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Archos Android tablets delayed due to Froyo

Just been informed by the local distributor of Archos that the launching of all 5 Android tablets and media players have been pushed back to first week of December.

We previously reported that the units will be ready by November. The delay is primarily due to their last-minute effort to have all units upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo.


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We’ve also been given an update as to the final suggested retail price of the units. See table below for pricing schedule:

We’ve also been informed that there will be limited units to be shipped in so those who are decided to get one should make a no-down-payment reservations (just email [email protected]).

We’ll be getting a first hands-on with the Archos 101 later today so watch out for that too.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

41 Responses

  1. Avatar for android store online android store online says:

    the payment is via paypal when you order online?? San location sa pinas??

  2. Avatar for macau macau says:

    ei hope me skype and ym for video calls na for archos70

  3. Avatar for NineSwordz NineSwordz says:

    Target: Archos 70 8gb! XD

  4. Avatar for KiLLeRKaMaTiS KiLLeRKaMaTiS says:

    Archos philipines confirmed that archos 101 will be available @ the 3rd week of December.. :(

    I want one now!! hehe!

  5. Avatar for covi covi says:

    @concerned
    check the stores at Funan. There’s at least 3-4 stores selling them. The standard price for the Archos 101 8GB is SGD 499 and SGD 599 for the 16GB version. You can bargain as low as SGD 580 for the 16GB. And best of all, you get GST refund at the airport!

  6. Avatar for watcher watcher says:

    Plz.. tell me where I can buy an archos 70 in the philippines, not 7 home tablet. I really really want to buy it. I’ve searched it in greenhill. Nothing I could find.

    m****@****.***

  7. Avatar for watcher watcher says:

    Plz.. tell me where I can buy an archos 70 in the philippines. I really really want to buy it. I’ve searched it in greenhill. Nothing I could find.

    m****@****.***

  8. Avatar for Concerned Concerned says:

    *covi

    how much did you buy the a101 for and where to buy in singapore? do you know price of the a70?

    much appreciated. thanks

  9. Avatar for Concerned Concerned says:

    @karlo

    how much did you buy the a70 for and where to buy in singapore?

    much appreciated. thanks

  10. Avatar for payaman payaman says:

    wow! i’m getting more and more excited for my a70 to come! come come come to papa! hehehe

    pls recommend a good forum/blog site for archos70 tips/tweaks/recommended apps.

    thanks. :-D

  11. Avatar for covi covi says:

    256MB is good enough RAM as long as you dont have too many apps installed and running at the same time. With Froyo, you can install apps at the SD card. What I do is save the apk (installer) file on my SD card and install those non-frequent apps only when needed.

    the UI is like a stock android. archos didn’t put a lot of additional layer on top of it.

    @payaman
    you can use the USB as host, ie for any plug and play device. Ive tested it with flash drives, mouse and a wireless keyboard.

    @logan123
    YM and skype for android doesnt have video calling (yet). Try Fring instead.

  12. Avatar for payaman payaman says:

    karlo, pwede bang saksakan ng usb thumb drive yang a70?

  13. Avatar for payaman payaman says:

    thanks karlo.

    kahapon nabaliw naman ako sa galaxy tab! hahaha

    i originally want an android phone and a tablet, then yesterday i suddenly thought of having galaxy tab to have it 2 in 1. kaso nakita ko yun galaxy tab sa glorietta, medyo malaki, mahirap sya gamitin as a PHONE..ayun, balik ako sa archos70. hehe

  14. Avatar for karlo karlo says:

    i purchased the a70 it 8gb last Nov. 6 in Singapore. very impressive device indeed. i’m a loyal archos user. every pmp i’ve owned was an archos.

    @ Logan123
    i have not tried using skype or ym. the front camera is for video calls via fring. personally tested it and it works.

    @ payaman
    overall system speed is very impressive. kahit 256mb sya, i never noticed any hang-ups. i recommend getting the 8gb flash version. i used to own a generation5 a5 imt (250gb, hhd based). flash based unit are really something, faster to boot, gives you better peace of mind because of no moving parts and only sips on your unit’s battery instead of slurping it! :)

  15. Avatar for kharen kharen says:

    Hi Can you please reserve 1 for me..
    Archos 70 250gb .. thanks

  16. Avatar for leninmac leninmac says:

    @payaman

    It’s actually first week of december not last week of november according to the vtech operations manager kaya lng you need to reserve in advance.

  17. Avatar for payaman payaman says:

    wala pa daw yun archos.. eccchhos lang pala yun nagtext sa akin. baka daw last week ng november.

  18. Avatar for Logan123 Logan123 says:

    To those who already bought this unit (101 or 70). Is it true that despite having a webcam, you can’t perform videocalling either via ym or skype? I’ve read in another in another blog that you can’t. If that’s the case, what’s the purpose of having an front vga camera? ;(

  19. Avatar for payaman payaman says:

    how’s the UI and APPS experience, given that it has only 256Mb of RAM?

  20. Avatar for covi covi says:

    I bought the archos 101 with android 2.1 in Singapore earlier this week. The website says the upgrade will come tomorrow (Nov 12!).

    I must say that you get a good deal for the price. The tablet is very thin and the build is solid. The pixel density and viewing angle is passable. I also sideloaded google marketplace effortlessly. The tech specs doesnt specify it, but I think it only has 256MB of RAM. Theres a USB and microUSB slot that can act as a slave, ie you can use any plug and play device like mouse and keyboard. And with the HDMI plug, I can output the screen to my LCD TV while playing Angrey Birds!

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