Archos Announced Archos 9 Running on Windows 7!

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June 12, 2009 ||

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Archos, the portable media players and storage giant unveiled its latest gizmo yesterday, the Archos 9, a fully functional tablet PC that runs Windows 7.

It is a 9” tablet PC that weighs as less as 800gms and is incredibly slim (256mm x 134mm x 16mm) so you will never mind carrying it with you, no matter where you are heading. It wears a bright and sharp multi-touch display on the front with a screen resolution of 1024×600 pixels.

The resistive touch screen can be accessed using fingers or the stylus that hides in the side frame of the tablet for rendering more precision to your access. Unlike the earlier Archos internet tablets, the Archos 9 runs a fully functional Microsoft Windows 7 OS, plays HD video, and has a SIM card slot on the left side that accepts a HSDPA SIM.

The Archos 9 is the first tablet from Archos which sans keyboard and sports a fully functional on-screen touch keyboard which pops out just at the click of a button on the frame. However, you can still plug in a USB keyboard into the USB port at its left bottom for your typing convenience.

It has a 1.3MP web camera, so you can indulge yourself into a video conference with your clients on the move. The built in stereo speakers are good enough to watch a movie or listen to some favorite songs from the 80GB built in HDD without the need of external speakers, unless you desire. Or just use its Diversity (dual) TV tuner for watching your favorite TV Shows and news.

It is powered by an Intel Atom Z515 (800/1200MHZ) CPU and offers connectivity options like Bluetooth, Ethernet 10/100 and a VGA out port and also comes with 3G support. No wonder why they call it ‘fully-tactile mini PC’. Details on battery life and further specifications are due to be officially announced.

The Archos 9 will be available in Europe from October this year at around the same time when Microsoft releases Windows 7 OS and is supposedly priced at €450 ($635). A bigger 12” version of the Archos Mini PC is also expected to be launched in the coming months.

Watch Archos 9 in a short introductory video

Archos 9 is very much similar to the gadget TechCrunch is working on, CrunchPad. It certainly looks similar but does not have as many features and coast’s half as much. CrunchPad is still a work in progress and there is no news about the launch yet.

Tags: Archos, Archos 9, Archos Tablet PC, Archos Windows 7, Microsoft

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