Netbooks, Notebooks, and Tablets Archos 5 Internet Tablet /Google Android 1.6, 500GB HDD for $240 – Amazon Apple iPad 3G for $599.99 and up ($30 off) – Best Buy ViewSonic G Tablet 10″ Android Tablet for $380 + free shipping – Office Depot Pre-owned Samsung N150 10″ netbook w/Atom N450 CPU for $170 – CowBoom Accesories Western Digital 1TB My…
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The Archos 5 Internet Tablet runs Google Android, has a 5 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display and an 800MHz ARM-based processor. Out of the box it can handle a wide range of audio and video formats, and with a little work, you can even install the Google Android Market on it. But the Archos 5 is stuck with Android…
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No, Archos isn’t upgrading the Archos 5 Internet Tablet from Android 1.6 to Android 2.1 or 2.2 yet. If you want a newer operating system, it looks like you might be better off purchasing one of the five new tablets Archos just introduced. But the company is offering a software update for the Archos 5 which adds a couple of…
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The Archos 5 Internet Tablet is a handheld device with a 5 inch display, some pretty decent media player software, and oh yeah, the ability to surf the web and run Google Android apps. But it ships with Google Android 1.6, which is starting to feel a bit dated. So what’s a hacker to do? Yeah, that’s a silly question….
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Archos has been pumping out portable media players and Android powered tablets for a few years. The Archos 5 Internet Tablet was one of the first Android powered devices to ship without the ability to connect to a 3G network or make phone calls — which makes it one of the cheapest Android powered devices around. The Archos 7 Home…
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The Archos 5 Internet Tablet is an Android tablet with a 4.8 inch display and some of the best multimedia capabilities you’ll find on any machine running Google Android. But up until recently, if you wanted to purchase the tablet with a durable and low power solid state disk instead of a hard drive, you had to settle for just…
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The Archos 5 Internet tablet is a pretty good portable media player and a halfway decent web browsing device. But up until recently it wasn’t exactly the best Android product around for playing video games. But now Archos has pushed out a software update that adds support for OpenGL, which means that the Archos 5 can handle 3D games including…
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You might think the Archos 7 Home Tablet is nothing more than a slightly larger Archos 5 Internet Tablet… and yo’d almost be right. But Engadget’s Joanna Stern has a detailed review of the new 7 inch tablet running Google’s Android operating system, and she found plenty to like… and plenty to dislike about it. She likes the tablet’s build…
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You could probably spend all day arguing over whether Google Android or Nokia’s Maemo Linux operating system is better on mobile devices. But it looks like you might not have to choose. The Archos 5 Internet Tablet ships with Google Android 1.6, but a group of hackers have figured out how to make the Archos 5 run Maemo. With Maemo…
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One of my biggest problems with tablets running Google’s Android operating system is that they don’t ship with the ability to do one of the most basic things any Android smartphone can do: Download third party apps from the Android Market. Sure, Archos, Camangi, and other tablet makers load up their tablets with useful apps and sometimes even give you…
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Another day, another crop of news about companies hoping to take on Apple in the tablet space. Google Tablet The New York Times is reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt “told friends at a recent party” that a new Android-powered device was on the horizon. Word is that Google has been working with book, magazine, and other publishers to get…
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Update: As several commenters had pointed out, all signs point to this being a scam. Nobody has received a single unit yet, and it appears the company hasn’t actually placed any orders for the tablet with the Chinese manufacturer responsible for making them. More details at Engadget and ycombinator. Update 2: It looks like some units are actually shipping. With…
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