Posted on 2012/04/08 | No Comments A few days ago, Archos released an update to the Archos Remote app. Archos Remote Control allows you to control an Archos device 80G9, 101G9 (Gen9) or 28it, 32it, 35,... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/04/01 | 3 Comments Archos 70b internet tablet is a decent tablet. For people who definitely want an 7" tablet, it is a good buy. For 180EUR(we are talking here about the retailers price, not RRP; it is now even avilable as low as 161 on Amazon, check the links below) you get all the stuff you may need. It has got Honeycomb 3.2, bluetooth, HDMI etc. The camera is decent, the speakers are even more decent and the design is great. It didn't get scratched during our test, it rebooted only once(probably due to our test app incompatibility) and even RAM was not a big problem. You can hold it with one hand, it has decent battery life, you can watch a movie with two people(we mean, the viewing angles are reasonably good) and it works... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/28 | No Comments The viewing angles are ok. They are not as good as on the IPS or even on a MVA screen panel, but they are just good enough when used in landscape mode. When in portret, you should hold the 70b IT in front of you(slightly to the left is also not a problem), the colors start inverting very fast. However, when sitting in front of it, the colors look great. Black is nearly black(dark blue), white is white and red is red. Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/24 | No Comments We ran some benchmarks on it. Though the OMAP3630 is not the newest processor out here, it performed quite well. All tests were run on firmware 3.2.80, just after a fresh reboot and all applications closed... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/19 | No Comments Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Hardware&Look and feel Part 3: Software Part 4: Benchmarks Part 5: Real life performance Part 6: Conclusion With more than 10 years of multimedia experience,... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/19 | No Comments Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Hardware&Look and feel Part 3: Software Part 4: Benchmarks Part 5: Real life performance Part 6: Conclusion At a recommended retail price of 199$/199EUR, the... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/14 | No Comments Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Hardware&Look and feel Part 3: Software Part 4: Benchmarks Part 5: Real life performance Part 6: Conclusion Back in June 2011, Archos Generation 9 tablets... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/11 | No Comments There are various users from Archosfans who succeeded to replace the stock HDD by a larger version. For example: http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=60579 He actually sold it with profit. The maximum size of... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/01/20 | No Comments The Archos 70b Internet Tablet (IT), a product refresh of the Archos 70 IT was demoed at the CES 2012 and is now hitting the market. It is available on... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/01/13 | 1 Comment CES 2012 update: http://tabletblog.de/ got their hands on the Archos 70b IT at the CES 2012 tradeshow. Apparently, like the Archos G9 models, it should be updated to Android 4.0... Continue Reading...
| Posted on 2013/01/07 | No Comments OpenAOS team gave us a nice Christmas present with their “Crow” update, their port of CyanogenMod7 Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread to ARCHOS ARCHOS 5 IT (Gen7) and Gen8 tablets (Archos 28,... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/05/02 | 1 Comment Few weeks ago, OpenAOS team has made available the final release of their “Bull” update, a CyanogenMod7 port on Archos Gen8. This port brings a fully up to date CyanogenMod7... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/03/22 | No Comments Archos has released a minor 2.4.83 firmware update to their Archos Gen8 devices, which includes minor bugs correction. According to the release information, the following changes are expected: Version 2.4.83... Continue Reading... Posted on 2012/01/27 | No Comments Archos has released a minor 2.4.82 firmware update to their Archos Gen8 devices, which includes minor bugs correction. According to the release information, the following changes are expected: Version 2.4.82... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/12/22 | 3 Comments Xda-developers.com forum user Letama has just started to port Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) to the Archos Gen8 device, specifically on the Archos 70 Internet Tablet (IT). As you... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/12/08 | No Comments Archos has released a minor 2.4.81 firmware update to their Archos Gen8 devices. According to the release information, the following changes are expected: Version 2.4.81 – December 6th, 2011 Archos... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/11/08 | 9 Comments OpenAOS team has just released a new update to their CyanogenMod7 port on Archos Gen8. This port brings a fully up to date CyanogenMod7 offering Android 2.3 Gingerbread to all... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/10/26 | 6 Comments Archos has released a 2.4.65 firmware update to their Archos Gen8 devices. Important changes are Ethernet support thru USB adapters (chipsets: RTL8150, ASIX AX88xxx, Davicom DM9601, SMSC LAN75xx, SMSC LAN95xx,... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/10/25 | 3 Comments According to Archosfans.com forum users, Archos has made new firmware updates available on their website and removed them. It is very possible that these files are made available by mistake... Continue Reading... Posted on 2011/08/18 | 13 Comments The mighty BuBU from OpenAOS has started to port CyanogenMod on our beloved Archos Gen8 devices. This is a proper port from CyanogenMod, master branch, you can find it on... Continue Reading...
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