ARCHOS 5 16GB (FLASH) Android Internet Tablet

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ARCHOS is once again bringing new technologies into the hands of its users. The new ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet is combining all the know-how and renowned expertise of multimedia with the hot new environment developed with Google™: the Android™ platform.

Applications just for you

In this new era of open source and collaboration, applications and software are blooming throughout the world. Everyday sees a new gold nugget that will overwhelm the market. That's the magic behind the common and shared environment of Android™, anyone can create a best-seller. There is so many fun games out there and so many cool applications that it would be a pity  to not give you access to them. Here comes the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet.

With its sleek and advanced list of features, it truly achieves the convergence of the Internet, entertainment, TV, and GPS in one device, letting you discover and download lots of applications and games while performing the best multimedia experience of a handheld device.

Featuring a customisable interface, the ARCHOS 5 can be personalised to fit with your lifestyle, with an access to a range of rich applications and widgets. And with the AppsLib, you have a supermarket of paid and free applications to download from. Your favorite sources of information, communications and entertainment are always at your fingertips so that you can find anything you want.

Discover a world of entertainment and connectivity

Built on a culture of innovation and a passion to deliver groundbreaking technology, the ARCHOS 5 delivers the great features and user experience that have made ARCHOS a global leader in consumer electronics
The user experience has dramatically improved, and the ARCHOS 5 is arguably the best HD portable player that exists. No matter what you want to watch or listen to, view or do, the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet will let you do this in HD* quality, with accessories featuring HDMI outputs.

With easy WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth technology to tether a 3.5G mobile phone, the ARCHOS 5 will manage to deliver 24/7 Internet connectivity.

Adding to this a great range of storage capacities, built-in GPS, and Digital TV capabilities, the ARCHOS is probably the most complete and over-achieving device that exists today.

One of the most common shortcomings of internet devices is that they are generally naked. They could feature lots of useful applications, but every time, you find them without any. The ARCHOS 5 Internet tablet comes loaded with lots of them, so that you can immediately start using it.

	Deezer: With about 35 webradio stations and the SmartRadio feature, plus access to the premium account for those of you who have one, Deezer is the best way to listen to your favorite online playlists.
	Dailymotion: A long time ARCHOS partner, Dailymotion is now providing its video service as a native Android application. That’s a whole new way to use it. You can browse videos by search tags or channels. Or, connect to your ‘MyDaily’ account and start uploading your own videos.
	Twidroid is the industry-standard Twitter™ client for the Android platform. You can easily access the famous free social networking and microblogging service and start sending and reading tweets, publish short url’s and pictures.
	eBuddy IM is the multi-platform instant messaging application you want to have when it comes to chatting. You can connect to all your friends from one unique application, no matter what service they are using. Supporting MSN® or Windows® Messenger, Yahoo®, GoogleTalk™, Facebook™, ICQ™, MySpace™ and AIM (AOL), this is the simplest way to simultaneously connect and chat with your entire network of friends and family.
	DroidIn: Connect to your LinkedIn® account to exchange information, ideas and opportunities. Stay informed about your contacts and industry. Find the people & knowledge you need to achieve your goals. Control your career online. DroidIn will let you do this directly from your ARCHOS 5 Internet tablet.
	QuickPedia: Wikipedia™ can be directly accessed from the desktop of your ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet thanks to this convenient application. Whatever encyclopaedic information you need, you can get it here. For faster access to your articles, Quickpedia also saves the text of each Wikipedia search to disk, so going back to your favorite articles is fast, making it a great way to access your information, even when you are off-line.
	ThinkFree Mobile: for viewing Office documents. This application allows you to view Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP/2003/2007 Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents. A forth coming free update before year-end will also allow you to edit and create documents.
	CraigsPhone: Craig's List is the de facto centralized network of online communities, featuring free online classified advertisements – with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. And Craigsphone is certainly the best way to access Craig’s list on an ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet.
	Moov wraps up most of your search needs all in one place, so you can toggle quickly between your phone’s contacts, Google, Facebook, Yelp, Wikipedia, Netflix, and Dial Zero.

Expand and Customise your apps world

The AppsLib is the best tool for you to use to download the hottest applications. It’s a one-click access to a large variety of free and purchasable applications for your ARCHOS, classified by genre, ratings and date to help you find the ones you want. You can download Games, social networking, on-line shopping applications and many more. Your ARCHOS 5 and the AppsLib become your shopping center for accessing apps that let you work, play and do more. You’ll never leave empty handed with all the applications to choose from.

The real Web, just faster

The ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet was built to surf the Web. With built-in WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and twice the processing power of most mobile devices, web browsing is smoother, slicker and faster than ever before. With the new OMAP 3440 processor based on the ARM® Cortex™ A8 superscalar microprocessor and DSP running at up to 800 Mhz, you get quick and responsive Internet browsing just like on your laptop.

Using the touch screen and the on-screen keyboard, you can access your favorite web pages and social networking sites like you were sitting at your computer.

Unlike the compromised experience on other mobile devices: small screens and slows speed, the ARCHOS 5 offers a true full Internet experience, with web pages displayed full screen. There’s no need to zoom in and out with text easily viewable on the sharp 5” screen. Specially given that you can switch from landscape mode to portrait mode according to the kind of site you are on.

Music Freedom

The ARCHOS 5 boasts rich sound so you can enjoy all your music when you’re on the go, and catch up on the latest news and commentary with the ability to store downloaded podcasts.

With extensive codec support, the ARCHOS 5 will play the most popular music file formats, so you can enjoy the pleasure of pure music listening without the need to convert files. From the free, totally standard MP3 to AC3⁵, as well as WMA, AAC⁹, and Flac & OGG, the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet has an incredible span of audio compatibility.

Create your own sounds and enjoy your favourite music with the ability to create playlists directly on the ARCHOS 5 without the need for a PC. This is an absolute must, considering you can store up to 290,000 songs in the largest ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet. That’s roughly 2 years of non-stop music in 1 portable device! This on-the-go playlist creation will really come in handy.

Liven up your viewing standard

The ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet is designed to give you the ultimate view of your world, with a 5’’ high resolution touch screen that delivers exceptional image quality, unrivalled clarity and razor-sharp details. The ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet delivers an unrivalled media experience that will astonish you and truly transform the way you watch videos on the go. With it’s 800 x 480 native resolution, it is the best wide-screen format on a portable device.

Now formats are usually the keys that are ruling the Video world. Some video services provide H.264-encoded videos, some provide WMV encoded ones, while others choose MKV as a format. It can be standard format (SD), or High-Definition (HD). It can be a maze to get through. With the extensive codec support of the ARCHOS 5, all it takes is a drop and drag to watch the video files you want, taking the tedium out of converting video files. You can then experience your favorite movies in super quality with finer details and richer colors with support of the most popular High Definition video formats.

Go where you want to be

Your ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet becomes your personal travel guide with easy and instant access to local maps and points of interest. It’s easy to find your way and explore with the latest maps from Tele Atlas™ and get navigation instructions with the voice assistant.

Let your ARCHOS 5 navigate your shopping trip or help you find the nearest service station. And for those long car journeys, why not pass your ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet to the kids in the back seat to keep them entertained once you reach a long stretch of highway. Or thanks to the car mount, simultaneously broadcast your music on your car sound system with the built-in FM transmitter, without any supplementary accessory. The power cable for the car mount is also the antenna, so that you only have one cord plugged into the cigar lighter.

And for the first time, you can also use your ARCHOS 5 in pedestrian GPS mode. It doesn’t have to be mounted on the windshield of your vehicle to guide you. The GPS navigation system now works independently. Of course you will have to purchase the license and the maps of the countries or continent you want, but we give you 7 days to try it out and you’ll see just how powerful and useful it is. We have Western Europe and North America for you to navigate through.

Your photos brought to life

We all have thousands of photos these days. So much that we can hardly view them all. You can add to that the complex challenge of transferring them, storing them, and viewing them on the same device. With the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet, you can do it all.

You can share photos of your latest vacation with family and friends and enjoy those special moments directly on the ARCHOS screen with super sharp clarity. Flick through them with your finger, or sit back and enjoy a photo slideshow to any of your music tracks.

The 5” screen perfectly reproduces each picture in amazing clarity, allowing you to zoom in on details with the touch of a finger. Or you can choose to watch them on your HD TV, in full screen, top resolution, using the DVR Station or the HDMI Mini-dock.

You probably never thought you would do so much with your pictures, did you?

Freedom to connect

Connecting to the Internet can be done in multiple ways.

Its WiFi capabilities are dramatically improved. The ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet scans the available network much faster than before, connects much faster than before, and maintains connections onto the network even in weak conditions.

And with integrated Bluetooth™ you can connect your ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet to a standard mobile phone equipped with 3G & Bluetooth, and enjoy easy and instant access to the Web anytime and anywhere. No need to pay an extra fee if you have data access served in your service plan^*.

Connection through your phone via Bluetooth provides greater convenience, allowing you to enjoy instant internet access without the clutter of wires.

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