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Archos 7 160GB Internet Media Tablet WiFi 7",High Resolution Touch Screen 800x480 pixels,convenient leg stand. | 
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| Brand: Archos
Category: CE
List Price: £349.00
Buy New: £328.00
You Save: £21.00 (6%)
New (2) from £328.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 74.8 x 43.3 x 6.3
nv: AC Power Adapter Supplied: No
Audio Output Connections: 3.5 mm headphone socket
Audio Playback Formats: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR WMA Protected WMA WMA pro 5.1 WAV (PCM/ADPCM)
Audio Recording: Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on: Stereo line-in WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format
Battery Life: Music: Up to 39 hrs Video: Up to 10 hrs
Battery Type: Lithium Polymer (Li-Po)
Bluetooth: No
Built in Speakers: Yes
Built in Stand: Yes
Depth: 16mm
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MPN: Archos 7 160GB Internet Media Tablet
Model: Archos 7 160GB Internet Media Tablet
UPC: 690590512108
EAN: 0690590512108
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | View full Web pages displayed just like on your PC | | • | Enjoy a Web surfing as fast as a laptop | | • | Send and receive emails with the full email application | | • | Access easily to online content with the Media Club | | • | Playback HD quality video with the HiDef plug-in |
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Product Description
The Travel 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 7 is the jewel of this new range, redefining media on the move and offering customer uncompromised access to the Internet, Media content 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. The ARCHOS 7 features a incredibly high capacity internal hard drive from 160 GB to 320 GB, in slim and sleek enclosures. Everything will fit in, and you can still have room for some more. You can download a vast number of music and video from the unique selection of renowned movie and music partners assembled in the Media Club. So that you have plenty of movies to watch when you’re away on a trip or in vacations. 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 7 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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Archos do it again! December 9, 2008
R. Cartwright (UK)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Now had my new 7 for a week, so here we go!
To some people, it will seem a lot of money to blow on a portable media player, but believe me, this baby does so much more.
It plays just about every type of music and film files you can think off, yes there is a cost to play MPEG2 video, AC3 audio,and the new H.264 MPEG4 format and AAC audio files,with all so high def to be released soon,but this is the future of better things to come.
Forget Blue Ray, because it will be a thing of the past very soon, Hard drive format is becoming the leader in the race for versatility in watching, recording and playing of all your media needs.
This is now my sixth Archos and very pretty it is, with its smooth lines, well built casing and as the same as all the rest, very easy to use.
Screen:
An improvement from the 704 and 705 with a better screen resolution, and with more adjustment on back lighting and other controls in the menu bar.
Internet:
Seems to pick up Wifi better than before, with the new 3.5 dongle soon to be available for using Internet on the go, (mind you! plenty of people out there, who don't lock there Wifi, so picking up someone else's, is simple ) and works fine at Airports etc.
Add Ons:
With GPS, TV, Radio and a Bullet Cam for those Extreme nutters!!! there is plenty to go on with.
Things you might not know:
You can load up free games from the Internet and by pass the Archos web site, also with a the docking station, you can record from your sky box and watch another channel at the same time, just like the sky plus box, but with no cost, its all one touch recording.
Why only four stars?:
Most people will moan about the cost of Add-ons to play certain media files, but this can be rectified with Virtual Dub,( Archos are just trying to keep the price down)so I have to take other peoples comments into consideration, also there is no case, but its not a great loss, your soon realise you will need to fork out on a good strong one soon.
With one more consideration? the Ipod Touch ok! It does almost the same as the Archos, but with a few things to think about, 1. Ipod is very expensive, for a small 32 gig drive compared to the 160 on the Archos. 2. The screens are somewhat! different ...lol Its your choice !!!!!!! Ok?
There is so much to praise this French company, that I could go on forever with this review,but basically my advice would be, buy it, go put your DVD player, VHS player, Radio on Ebay, cancel your subscription with Sky and live happy ever after.
 Archos and General Motors... or a great item made mediocre! November 23, 2008
Dcee3 (Bethel, CT USA)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
Why is it companies make such bad decisions? Don't the companies decision makers get paid 6 figure salaries?
Yes, I have an Archos 7.
Here is a run down from boot up:
You have to register and create and account with Archos to be able to use the Web and Web Radio(?)"plug-in". I now go to the internet to be able to watch episodes of THE OFFICE - it will not play any episodes - you get a blank space with a Flash 9 jpg. The Archos 7/Opera is suppose to support Flash 9 -but it doesn't work on many Flash 9 websites. Well -on to YouTube -YES it plays YouTube videos and very nicely I might add! I click on a The Office video... it says can not play this video -you need to download the "Podcast AAC" plug-in! So I click on the "Buy" button and I'm taken to a page that says "Coming Soon". I go to the Archos website and after a little of a struggle I find the Buy the plugins page. There is the "Podcast" plug-in FOR $19!!!!!
NEXT... I'll try to play some of my dvd movie files on my laptop.. WUPS - I need another plug-in to do this ANOTHER $19 -WOW that added $40 to the $439 I just paid for the Archos 7! Where is the $30 for three plug-ins that everyone talks about -NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. Oh well I'll see if I can buy the "HiDef Video" plug-in -- WUPS - the "Buy" button doesn't say Buy it says "Out of Stock" now that is interesting -a software plug-in that is Out of Stock! They ran out of software! Thats scary -what will that mean in the future?
What version of Linux is run on the Archos 5 and 7? Will we be able to install or download different apps of our choosing (like the Nokia N810)?
DVR Station will be another $99... WOW... I may be up to $600 if I keep this unit...
Now if us little people see the problems so easily (especially the $19 plug-ins CHOKE!!) why can't a six figured salaried idiot make some better decisions about a product that could have such potential to be great?
My recommendation don't buy one of these until:
1. Plug-ins are free. Shouldn't this be a no brainer?
2. Flash 9 is completely supported.
3. The add-ons are more reasonably priced.
4. Software for the unit is not "Out of Stock"
Don't forget $600 will get you a 15" laptop!
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