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ARCHOS 43 internet tablet review

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A connected Android™ palm-sized tablet A simple tap. Just a simple tap on the home screen of the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet and you’ll be accessing all the major functions you need throughout the day wherever you are: HD video playback, HD camcorder, apps, emails and full Internet browsing. It’s as simple as a tap.

The ultimate sleek design

Experience a new form of design with the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet. How can the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet be so slim and so light? Thanks to its patented technology with overmoulded stainless steel structure : 0.4 inch and only 4.6 oz making it so easy to fit in your pocket. Its design is also about seduction. Its beautiful rounded lines make it a real delight for the eyes and its shape is designed to fit perfectly in your hand. But what would this magnificent object be without a brilliant screen? You can comfortably enjoy your movies or TV shows using the leg stand to prop it up on your lap or table.

High Resolution Screen

The large 4.3” touchscreen with g-sensor lets you experience a never-seen-before viewing quality. The 854 x 480 pixels high-resolution display is so sharp that you can fully enjoy your pictures’ smallest details. In addition to the HD resolution, the 16:9 format is just perfect for rendering all your videos in the best quality.

Android™

Android™ is the application framework developed by Google for connected mobile devices, coming with a full pack of connected apps such as a web browser and email application. The 5 home screens of the Android user interface allow advanced personalization: icons can be placed, moved or erased with just a flick of a finger. Thanks to the home screen widgets, users can instantly access their favorite applications.

Android™ on TV

Basically, this is what you see on your product screen, but ten times bigger. With its TV output, the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet displays every Android™ sceen on your wide screen TV*. You can then browse your files or the Internet from your couch. And guess how immersed in your 3D games you could be using the device as a steering-wheel! This is just staggering!

Tethering

Want to be connected anywhere? Just plug your mobile phone equipped with 3.5 G & Bluetooth™ technology, simply pair it up to your ARCHOS 43 internet tablet via Bluetooth™ or even via USB cable. This will give you easy access to Internet directly on your device anytime and anywhere. There’s no need to pay an extra fee when you already have a data service plan***.

Home Streaming from your PC

The ARCHOS 43 internet tablet has Samba and UPnP protocols: this means that you play your movies, videos, and photos on your ARCHOS, but these files are really located on your computer in another room. You don’t need to store everything on your ARCHOS to enjoy viewing it on your ARCHOS! Your files fly through the air over WiFi. The ARCHOS 43 internet tablet is the small and convenient portable computer that you’ve always dreamed about.

Unique Android™ Multimedia Applications

On top of Android’s latest version, ARCHOS, still at the forefront of innovation, brings you exclusive applications: The internet tablets feature music, video and photo applications, developed by ARCHOS, that enrich the user experience with smooth browsing through the album covers and with widgets added to the home screen to give instant access and control to media. These unique Android™ applications allow users to amplify their digital experience. One of these functions, 3D album cover application, allows you to glide through your music by album covers. You can also make your own music playlists or browse your songs and music by favorites, recently played or recently added. Because you want to enjoy your videos and TV shows without re-encoding them with complicated software, ARCHOS makes your life easier by supporting audio and video formats beyond the standard ones of Android™. It can even display subtitles and alternate audio tracks, all you have to do is drag, drop, and play! What other functions were created for you? An internet connected Photo frame application with 3D transitions, and the ability to sync your pictures with your Facebook©, Picasa© or Flickr© account.

The best portable HD* video playback experience anywhere

ARCHOS, the recognized expert in portable video devices offers you yet again the latest innovations in terms of video playback. Benefit from an unequalled comfort of view on a hand held device with the large and sharp 4.3” touchscreen. With the industry’s widest range of supported video formats, you’ll be sure to enjoy all your movies or TV shows, even those in HD quality*. Also, it’s simple to share your movies with your friends or family on your home TV in HD quality thanks to the built-in HDMI output connector (HDMI cable in option).

Built-in HD* camcorder

With the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet, whether you’re indoors or outdoors, you can film or take pictures of your friends or family at any time in HD quality (max. video resolution 1280 x 720 pixel). Once you’ve got your photos and videos, you can create a slideshow with the Photoframe application or watch your videos directly on the device. Better yet, upload your videos to Youtube™ or Facebook™ to show them to the world.

Real web experience

Connect the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet to your WiFi network and you will be able to do just about everything that you do on your home PC, wherever you are. You will be able to surf the real web, not a scaled-down mobile version of the Internet thanks to Flash 10™** support which let you access to all your favorite websites. You’ll benefit from a full width and superfast display of the web pages with the high resolution screen (854 x 480 pixels) and the high-speed processor running at 1 GHz. The browsing experience is made even more intuitive with the Android™ browser. Tap a part of the text that you’re interested in and the display will be automatically resized to the paragraph you want to read. You can also easily check your emails at any moment with the Android™ email client which gives you the possibility to manage all your email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo!, etc).

3D graphics accelerator

The ARCHOS 43 internet tablet feature a graphical accelerator (3D OpenGL ES 2.0) to exploit Android™ 3D capabilities such as 3D games, animated interface with live wallpapers and transitions effects. You will be also able to enjoy the Android™ interface on your TV screen via the HDMI output. Discover a new way to play games on TV, your device becomes your gamepad.

AppsLib

Just tap the Appslib icon on the home screen of the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet to immediately discover a large choice of Android™ apps to download for the widest variety of needs you might have. It’s so easy and quick.

Games

Additionally, this product has a superfast CPU with OpenGL 3D graphic acceleration and a g-sensor to offer you excellent performance for playing the latest 3D games found on the Appslib.

Specifications

  • Internet: Surf the web in full width just like on your PC, and stay in contact by using the integrated email and contacts applications
  • HD Multimedia: Play your favorite HD videos and view photos on the sharp 4.3 inch touch screen
  • Applications: Customize your device by downloading your favorite Android applications
  • HD Video Camera: Capture all your fun times in HD with the built in rear facing HD camera
  • TV: Play out your HD videos on a large screen TV with the HDMI out connection
  • Expandable Storage Expand your capacity with the Micro SD card slot (SDHC compatible)
  • WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth connectivity
  • Archos and Android OS

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