Archos may not have released Android 4.0 for its Gen8 line of tablets from 2010. But that doesn’t mean you can’t run an up-to-date operating system on the Archos 43 or Archos 101 Gen8. Xda-developers forum member CalcProgrammer1 is porting Ubuntu 11.10 Linux to run on the Archos 43 tablet with a 4.3 inch display. […]
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Archos 70 V2 to ship soon with Android 3.2
Archos is preparing to update the Archos 70 Gen8 tablet which has been available since 2010. The new model won’t have the speedy dual core processor found in the company’s Gen 9 tablets, but it will have a few major updates over the company’s original 7 inch Android tablet, including: 512MB of RAM (updated from […]
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Archos releases software update for Gen8 tablets
We’re still waiting for the new Archos Gen9 tablets featuring Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb to hit the street. But the company hasn’t forgotten about all the folks using the Gen8 tablets launched last year. This week Archos released a software update for the Archos 28, 32, 43, 70, and 101 tablets. The new firmware is […]
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Archos Gen8 update turns tablets into set-top boxes, phones into a remote controls
Archos has released a software update for its Gen8 line of tablets including the Archos 28, Archos 32, Archos 43, Archos 70, and Archos 101. The update includes a new YouTube applications, improved media apps, and higher quality 720p video recording on devices with HD cameras. But the most impressive update is a feature which […]