Archos finally shows its hand with five new next-gen Android tablets at IFA
We all knew it was coming, since the first mention of Archos' Gen 8 Series of internet tablets to the recent announcement of the company's plans at this year's IFA. We had even got a sneak peak at two of the devices, in the form of the Archos 32 and A28, but now the company has finally revealed the whole long awaited line-up with all the details. Made up of five devices, Archos' new internet tablet series includes the aforementioned Archos 32 and A28, and the larger variants of the Archos 43, 70, and 101. The model numbers are directly linked to the screen sizes of the various devices ranging from the 2.8-inch A28, to the 7-inch 70, and the 10.1-inch 101. This curiously means that there isn't a new 5-inch model to directly replace the Archos 5 Android with the closest being the 4.3-inch Archos 43. As promised all the tablets feature ARM Cortex-A8 processors ranging from 800MHz for the A28 and 32, and 1GHz cores for the 43, 70 and 101. Archos have also stated that the whole line-up will feature accelerometers, the company's traditionally excellent media features and codec support, and ship with Android 2.2 Froyo, although the models on show at IFA are currently running 2.1. Unfortunately like the Archos 5 Android before it, all the new Internet Tablets will not be able to officially access Android Market due to Google's hardware restrictions, with Archos AppsLib provided as an alternative. In other areas there are some notable differences between the models so see a full rundown of each device and more images after the break.


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