 G2 tablet. We’ve lightly covered the tablet here on Phandroid. It’s an uninspiring model with Android 2.3, a 10.1 inch display and a 1GHz processor. You’re also getting a front-facing camera.

For $99 you can’t expect a whole lot. Tablet subsidy has always been something of great desire. While we saw a bit of that starting with the original Samsung Galaxy Tab last year, subsidized prices were so inflated that you couldn’t even consider signing a two-year agreement for one at retail.

We’re willing to bet the first OEM and carrier (or newspaper or whatever) to subsidize quality Android 3.0+ tablets or $300 or less will attract a lot of business. Some tablets these days cost less than some smartphones so we’re not sure why it’s so difficult to get one in that $200-$300 price range for a two-year agreement. In any case, we’d urge all Philly newspaper subscribers to stay away from this one. [via BetaNews]

Archos A80S Gets Tested by the FCC, But No Specs In Sight

Posted by on September 3, 2011 No comments

Here’s yet another Archos tablet, this time the A80S, that has just reached the FCC for testing purposes. We’re dealing here with a model that didn’t have its specs revealed, so it’s a mysterious as it gets.

All we know about it is that it comes with WiFi b/g/n support and that it might be part of the duo of units announced recently (80 G9 and 101 G9). We could be dealing with a dual core Android tablet, maybe even one with Ice Cream Sandwich, although I doubt that. Anyhow, I guess we’ll have to wait for more specs and maybe a leaked pic before judging the slate.

Worst case scenario, it’s just another Gingerbread device… best case, it’s the best tablet that Archos ever produced and that would be fine by me, to be honest.


Archos’ Arnova 7 G2 and Arnova 10 G2 Launch in Hong Kong with Gingerbread on Board

Posted by on August 11, 2011 No comments

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Yesterday we glimpsed a second-generation Arnova 7 tablet slinking through the FCC, wondering in what ways other than a retooled casing the tablet would differ from it predecessor. Now we have the answers, as the Arnova 7 G2 and its larger counterpart the Arnova 10 G2 have launched in China. Both update the resistive touchscreens of the first iterations with capacitive displays, while processor speed sees an increase to 1GHz courtesy of an ARM Cortex-A8 chipset. Gone are Froyo and Eclair Android builds in favor of Gingerbread. It isn’t Honeycomb, but at lease its something current. With the increased horsepower the once $99 7-inch model looks to retail for around $215 while the 10-incher will be priced at $250. These prices could fluctuate slightly with the announcement of a US release, but so far no word on when that might be happening.

[via Engadget]

Archos’ Updated Arnova 7 Passes through the FCC

Posted by on August 10, 2011 No comments

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Remember Archos’$99 Arnova 7 tablet? Announced back in June, an updated version is already making the rounds at the FCC under the guise Arnova 7b G2. The second-generation version of Archos’ budget-lable tablet gets a refined form factor that show off a bit more curve along the sides. The original Arnova 7 was square along the edges.

The FCC documents don’t give us much more information other that the essentials such as WiFi and Bluetooth support. We’ll have to wait and see if this next Arnova slate maintains the low price point of the first. It’s likely, but don’t take our word for it.

[via WirelessGoodness]