Archos 97 Carbon officially announced: nice-looking Android budget tablet

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exelletor
– 2012/07/05Posted in: Carbon Elements Products
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During their annual press conference back in March this year, Archos announced a new line of products that should fill the gap between Arnova, Archos own brand for cheaper tablets and Archos higher end Gen9 and soon to be released Archos G10xs devices. As Henri Crohas, Archos CEO explained, the Archos Elements products will offer Android 4.0, 7″ to 10″ sized tablets, Google certified (thus offering Google Play and apps) priced between 100 and 250 euros.

“We wanted to introduce a new series that not only combines affordability with a new slim design, but features the best that Google has to offer,” says Henri Crohas, ARCHOS Founder and CEO. “With the ELEMENTS series we have done just that. It’s the perfect balance of hardware, software optimization and content through the Google Play ecosystem.”

Today, after recently being discovered in Google Play Store, the Archos 97 Carbon, one of the devices from the Elements series is finally announced. Looking at the recent FCC revealings, more Elements tablets are on the way and should be announced soon.

Looking at the specifications, the Archos 97 Carbon seems to take its roots from the Arnova 9 G3 Android tablet. While they share the most features (IPS 9.7″ screen, Android 4.0 ICS, 1 Gb RAM), the latest Archos tablet adds additional great features with a back camera (2 Mpixels), an HDMI output and a slightly different design. The back of the tablet is made out of chocolate/brown colored aluminium.

The 97 Carbon boasts a Full-size USB port, HDMI-out, microSD-slot, physical volume and home buttons.

Full device specifications:

Operating System Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
CPU ARM Cortex A8
Rockchip RK2918 CPU @ 1 Ghz
Integrated GPU: Vivante Corporation GC800
Flash Storage Memory Capacity: 16 GB
System Memory 1024 Mb
Additional storage Micro SD slot (SDHC compatible)
Display 1024×768 IPS 9.7 inches (4:3 ratio)
Capacitive 5 points MultiTouch
Bluetooth No
Wifi 802.11 b/g/n
Gravity Sensor Yes
Camera 0.3Mp (front facing) + 2.0Mp (back)
GPS No
HDMI Yes
Interfaces Micro USB host 2.0: Mass Storage Class (MSC)
MicroSD slot
Android Market / Google Play Yes
Kickstand No
Dimensions 239 mm x 184 mm x 11.4 mm
Weight 618g
Official Product page Here

The 97 Carbon will be already available in July this year for a RRP of 249 €/$.

Don’t forget to visit us again in the next days for a quick review of the Archos 97 Carbon.

Archos press release.


Archos 97 Carbon 16 Gb

 AMAZON USAUsually ships in 1-2 business days$ 129.99
AMAZON UKUsually dispatched within 3-4 business days£ 150.88
AMAZON DE116 EUR
AMAZON FR130 EUR

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About exelletor

Joined Arctablet in 2012, exelletor is very fund of  Android but doesn't eat apples. For arctablet blog he provides the rumours about the coming products and sometimes also reviews them.