Archos 7 Home Tablet shipping details

Archos 7 Home Tablet is the cheapest and perhaps the most popular android tablet around. In US, it retails at mere $200 which makes it ideal device for anyone who wants to try out the Android OS.

According to the siddys from UK, Archos will be shipping the Archos 7 Home Tablet next week.

Archos 7 Home Tablet suffers from Suspend bug

Archos does it again – shipping awesome hardware with BETA, buggy firmware. The latest bug which is bugging the Archos 7 HT users is the Suspend bug, which turns the unit on automatically after every 10 minutes or so.

Here is a lame workaround for the moment – Set Screen Timeout to a low value, say 30 seconds. Suspend ends after 10 minutes then 30 seconds later the screen times out. This sequence loops as long as you don’t intervene. Like when you’re charging the Archos 7 Home Tablet overnight.

Archos reports First Quarter results

Archos today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter. The company has posted an increase of 15.3%. Surprisingly, in all regions, except Asia, Archos scored decent profits.

Let’s hope Archos 7 Home Tablet sell well throughout the world and yields decent profits for the Archos.  Expect it to be available late April

Archos 7 Home Tablet to launch on iPad launch day

The French company has announced that they will be launching their Android beast, Archos 7 Home Tablet on the April 3 which is also the iPad launch day. This is certainly a brave step by Archos for sure.

For those who don’t know, the Archos 7 Home Tablet is a low-budget MID that runs Android OS and sports a resistive 7-inch display. Expected price is ~$200

Archos 7 and Archos 8 tablets unleashed

Archos has rolled-out a couple of Android tablets, Archos 7 and Archos 8. The Archos 7 has mere 2GB storage space; is priced at 149 Euro and sports a 7-inch WVGA display. There is a pricier version too that features bigger 8GB storage space and will retail at 179 Euros.

Archos claims that you will be able to get nearly 7 hours of video playback from it.

There is some news on Archos 8 Tablet too – it will have 8-inch display and 4GB of internal storage. Expected to be available by May 2010

Archos releases Developer Edition firmware for Archos 5 and Archos 7 MIDs

Archos has released developer edition firmware for the Archos 5 and Archos 7 MIDs. They are based on some Angstrom Linux. Although, both of the MIDs are media centric devices, these firmwares won’t carry any media app on them.

These firmwares will allow the developers to test and deploy the apps before they are released to the public.

It is considered as a starting point for developers interested in building native applications and creating new usage models with the ARCHOS 5 and ARCHOS 7 hardware platforms. The firmware provided is based on the Angstrom distribution (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/) generated from a customized open embedded build (http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Main_Page).

Having opened the door to developers, ARCHOS eagerly anticipates seeing its hardware platform used as a foundation for creating exciting new usage models and applications that the developer community brings.