Incoming Storm heading Archos' way?

[Bateluer]

http://www.archos.com/products/elements/archos_97titanium/index.html?country=us&lang=en&p=1#a

With its sleek aluminium casing, ARCHOS 97 Titanium HD is stylish, thin and light. At just 9 mm (0.35’&#8217 thick and weighing only 640 g (22.5oz) it’s the perfect tablet for your Android™ experience.


The super HD resolution (2048 x 1536) of the ARCHOS 97 Titanium HD delivers sharper text and images so you will see every detail of your pictures and videos. Thanks to IPS technology the ARCHOS 97 Titanium HD has extra wide viewing angles to make sure that you can share your tablet experience in every situation with sharp, truly vivid colors.

Apple went ballastic over Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was an almost completely different animal. Unlike Samsung, I'm not sure Archos has resources to mount more than a token defense.

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[badb0y]

Depends how the back looks the front looks like a regular white tablet.

 

[Bateluer]

Depends how the back looks the front looks like a regular white tablet.

iPad 4 rear

Archos 97 rear

 

[Muyoso]

Damn, that looks like a nice tablet.

 

[Roland00Address]

Archos will find some way to ruin it like only putting 512mb of ram on it.

(I am a little bitter about my archos g9, it is a good tablet but 512mb ram is pitiful on it...can't complain too much since I got a good price...but I been spoiled by my nexus 7 that I replaced it with.)

 

[badb0y]

iPad 4 rear

Archos 97 rear

That actually looks pretty good and it's not an iPad clone. Impressive.

 

[Kenmitch]

Archos will find some way to ruin it like only putting 512mb of ram on it.

(I am a little bitter about my archos g9, it is a good tablet but 512mb ram is pitiful on it...can't complain too much since I got a good price...but I been spoiled by my nexus 7 that I replaced it with.)

Tech Specs

Included in box• Tablet, charger, USB data cable, documentation
Display• 9.7’’: up to 2048 x 1536 pixels, IPS, 10 point capacitive multitouch
Application Framework• Android 4.1, "Jelly Bean"
• Processor Dual-core A9 @ 1.6GHz
• Quad-core GPU Mali 400 MP4
• Capacity 8GB Flash + micro SD port (compatible 64GB)
• RAM• 1GB RAM
• Video playback1• H.264 HD (up to 1080p @30fps)
• MPEG-42 HD (up to 1080p @30fps)
• With the above codecs, the device can play video files with the following extensions: AVI, MP4, MOV, 3GP, MPG, PS, TS, MKV, FLV
• Audio Playback1 MP3
• WAV (PCM/ADPCM)
• AAC3, AAC+ 5.13
• OGG Vorbis
• FLAC Photo viewer4• JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Subtitles• .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub formats supported
• Cameras Front 2MP • Back 5MP with auto focus Interfaces
• Micro USB 2.0: Mobile Transfer Protocol (MTP)
• USB host via OTG
• microSD (compatible with 64 GB cards) Wireless technologies
• WiFi Miscellaneous• 2 Built-in speakers
• G-sensor
• Built-in Microphone Power source• Internal: Lithium Polymer battery
• External: Power adapter/charger
• Dimensions & weight• 240 mm x 184 mm x 9 mm (9.4’’ x 7.2’’ x 0.35’&#8217
• 640g (22.5 oz) Software update• Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com

Does look like nice tablet.

 

[s44]

Dual-core A9 @ 1.6GHz
• Quad-core GPU Mali 400 MP4 Capacity

Wtf, 2011 specs on a 2013 device? Don't tell me they want more than $200 for this. Actually, that may be too much.

 

[Kenmitch]

That actually looks pretty good and it's not an iPad clone. Impressive.

It does look like a nice tablet.

I doubt Apple will have your same feelings towards it. It looks kinda too similar for them to look the other way.

 

[SKORPI0]

Bluetooth/GPS? Wish it would come in black/metallic grey.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Looks nice, but the impending sales injunction is going to rain on their parade. lol.

 

[wirednuts]

tablets seemed to peak pretty quickly...