Archos 101 internet tablet 8GB

ARM Cortex A8 1.0GHz (L3 Cache), 8GB, 10.1in - 1024 x 600 Touchscreen, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB2, Camera, Android 2.2 Froyo

A design to turn heads
The nice big 10,1?? diagonal screen sits within a very slim and light design. With more people looking toward this new trend in Internet tablets, ARCHOS has carefully matched the power of the Android? platform to a seductive design that will have heads turning.

High-resolution screen
Whether you?re looking at your ARCHOS in landscape or portrait mode, your pictures will look bright and crystal clear on the high-resolution 1024 x 600 pixel screen. It doesn?t matter if you have it in your hands or if it?s standing on a table with the built-in leg stand, You will always be impressed by the quality of the screen.

Viewing comfort
With the adjustable leg stand, you will always have the best position to tap out your emails, view a movie or enjoy the photo frame application.

Android?
Android? 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 5 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. 

Tethering (Using your portable phone as a modem)
Want to be connected anywhere? Just plug your mobile phone equipped with 3.5 G & Bluetooth? technology, simply pair it up to your ARCHOS 101 internet tablet via Bluetooth? or even via USB cable. This will give you easy access to Internet directly on your device anytime and anywhere. There?s no need to pay an extra fee when you already have a data service plan.

Home Streaming from your PC
The ARCHOS 101 internet tablet has Samba and UPnP protocols: this means that you play your movies, videos, and photos on your ARCHOS, but these files are really located on your computer in another room. You don?t need to store everything on your ARCHOS to enjoy viewing it on your ARCHOS! Your files fly through the air over WiFi. The ARCHOS 101 internet tablet is the small and convenient portable computer that you?ve always dreamed about.

Android? on TV
Basically, this is what you see on your product screen, but ten times bigger. With its TV output, the ARCHOS 101 internet tablet displays every Android? sceen on your wide screen TV*. You can then browse your files or the Internet from your couch. And guess how immersed in your 3D games you could be using the device as a steering-wheel! This is just staggering!

Real web
Connect the ARCHOS 101 internet tablet to your WiFi 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 real web, not a scaled-down mobile version of the Internet thanks to Flash 10?** support which let you access to all your favorite websites.

You?ll benefit from a full width and superfast display of the web pages with the high resolution screen (1024 x 600 pixels) and the high-speed processor running at 1GHz. 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 at any moment with the Android? email client which gives you the possibility to manage all your email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo!, etc).

Multiple connections
With a built-in webcam (to stay in touch with your friends and family thanks to live video chat), an ultra-powerfull processor, WiFi connectivity, and multiple connections (USB Host/Slave, Micro SDHC, HDMI output?), the ARCHOS 101 internet tablet has everything your PC has. It?s very easy to connect an external keyboard or a mouse (ARCHOS external wireless keyboard with touch pad sold separately). For Email, you be delighted to finally have the choice between a full-sized on-screen keyboard and an external one.

3D graphics accelerator
The ARCHOS 101 internet tablet feature a graphical 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, your device becomes your gamepad.

Product capacity ? Internal: 8 & 16 GB**** flash memory
? External: Micro SD Slot (SDHC compatible)
Display characteristics High resolution capacitive multitouch screen, 1024x600 pixels (WXVGA), 10.1'' TFT LCD
Application Framework Android 2.2 Froyo7
Processor ? ARM Cortex A8 at 1 GHz with DSP
? Graphic accelerator: 3D OpenGL ES 2.0
Video Playback1 ? MPEG-42 HD (up to 720p, 30 fps@6Mbps)
? MPEG-42 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution, 30 fps@8Mbps)
? H.264 HD (HP@L3.1 up to 720p, 30 fps@5Mbps)
? M-JPEG (Motion JPEG Video) in VGA resolution

With optional plug-in (downloadable on www.archos.com):
? Cinema: MPEG-2 (up to DVD resolution MP/D1, 30 fps@10 Mbps)
With the above codecs, the device can play video files with the following extensions: AVI, MP4, MKV, MOV, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, 3GP
Audio Playback1 ? MP3 CBR & VBR
? WAV (PCM/ADPCM)
? AAC, AAC+ 5.13
? OGG Vorbis
? FLAC

With optional software plug-ins (downloadable on www.archos.com):
? AC3 5.1
Photo viewer4 JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Subtitles Support subtitles files with .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub extensions
Webcam ? Yes
Pre-installed applications ? Aldiko, Ebuddy, Wikipedia, Avecomics, HubKap, Deezer, Mewbox, Raging Thunderlite (a 3D car demo game), WordNewspaper, Touiteur, Fring
Interfaces ? USB slave 2.0: Mass Storage Class (MSC)
? Full size USB host: Mass Storage Class (MSC)
? Micro SD (SDHC compatible)
? HDMI output5 (Mini HDMI / HDMI cable sold separately)
Communication protocols ? WiFi (802.11 b/g/n)
? Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Miscellaneous ? Built-in speaker
? Built-in leg stand
? Built-in Microphone
? G-sensor
? Front VGA camera
Power source ? Internal: Lithium Polymer battery
? External: Power adapter/charger
Battery life ? Music playback time6: up to 36 hours
? Video playback time6: up to 7 hours
? Web surfing6: up to 10 hours
Scalability ? Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated
? Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com and updated via USB mass storage
Dimensions & weight ? 270 x 150 x 12 mm
? 480 grams
Minimum system requirements ? Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, 7 or higher
? Mac
? Linux
? USB 2.0 interface
Package includes ARCHOS 101 internet tablet, Standard USB cable, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice, power charger.