The Archos 70 has been taken apart and we get a look at this tablet's Cortex A8-based TI OMAP3630 internals, amongst other various bits and bobs. Always interesting to look inside these devices and Archos have absolutely been tearing it up with their Gen 8 tablet lineup, not to mention the recent mass firmware update that updated the entire Gen 8 line to Android 2.2 from its previous 2.1. Disembowelment after the break.
Let's get started, shall we?
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That's it?! The small mainboard, large screen at 7-inches behind it, and two batteries. You know that old aphorism about whole's, sums, and parts.
The two 3.7v battery packs totaling 3850mAh. The Samsung Galaxy has 4000mAh, for comparison.
The mainboard and metal protective bracket. Below, bracket removed.
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The Archos Gen 8 lineup gets an update to Android 2.2, among other things, with the latest mass-firmware release from Archos. The firmware update brings the Archos 28/32/43/70/101 Internet Tablets to Android 2.2, amidst various other bug fixes (external GPS now works), optimisations (better battery management) and the like:
Higher performance: Just In Time compiler (JIT technology), makes applications run up to 5 times faster than previous 2.1 Eclair (firmware 1.0.84).
Enhanced Microsoft® Exchange support: it is now possible to synchronize contacts and calendar events.
Allow to install more 3rd party applications by installing them on the internal storage memory (for applications that support it).
New widgets: home screen “tips widget” providing some helpful informat
Charbax of ARMDevices has put together this short video showing the Archos Gen 8 tablets in operation, using the new Android 2.2 beta bios for these devices. The larger one is the Archos 7, a 7-inch tab 2 - the Archos 43 is a 4.3-inch MID, a smaller brother to the Archos 7, both running Android 2.2. Quite frankly, the small size MID is appealing to me, but at the same time slightly redundant if I just got a smartphone... but as I don't have one, appealing remains the thought of the day. The Archos 7 has some impressive speakers, to be honest, and both devices look real smooth. Charbax does mention that there remains a few bugs to be worked out, but this looks promising for both Archos owners, and the MID market in general. To refresh your memory, the these two Archos Gen 8 MIDs/Tablets
The above video shows Charbax of ARMdevices taking us through the Archos 7-inch Archos 70 tablet / MID unit. As you may recall, the Archos 70 was one of 5 new units to be recently announced by Archos, forming quite an impressive lineup. The Archos 70 makes use of a 1GHz Cortex ARm8 Texus Instruments OMAP3630 CPU, which is certainly a lot of punch. The 7-inch capacitive touchscreen will have a resolution of 800x480, not to mention the Archos 70 also has a camera, HDMI and will come in 8GB flavour.
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Archos have reloaded and are now firing out 5 new Android devices, scheduled to hit the market soon. All 5 devices will run Android 2.2. After the break is information on all 5 models.
Archos 28: 2.8-inch 320x240 resistive touchscreen; 4GB storage; WiFi; 800MHz Cortex A8 processor; $100.
Archos 32: 3.2-inch display, same resolution as Archos 28; 8GB storage; HD720p capable camera; all else the same as the Archos 28; $150.
Archos 43: 4.3-inch 854x480 resistive touchscreen; 1GHZ Cortex A8 processor; camera; $200.
Archos 70: 7-inch 800x480 capacitive touchscreen; 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor; camera; HDMI; 8GB stoarge.
Archos 101: 10.1-inch 1025x600 capacitive touchscreen; the rest the same as Archos 70.
Phew, quite a lineup coming from Archos, wouldn't you say?
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