Archos officially unveils there line of new products to the WORLD!!!!11one epicness
Anyways Archos unveiled two tablets an 8 inch and a 10.1 inch tablet. Unfortunately no 3.5, 5, or 7 inch tablet from Archos, probably because of the honeycomb screen size issue, Acer and Dell had the same problem. So they probably will make smaller devices when Ice Cream Sandwhich comes. The pricing for the 8 to 10 inch models are 280-350 dollars. Also the processor is a Omap 4460 clocked at 1.5ghz which is faster than many low end and old PCs (including the one I'm using to type this with now), can't wait to see what the benchmarks pull out . There is flash based version up to 32gb and hdd versions up to 250gb. Also there is a detachable 3g modem that is USB powered and integrates with the design, the modem also works with a computer so you can have one data plan for all of your devices. The 3g is only an additional 50 dollars. Also these devices come with Honeycomb and Android market!!!! Archos seems to address all of the problems that plagued Archos devices such as the clunky HDMI implementation, poor viewing angles, and lack of market. Also GPS is built in. Full USB support is available on both models. So much stuff they crammed in.
Promo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zQuY_zF2e8
HDMI Output
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyIovM4ICYM
Viewing Angles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNwryHXKr0w
More Gaming and GPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr3ehTQ_aFY
Home Phone system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSjuvUZFV44
Office Suite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew8GdDmysRI
More info
http://www.archos.com/products/gen9/...try=us&lang=en
The home phone system is pretty much a home phone with smart device functionality very interesting idea, but I don't see it taking off

Large tablets, meh. An OMAP4-based 4-5"er on the other hand would have been incredibly tempting.

Like I said when Ice Cream Sandwhich comes there are very few 7 inch or 5 inch honeycomb devices on the market, Acer had to delay their 7 inch honeycomb, the Dell Streak 7 lacks honeycomb, the revamped Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 has yet to come, and etc. Google will optimize for smaller screens later this year.

I've added my name to the "Notify me" list at the Archos site.

I've not used Android before. I watch my co-worker's Samsung Galaxy S device have its battery removed twice a day to keep it on track. Is this what I can expect from Honeycomb on a tablet?

Actually Android has nothing to do with the battery life, the Galaxy S devices get the horrible battery life they have due to poor software optimization on Samsung part. Archos tablets have quite good battery 7-10 hours as quoted from the Archos webstie.

It isn't the battery life. It's "the thing won't do anything. It's froze up again" issue. Removing the battery and restarting it restarts the fun. Do other Android devices have that sort of consistent issue?

OH thats what you mean well I also think that too is a lack of software optimization on Samsung part.

My Galaxy S Vibrant (T-Mo) runs for days no problems. A friend has one, that originally had eclair (2.1) on it, and had some issues. Apparently, a factory reset fixed it, after updating to 2.2, he hasn't had any issues.

Or, he may be running different roms, or flashing nightly builds that may have issues.

The Galaxy S is a pretty popular line. I doubt it would still be popular if everyone was having lockups, and having to pull the battery multiple times a day.

Also two new tablet from Archos were leaked a 7inch one and another of an unknown size
A70S2 (7 incher)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/a...ls-us-nothing/
AT0S2
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/07/arc...en-at-the-fcc/
Yey this mean Archos hasn't given up on smaller devices that are 3 to 7inches.