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ARCHOS 43 internet tablet
$249
16G
Product
Information:
 | Internet: Surf the web in full width just like on your PC, and stay
in contact by using the integrated email and contacts applications
| HD Multimedia: Play your favorite HD videos and view photos on the
sharp 4.3 inch touch screen
| Applications: Customize your device by downloading your favorite
Android applications
| HD Video Camera: Capture all your fun times in HD with the built in
rear facing HD camera
| TV: Play out your HD videos on a large screen TV with the HDMI out
connection
| Expandable Storage Expand your capacity with the Micro SD card slot
(SDHC compatible)
| WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth connectivity
| Archos and Android OS |
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ARCHOS 43 internet tablet
A connected Android™ palm-sized tablet A simple tap. Just a simple
tap on the home screen of the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet and you’ll be
accessing all the major functions you need throughout the day wherever
you are: HD video playback, HD camcorder, apps, emails and full Internet
browsing. It’s as simple as a tap.
The ultimate sleek design
Experience a new form of design with the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet. How
can the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet be so slim and so light? Thanks to its
patented technology with overmoulded stainless steel structure : 0.4
inch and only 4.6 oz making it so easy to fit in your pocket. Its design
is also about seduction. Its beautiful rounded lines make it a real
delight for the eyes and its shape is designed to fit perfectly in your
hand. But what would this magnificent object be without a brilliant
screen? You can comfortably enjoy your movies or TV shows using the leg
stand to prop it up on your lap or table.
High Resolution Screen
The large 4.3” touchscreen with g-sensor lets you experience a
never-seen-before viewing quality. The 854 x 480 pixels high-resolution
display is so sharp that you can fully enjoy your pictures’ smallest
details. In addition to the HD resolution, the 16:9 format is just
perfect for rendering all your videos in the best quality.
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.
Android™ on TV
Basically, this is what you see on your product screen, but ten times
bigger. With its TV output, the ARCHOS 43 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!
Tethering
Want to be connected anywhere? Just plug your mobile phone equipped with
3.5 G & Bluetooth™ technology, simply pair it up to your ARCHOS 43
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 43 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 43 internet
tablet is the small and convenient portable computer that you’ve
always dreamed about.
Unique Android™ Multimedia Applications
On top of Android’s latest version, ARCHOS, still at the forefront of
innovation, brings you exclusive applications: The internet tablets
feature music, video and photo applications, developed by ARCHOS, that
enrich the user experience with smooth browsing through the album covers
and with widgets added to the home screen to give instant access and
control to media. These unique Android™ applications allow users to
amplify their digital experience. One of these functions, 3D album cover
application, allows you to glide through your music by album covers. You
can also make your own music playlists or browse your songs and music by
favorites, recently played or recently added. Because you want to enjoy
your videos and TV shows without re-encoding them with complicated
software, ARCHOS makes your life easier by supporting audio and video
formats beyond the standard ones of Android™. It can even display
subtitles and alternate audio tracks, all you have to do is drag, drop,
and play! What other functions were created for you? An internet
connected Photo frame application with 3D transitions, and the ability
to sync your pictures with your Facebook©, Picasa© or Flickr©
account.
The best portable HD* video playback experience anywhere
ARCHOS, the recognized expert in portable video devices offers you yet
again the latest innovations in terms of video playback. Benefit from an
unequalled comfort of view on a hand held device with the large and
sharp 4.3” touchscreen. With the industry’s widest range of
supported video formats, you’ll be sure to enjoy all your movies or TV
shows, even those in HD quality*. Also, it’s simple to share your
movies with your friends or family on your home TV in HD quality thanks
to the built-in HDMI output connector (HDMI cable in option).
Built-in HD* camcorder
With the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet, whether you’re indoors or
outdoors, you can film or take pictures of your friends or family at any
time in HD quality (max. video resolution 1280 x 720 pixel). Once
you’ve got your photos and videos, you can create a slideshow with the
Photoframe application or watch your videos directly on the device.
Better yet, upload your videos to Youtube™ or Facebook™ to show them
to the world.
Real web experience
Connect the ARCHOS 43 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 (854 x 480 pixels) and the 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 at
any moment with the Android™ email client which gives you the
possibility to manage all your email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo!, etc).
3D graphics accelerator
The ARCHOS 43 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.
AppsLib
Just tap the Appslib icon on the home screen of the ARCHOS 43 internet
tablet to immediately discover a large choice of Android™ apps to
download for the widest variety of needs you might have. It's so easy
and quick.
Games
Additionally, 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. |
Tech Specs
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| Product
capacity |
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Internal: 8 & 16 GB**** flash memory
• External: Micro SD Slot (SDHC compatible) |
| Display
characteristics |
High
resolution touch screen, 480x854 pixels (FWVGA), 4.3'' TFT LCD, 16 million
colors |
| Application
Framework |
Android
2.2 Froyo7 |
| Processor |
• ARM
Cortex A8 at 1 GHz with DSP
• Graphic accelerator: 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 |
| Video
Playback1 |
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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)
• WMV9/VC1 (AP up to 720p 30 fps@10Mbps)
• 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, WMV, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF,
3GP |
| Audio
Playback1 |
•
Stereo MP3 CBR & VBR
• WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC3
• AAC+ stereo audio files
• OGG Vorbis
• FLAC
With optional software plug-ins (downloadable on www.archos.com):
• AC3 stereo audio |
| Photo
viewer4 |
JPEG,
BMP, PNG, GIF |
| Subtitles |
Support
subtitles files with .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub extensions, MKV / VOB embedded
subtitles |
| Video
recording & picture taking |
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HD Camcorder: 2 MP - recording format: 720p H264 / AAC .MP4 |
| Pre-installed
applications |
•
Webbrowser, Email, Contacts, Appslib, Twitter, Wikipedia, Weather Channel,
Ebuddy, Deezer, Mewbox (UK), Napster (US), Racing Thunderlight, Weather
Channel, World Newspaper |
| Interfaces |
•
USB 2.0 Device
• USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)
(adapter micro B/A sold separately)
• HDMI output5 (Mini HDMI / HDMI cable sold separately) |
| Communication
protocols |
•
WiFi (802.11 b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 EDR |
| Miscellaneous |
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Built-in speaker
• Built-in leg stand
• Built-in Microphone
• G-sensor |
| Power
source |
• Internal:
Lithium Polymer battery
• Device charges via computer USB port |
| Battery
life |
• Music
playback time6: up to 36 hours
• Video playback time6: up to 10 hours
• Web surfing6: up to 12 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 |
•
135 x 65 x 9 mm – 5.3” x 2.6” x 0.4”
• 130 grams – 4.6 oz |
| Minimum
system requirements |
• Microsoft®
Windows® XP, Vista, 7 or higher
• Mac
• Linux
• USB 2.0 interface |
| Package
includes |
ARCHOS
43 internet tablet, earphones,
Standard USB cable, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice. |
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