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 […]
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Google Android 2.2 shoehorned onto the Archos 5 internet tablet
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? […]
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Archos 5 Internet Tablet now available with 64GB SSD (in France)
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 […]
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Archos 5 tablet update adds OpenGL support for 3D gaming
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 […]
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Archos 5 Internet Tablet — now with paid apps from the Android Market
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 […]
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Enso zenPad Android tablet now shipping for under $200
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 […]