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Archos 70c e-reader clears the FCC

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news

You might recall from a couple weeks ago that the Archos 70c went up for pre-order on J&R. Yesterday this same e-reader showed up on the FCC website. I don’t have anything beyond this photo, unfortunately. The good stuff won’t be posted until mid-April. BTW, on Sunday I posted some pictures and a hands on [...]

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The Archos 70c e-reader marks the beginning of the end of Archos

February 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion

The Archos 70c e-reader showed up on J&R website yesterday, and this gave me an opportunity to write a post that I’ve been saving. Archos aren’t the company they used to be. I own an Archos 705, which was one of the last of Archos’ original designs. This was a media device based on a [...]

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Archos 70c now up for pre-order

February 5th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

J&R updated their website yesterday with a new product page for the Archos 70c. It’s listed for $149, but there’s no info on when it will be available. This is an e-reader, but it is an Android tablet running v2.1 with a 600MHz CPU, 7″ screen (800×480), Wifi, 4GB Flash, SD card slot, and an [...]

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