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Archos 5 - 60GB Internet Media tablet

Archos 5 - 60GB Internet Media tablet


 BRAND NEW TO THE UK MARKET!!  R.R.P £279.99

The Daily Companion

ARCHOS, award-winning for its constant technology innovation and leadership in portable media players now introduces a new concept: the Internet Media Tablet.

The ARCHOS 5 is the flagship of the new range, bringing the customer a new way to enjoy Internet, Media and TV…in a handheld device.

Uncompromised Web surfing in the palm of your hand

With its built-in capabilities, your Internet Media Tablet becomes the ultimate way to surf the web. The amazingly sharp and high-resolution screen lets you navigate effortlessly through the web just like you would on a PC. Browsing becomes almost seamless with the ARM® Cortex™ processor and the Adobe Flash™ 9 video support. Surfing on a handheld device has never been so fast and smooth. The full email application lets you read, write, download and send attachments, and manage your contacts.

Your entire digital library in a thin handheld tablet

Archos 5 120GB Internet Media Tablet WiFi 5" Touch Screen

The ARCHOS 5 features a very high capacity internal hard drive from 60 GB to 250 GB, in slim and sleek enclosures. You can thus download a vast number of music and video from the unique selection of renowned movie and music partners assembled in the Media Club. You can play movies in HD or DVD quality for the richest media experience on the go.

The ultimate TV experience at home or on the go

Enjoy your ARCHOS content back on your TV, with the DVR Station. Schedule recordings in few clicks any TV program from you cable channels or your setup box, and choose when and where you want to watch them. Play back all your digital content from your ARCHOS 5 to your TV, even in HD quality, at 720p. With the TV Snap-on, Digital free TV is broadcast live on your Internet Media Tablet, wherever you are.

Have fun discovering you future daily companion.

Archos 5 120GB Internet Media Tablet WiFi 5" Touch Screen

Archos 5 Features

INTERNET

Full Web Browsing

With an 800 pixels wide resolution and a 5” screen1, you can browse the Web in full width just like on your PC. No need to zoom in and out, web pages are fully displayed on the ARCHOS screen. Plus, with Adobe Flash™ 9 video support, you can natively browse video-sharing websites such as Dailymotion™ or Youtube™.

Introducing the world’s first implementation of the ARM® Cortex™ superscalar microprocessor, ARCHOS 5 offers an unrivalled web experience no more endless waiting for the page to be loaded, just grab your ARCHOS 5 and check the latest news right away. Your PC wouldn’t have finished booting up by the time you put the ARCHOS back in your pocket

Full Email Browsing

Once connected to a WiFi or 3G+ network1, the ARCHOS 5 email software lets you to check your emails whenever you want. You can see the number of awaiting emails right on the ARCHOS 5 home screen, reply to emails, or share attachments with anyone. The ARCHOS email application is the feature that lets you stay in touch while on the go.

You will be up and running in just few taps, receiving your emails from all your standards POP accounts. The only question is: how many accounts can YOU handle?

With your ARCHOS 5 you can manage, import or export them as vCards, and switch from your PC, your Mac, or your mobile phone, and manage everything from your ARCHOS 5. Commuting can now be an occasion to send emails to your friends, write a post on your blog, or review your plan for the day.

(1) With optional 3G+ ready pack

Web TV and Web Radio

Ever wanted to access web based TV or Radio stations without having to start up your computer and sit in front of your web browser? This feature will come in handy then.
Because finding a WebRadio or a Web TV station over the internet can be like picking a needle out of a hay stack. ARCHOS brings your favorite web Radio and web TV stations directly in your portable device.

No matter where you are, and as long as you have a WiFi broadband connection, there's no place on earth where you can't follow your favorite news, sports, or music.
In less than 3 clicks, you get your favorite show live, directly from your ARCHOS without opening your web browser.
You get both live streaming radio and TV as well as access to their podcasts. There's no downloading wait time, it starts playing right away.

Nearly 1,000 Web TV stations and over 10,000 web radio stations

Wherever you are, and whatever Internet music or shows you want to access, be it sports, news, Hollywood reports, cooking shows, or literature reviews, you will find nearly anything you want, but most importantly, your regular and favorite stations.

From TV channels which only exist on the Internet, to traditional stations that simulcast live on the Internet, or stations that make selected content available on demand at their website, there are hundreds of hours of worldwide TV shows available on your ARCHOS. Get rid of your TV antenna, a Wifi connection is all you will need.

With nearly 10,000 radio stations and more than 100,000 podcasts, it is the richest live and archived content brought to your ARCHOS ever.

And why not wake up to your favorite radio station by selecting the Web radio source as your alarm clock in the settings screen? It's all possible with the Web Radio and TV plug-in.

Widgets Application

ARCHOS selected Opera browser as its web-surfing application. With Opera, comes a bunch of widgets, handy small programs which you can download free and use on your ARCHOS 5.

You can now check the weather before leaving for work or see the latest sports results without having to start a new application. Those widgets come directly out of the box. But with your ARCHOS 5, you can also play hundreds more. Download them from http://www.opera.com/widgets.
Check the info from your favorite news site, search directly for a Google map from your desktop or find IP addresses instantly. Directly on you ARCHOS 5 desktop.

The 7 widgets in the package


PLAY

Media Club


The Media Club remains the easiest way to get video and music content on the go. With an even richer library with new partners and the biggest industry players, discover a large library of movies, documentaries, music albums and games. Buy or rent your entertainment in a couple of clicks and start watching it on your ARCHOS 5 instantly.

With FNAC, FilmIsNow, TF1, CinemaNow, FilmIsNow, Vizumi, VodMania, VodeoTV, or Bell Canada*, it is the richest and most diverse content providing experience you can imagine. And of course, the AMC.

With Jamendo, FourMusic and MusicMe , the Media Club features hours of music experience for you to enjoy, directly on your ARCHOS 5. Because there is a simple fact. When commuting, most people get absorb in music. The Media Club is a great way for anyone to discover new tunes, and find out about new artists.

Downloading is so easy. You can pause and resume as often as you need. And the Mini Sites are still developed so that you do not need to scroll up and down. Everything is displayed on a single page, for a better comfort, even on TV.

(* Some services not available in all countries)

Videos

The ARCHOS 5 provides the best multimedia experience on the go. The high resolution screen gives the finest image available on a portable device, and the 5” screen1 held in your hands gives the same viewing comfort as a 32” TV screen in a living room. Your videos on the go never looked so good.

Catch up with recorded TV shows, watch movies downloaded on the go, have fun with video websites such as DailyMotion™, YouTube™, enjoy video podcasts or simply live TV. Your ARCHOS 5 is clearly your best companion for videos.

So many format supported
ARCHOS Internet Media Tablets play an impressive number of formats out of the box. Windows Media Video, AVI, MPEG4, Flash Videos. And even HD videos *
You can now copy your DVDs** onto your ARCHOS 5 and play them directly, with subtitles if you want, with the MPEG 2 compatibility***.

If you are a podcast fan, you can now watch them flawlessly directly on your ARCHOS 5. No need to be stuck on your PC or buy a special podcast viewer. ARCHOS 7 will play any H.264**** formatted video files.

(1) Actual size 4.8''
(*) With optional HD plug-in. Sold separately
(**) DVD copy is limited to owned DVDs, and can be limited or prevented according to active legislation
(***) With optional Cinema plug-in. Sold separately.
(****) With optional Podcast plug-in. Sold separately

When size eventually matters.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have ALL your music and be able to listen to it on the same device? Without sync. Without copying. Without connecting to one extra disk. Here comes your ARCHOS 5.

With a huge hard disk capacity (from 60 GB to 250 GB), there’s plenty of room for ALL your music. Your entire library comes along with you no matter where you go. Rediscover the songs left aside for months, or share with your friends your latest discoveries. The unique ARCHOS music browsing system allows you to create your playlists without using a PC, and the album covers will bring your music to life.

And thanks to the new ARCHOS operating system, no more compromise: you can browse the web while listening to your tunes.

Last but not least, you can also make your ARCHOS 5 your new music center simply by plugging it into amplified speakers. What other way to spare your computer’s power AND still relax with your favorite tunes in your office. 

Photos

Browse through your photos with a simple flick of your finger or play a slideshow of your last vacations.

The high resolution 800 pixels wide screen simply magnify the stunning quality and emotion of your pictures. It's so sharp and precise that you can zoom in very deep, and pick the tinest detail that even escaped your eye when you shot the picture. The only limit will be the native resolution of the picture.

Without a computer, you can also manage your photo library by editing albums, creating new ones. You can create slideshows on the go, and redefine the transitions and the background music.
You can also import photos directly and very quickly from a digital camera, with the optional DVR Snap-on. That comes in handy if you are shooting pictures in bracketting mode. You can then make your selection on a bigger and better screen, on the spot.

All you need is….well you have it: your ARCHOS 5.

Games

For a little fun after work, during holidays, or because you have a little time to kill between flights, just grab your ARCHOS and enjoy some poker, Sudoku, or Golf. Premium games can be purchased directly from the tablet or at www.archos.com, or find other Flash™ based games downloadable for free on the Web.

Pack 1 : TweezleLab, 3Pointer, Mahjongg and Solitaire Klondike.

Pack 2 : Texas No Limit, Tactic Vitamin, Golf and Sudoku.

Pack 3 : Brix Fusion , Reversi, Captain Ozone, Vidéo Poker & Tweezle Lab Demo.

Content Streaming from your PC

When you are at home and want to watch a movie or listen to music stored on your PC, protected or not (under Microsoft Windows DRM), just browse its hard drive wirelessly and play any file stored on it without transferring the file. Just stream it via your WiFi network and play it immediately on your ARCHOS.

With the DVR Station you can broadcast videos directly to your TV, for the ultimate viewing experience. Just like that.

TV

TV Recording

With the optional DVR Station, you’ll never miss your favorite TV shows. Schedule and record TV shows and movies in one step using with the remote control. Just locate the TV show on the program guide grid and you’ll have a recording to enjoy at home on your wide-screen TV or in the palm of your hand.

Content Playback and Web Surfing on TV

You don’t need to be stuck at your desk or bothered by a computer on your lap to browse the web. You could also be laying on your couch. Actually, you no longer a laptop at all either. You may also prefer to watch all your movies and videos on TV.
Well, all you need for this is an ARCHOS 5 and its DVR Station.

These two products will turn your TV into a real multimedia platform connected to the Web. Enjoy all the ARCHOS 5 features on the big screen of your living room. Watch your personal movies in HD1, listen to your music, share your high resolution pictures, play games or surf the Web.

And with the new shortcuts on the ARCHOS 5 home screen, you can access your favorite page, on TV, in a snap.

(1) HiDef plug-in needed.


Music

Technical Specification - All Archos 5 Models

Display characteristics: High resolution screen, 800x480 pixels, 4.8'' TFT LCD, 16 million colors
User interaction: Direct by touch screen, ON/OFF, vol+ and vol- buttons
Processor(s): - Main processor: ARM CortexTM-A8, 32 bit, In-order, dual-issue, superscalar core @ 600 MHz
- Additional processor: 32 bit DSP @ 430 MHz
RAM memory: 128 MB* (Low-Power Double Data Rate SDRAM)
Mass storage memory: Hard drive, capacity according to the product version
- 60 GB* (stores up to 80 Movies, 600,000 photos or 30,000 songs1)
- 120 GB* (stores up to 160 Movies, 1.2 million photos or 60,000 songs1)
- 250 GB* (stores up to 300 Movies, 2.5 million photos or 145,000 songs1)
Operating system: Linux
In its normal use mode, the ARCHOS 5 being a miniaturized Personal Computer:
Connectivity: On board WiFi (802.11 b/g), USB 2.0 host with optional accessories
PC accessories: Possible attachment of numerous standard USB PC accessories**** (keyboard, mouse, memory key, memory cards reader, camera and other future computer accessories)
Video playback**: MPEG-42 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution)
WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution) included WMV protected files
M-JPEG (in QVGA resolution)

With optional software plug-in:
HD support: MPEG-4 (ASP 720p) & WMV HD (MP 720p)
MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to DVD resolution) and AC3 stereo sound (5.1)
H.264 up to DVD resolution with AAC
Audio playback**: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WMA pro 5.1, WAV (PCM/ADPCM).

With optional software plug-in:
AAC3 and AAC+ stereo audio files
AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files (via SPDIF output of DVR Station)
Photo viewer***: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
PDF viewer: Reads PDF documents (may not implement all PDF features)
Video recording6: Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM in MPEG-4 AVI format with stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480) @ 30 or 25 f/s
Audio recording: Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on: Stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format
Voice recording via the optional FM remote and its built-in microphone in WAV format (IMA ADPCM)
Email client Compatible with Email accounts supporting POP3 and IMAP services Import/export of vCard contacts
Interfaces: USB 2.0 High-Speed Device (compatible USB 1.1 at a lower speed): Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Media Transport Protocol (MTP)
USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) with optional Mini Dock, Battery Dock and DVR station
Connections: WiFi (802.11 b/g) connection. Free Web Browser (Opera® Web browser with Adobe Flash® 9 video support) upon registration
3.5 mm mini jack for headphones
Accessory connectors to connect to the DVR Station and other ARCHOS accessories
Miscellaneous Built-in speaker
Built-in leg stand
Battery life: Music playback time: up to 12 hours4
Video playback time: up to 4 hours4
Power source: Internal: Lithium Polymer battery
Device charges via computer USB port
External: Power adapter/charger (via optional accessories)
Scalability: Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated
Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com
Dimensions & weight: Approx 127,5 x 78,3 x 12,9 mm (for 60GB* model) – 250gr
Approx 127 x 78,8 x 19,4 mm (for 120/250GB* models) – 300gr
In a possible use mode, in connection with an external computer through the USB B connector available on some optional accessories:
Minimum system requirements: Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, ME, 2000 or higher
MAC OS X and Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support)
USB 2.0 interface
Package includes: ARCHOS 5, headphones, ARCHOS USB cable, DVR Station adapter, screen cleaning cloth, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice.

PLEASE ALLOW 3-4 DAYS FOR DELIVERY. INTERNATIONAL SLIGHTLY LONGER.




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