Redefine the way you browse the web and enjoy HD multimedia with an ARCHOS 70 internet tablet. With the latest version of Android, enjoy fast web surfing and all your favorite applications, including games with 3D graphic acceleration, all your favorite media, an eBook viewer, and more. All the functions of a computer: your apps, the Internet, video chat, your photos, music and videos actually fit inside your bag or your briefcase.
Best ARCHOS Design Yet
Slim and LightThe ARCHOS 70 internet tablet is just .55 inch thick, and weighs 14 ounces (the 8GB flash model is even smaller). It's easy to fit in your handbag or your briefcase.
Leg StandYou can comfortably enjoy your movies or TV shows using the leg stand to prop up the player on your lap or table.
High-Resolution ScreenThe wide seven-inch touchscreen, combined with a g-sensor for automatically switching landscape and portrait views, lets you experience fantastic viewing quality. The 800 x 480 pixel high-resolution display is plenty sharp, for enjoying the details. In addition to the HD resolution, the 16:9 aspect ratio is great for widescreen format video.
Connections, Connections
AndroidAndroid 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 five 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.
Grab all your favorite applications with the latest version of Android. |
Exclusive applications for music, video, and photos. |
Android on TVBasically, this is what you see on your product screen, but ten times bigger. With its TV output, the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet displays every Android sceen on your wide screen TV. You can then browse your files or surf the Internet from your couch, not to mention enjoying some immersive 3D games.
TetheringWant to be connected anywhere? Grab your mobile phone equipped with a data connection and Bluetooth technology, pair it up to your ARCHOS 70 internet tablet via Bluetooth (or even USB cable), and enjoy easy access to the Internet on your device anytime and anywhere. No need to pay an extra fee when you already have a data service plan. (Note: may not be authorized by your mobile phone operator or may require a special data plan option. Please refer to your contract.)
Serious Multimedia
Unique Android Multimedia ApplicationsOn top of Android's standard offerings, ARCHOS offers its own exclusive applications for music, video, and photos. Get smooth browsing through your album covers and widgets on the home screen to give instant access to your media. Make your own music playlists, browse your songs and music by favorites, or by files recently played or added.
ARCHOS also makes your life easier by supporting audio and video formats beyond the standards supported by Android. It can even display subtitles and alternate audio tracks, all you have to do is drag, drop, and play.
Other ARCHOS offerings include an internet-connected Photo application with 3D transitions, and the ability to sync your pictures with your Facebook, Picasa or Flickr accounts.
Portable HD Video PlaybackThe ARCHOS 70 internet tablet has a monster seven-inch touchscreen, for movies and TV shows in HD quality.
Share Your PicturesOpen the new Gallery application and show your latest vacation to your friends, or even share them via a wireless network.
A PC in Your Pocket
Real WebConnect the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet to your Wi-Fi 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 full web, not a scaled-down mobile version of the Internet thanks to Flash 10 support, which let you access to all your favorite websites.
Surf the full web, not a scaled-down mobile version. |
Enjoy 3D games, complete with graphics acceleration and a speedy processor. |
Display web pages quickly and at full 800 x 480 pixels with a 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 with the Android email client, which gives you the ability to manage all your email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo!, etc).
3D Graphics AcceleratorThe ARCHOS 70 internet tablet feature a graphics 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, as your device becomes your gamepad.
Google SearchAll your searches are done in a simple tap on the Google search bar, which can be placed anywhere on one of the five screens of the Android interface.
Apps Galore
AppsLibJust tap the Appslib icon on the home screen of the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet to immediately discover a large choice of Android apps to download for the widest variety of needs you might have.
ApplicationWant to check the weather, the latest news, your social network account or read ebooks? Simply select the app and it will be available in a couple of seconds.
GamesAdditionally, 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.
What's in the Box
ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet (250GB), Earphones, USB Cable, Power Adapter, Quick Start Guide, Legal and Safety Notice
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and CriticismI am writing this review because I don't want future Archos 70 owners to experience what I went through. I have had it for a week now and have contemplated throwing it down a deep ravine. Finally, thank God, I was able to get it to work. Here's how:
1. Firmware must be updated to latest version - my Archos would connect and disconnect with the internet continuously. I thought it was because of a weak signal, but it is a firmware problem. How can you update the firmware when you can't download it online because your Archos wifi does not work? In the Archos website, they have instructions on what to do using your desktop/laptop.
a. Download the latest firmware into your desktop/laptop.
b. Connect the Archos 70 to your desktop/laptop using the USB to micro-USB cord supplied. The Archos 70 will then ask you if you want to mount it to your desktop/laptop. Say yes.
c. Open My Computer on your desktop/laptop. It should recognize the Archos as an additional hard drive.
d. Copy the firmware you just downloaded on the desktop/laptop by pasting it on top of the Archos icon on the desktop/laptop. It will then load onto the Archos. When it is done, un-mount it on the Archos 70 then pull out the cord.
e. It will then ask you to plug the Archos 70 into the wall. It will do some other stuff and then you are done.
By the way, it is helpful to look at the "More Info" section of the download webpage. It shows you all the different versions of the firmware, when they were "issued" and what improvements they are supposed to make. This way, you can see how old your firmware is and what it is supposed to do.
2. Upload Android Market and Flash Player - the pictures won't come up on the websites I went to. Buttons would be missing. Flash is not on the Appslib on the Archos 70 because Archos is not yet certified by Adobe to have Flash Player.
I found the solution on YouTube. See link below.
You have to follow the steps exactly. Your Android should be at least 2.2 Froyo. Anything older and you have to install Android 2.2 Froyo on your machine, which is a very complicated process.
If your Archos is already on Android 2.2 Froyo, this is what you have to do.
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I would like to thank the person who posted this on YouTube. Here are his steps:
a. Go to Settings - Repair & Formatting
b. Reset Android - ok
c. Reboot - do not shut off Archos and then turn on. You must pick the "reboot" option
d. Startup Wizard comes up - go through the whole process, including connecting with your wifi.
e. Reboot - same as c.
f. Go to Appslib icon on home page
g. Type "arctools" (with no quotation marks) and install
h. Open Arctools
i. Click on "Default Apps & Market b 2.2.7"
j. Click on "Install apps"
k. Reboot - same as above
l. Market app icon should be on your home page, click on it and create your new Google account if you don't have one;
m. Search for Adobe Flash 10.1, download and install
3. Go into Browser App
a. click on Options "button" on right side on screen (four white lines),
b. pick "More", "Settings" and check "Load Pictures".
I don't know why it defaults to "no" which is really stupid.
4. By the way, if you download Flash from another source into your desktop/laptop and are thinking of copying it into your Archos, you need to do a special step. After your download Flash onto your desktop/laptop, make a copy of it but change the extension from .zip to .apk on the copy. You can then mount your Archos like before and paste the copy like normal. Be sure to paste it into the Files - Downloaded area or else you cannot install it into the Archos. Un-mount, and then touch the Flash file you just pasted into the Archos and it should start to install. If you don't change the extension from .zip to .apk, it will just say "cannot open file" and you can't do anything.
This caused me a lot of frustration.
5. One more thing. If after all this, you still cannot listen to stuff on the website, contact the website and ask how you can listen on an Android device (tell them which version). They might direct you to another website that carries their "station" for Android users.
After all this suffering, I love my Archos 70!!
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