Archos 8 Home Tablet unboxing video

Here’s a look at the swanky new ARCHOS 8 home tablet. The main sell here is the digital photo frame application that also allows for web browsing and accessing web services thanks to the Android operating system.

Running Android 1.6 with some specifically written software, the device provides a little storage for photos and other media on the 4GB flash memory and an SD card slot of expanding that. There is also WiFi, 720p playback, massive codec support, built-in speakers, and a kick stand.

Matt’s had his hand on this neat little device already and has a wee video for you below:

Archos 8 specification:

• Flash Memory: 4 GB
• Android 1.6 OS
• 600MHz CPU
• Extendable via micro SDHC Slot
• High resolution touch screen with virtual keyboard, 800×600 pixels, 8” TFT LCD, 16 million colors
• Video Playback: H.264 up to 720p resolution – 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps./ MPEG-4 – 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps / Realvideo up to 720p resolution – 30 fps / 2.5 Mbps
• MP3, WMA (non protected), WAV, APE, OGG, FLAC, AAC
• Photo viewer: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG
• USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC)
• USB 2.0 Slave
• Micro SDHC card
• WiFi (802.11 b/g)
• 2 built-in speakers
• Leg stand
• Microphone
• Lithium Polymer battery
• Battery life:  Music playback time: up to 42 hours / Video playback time: up to 8 hours
• Dimensions & weight:  263 mm x 220 mm x 12 mm (10.3″ x 8.7″ x 0.47″) – 800 g / 28.2 oz

Posted by: Gareth