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Archos 9 PC tablet blurs the line between tablet PC and media player

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 […]

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Archos, PeeWee introduce Classmate PC convertible tablets

At least two new companies are launching netbooks aimed at children and based on Intel’s Classmate PC convertible tablet reference design. In other words, the PeeWee Pivot Laptop and the new netbook from Archos (PDF Link) are pretty much identical to the CTL 2Go PC released earlier this year. They all have the same 8.9 […]

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Archos 10s: It’s like the Archos 10, but with mobile broadband

The Archos 10 mini-laptop may have just launched, but the company is already planning the netbook’s successor. The upcoming Archos 10s will have most of the features of its (slightly) older brother, including a 10 inch display and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU. But it will also have a 3.5G modem for connecting to mobile […]

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Archos 10 netbook reviewed, keyboard found wanting

The Archos 10 is the first laptop from a company that’s best known for making portable media players. The netbook appears to be a rebranded Hasee MJ125 mini-laptop, but it comes with an Archos logo and some custom multimedia software. Unfortunately, Laptop Magazine reports that it also comes with a horrible keyboard. As you can […]