The Archos 9 is a Windows 7 slate computer with an 8.9 inch touchscreen display and a 60GB hard drive… or at least that’s true of the version you can buy today. But the folks at Blogee report that the Archos 9 is about to get an update that will replace the hard drive for a 32GB solid state disk….

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Sure, the folks behind the MeeGo Linux operating system plan to launch a version specifically designed for tablets soon. But you know what? It looks like the netbook version of the software works pretty well on tablets today. OpenAOS went ahead and installed MeeGo on an Archos 9 tablet, which originally shipped with Windows installed. The tablet has an Intel…

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While the world waits for new tablets from Apple, HP, Dell, and others to hit the streets, I’ll let you in on a little secret. There are already a fair number of tablets available. Some have been available for years, while others are new models with Intel Atom processors running Windows 7. The latest version of the Archos 9 tablet…

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In addition to launching new 7 and 8 inch internet tablets, the folks at Archos have also announced plans to give the Archos 9 a faster processor. This model is a Windows tablet with an 8.9 inch display. Jkkmobile reports that the new Archos 9 tablet will features a 1.2GHz processor. That’s better than the 1.1GHz Atom Z510 CPU used…

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Archos is a company that has made a name for itself by delivering portable media players. But once the company started adding WiFi and web browsers to its PMPs, maybe the writing was on the wall: the lines between dedicated devices like media players and full fledged computers are getting thinner and thinner. Earlier this year Archos release its first…

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