Archos Internet 43 8GB Black Datasheet

A connected Android™ palm-sized tablet at only 199€/$199

A simple tap. Just a simple tap on the home screen of the ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet and you’ll be accessing all the major functions you need throughout the day wherever you are: HD video playback, games, apps, emails and full Internet browsing. It’s as simple as a tap.

In a few words:

Ultimate sleek design

An incredibly thin device with beautifully rounded lines, this device sports a large 4.3” touchscreen and g-sensor. Thanks to its patented technology with overmoulded stainless steel structure it weighs only 130 gr and is 10 mm thin.

Connected Android™ tablet

A connected mobile device with a sublime user interface, 3D graphic s accelerator and WiFi connectivity.

The best portable HD* video playback experience anywhere

The large and sharp 4.3” high resolution touchscreen guarantees an unequalled comfort of view for movies and TV shows in HD quality.

Built-in HD* camcorder

Film important moments of your life and share them on the Internet or display them on TV with the built-in HDMI connection.

A revolutionary pocket computer with built-in WiFi

The Web browsing experience with the Android™ browser is intuitive and complete thanks to

Flash 10 TM ** compatibility. Get the latest news, send both personal and professional emails and chat with your friends.

Your own world of Android™ applications

Play the latest 3D games with the OpenGL 3D graphic acceleration, check news and social networks plus add hundreds more applications via the AppsLib store.

The ultimate sleek design and a remarkable screen

Experience a new form of design with the

ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet . You’ll be amazed by its incredible thinness of 9 mm (0.35 inch) and its light weight of only 130 g making it so easy to carry with you. Its design is also about seduction. Its beautiful rounded lines make it a real delight for the eyes and its shape is designed to fit perfectly in your hand. But what would this magnificent object be without a brilliant screen? The large 4.3” touchscreen with gsensor lets you experience a never-seenbefore viewing quality. The 854 x 480 pixels high-resolution display is so sharp that you can fully enjoy your pictures’ smallest details.

In addition to the HD resolution, the 16:9 format is just perfect for rendering all your videos in the best quality. And you can comfortably enjoy your movies or TV shows using the leg stand to prop it up on your lap or table.

Connected Android™ device

Android™ is the application framework developed by Google for connected mobile devices, coming with a full pack of connected apps such as a web browser and email application. The 5 home screens of the

Android user interface allow advanced personalization: icons can be placed, moved or erased with just a flick of a finger. Thanks to the home screen widgets, users can instantly access their favorite applications.

ARCHOS products also feature a graphical accelerator (3D OpenGL ES 2.0) to exploit

Android™ 3D capabilities such as live wallpapers, transitions effects and 3D games.

The best portable HD* video playback experience anywhere

ARCHOS, the recognized expert in portable video devices offers you yet again the latest innovations in terms of video playback. Benefit from an unequalled comfort of view on a hand held device with the large and sharp 4.3” touchscreen. With the industry’s widest range of supported video formats, you’ll be sure to enjoy all your movies or TV shows, even those in HD quality*. Also, it’s simple to share your movies with your friends or family on your home TV in HD quality thanks to the built-in

HDMI output connector (HDMI cable in option) . You will also be able to enjoy the

Android TM interface on your TV screen. You will discover a new way to play games on TV,

your device becomes your gamepad. In addition, whether you are sharing your photos and videos on the sofa with your friends or to a room full of people on a TV, you can show high definition images that are so crisp, an individual pixel will be impossible to see!

A revolutionary pocket computer with built-in WiFi

Connect the ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet to your WiFi network and you will be able to do just about everything that you do on your home PC, wherever you are. You will be able to surf the real web, not a scaled-down mobile version of the Internet thanks to

Flash 10 TM ** support which let you access to all your favorite websites.

You’ll benefit from a full width and superfast display of the web pages with the high resolution screen (854 x 480 pixels) and the high-speed processor running at 1 GHz. The browsing experience is made even more intuitive with the

Android TM browser. Tap a part of the text that you’re interested in and the display will be automatically resized to the paragraph you want to read. You can also easily check your emails at any moment with the Android TM email client which gives you the possibility to manage all your email accounts (Gmail,

Yahoo!, etc). Want to be connected anywhere? Just plug your mobile phone equipped with 3.5 G &

Bluetooth™ technology, simply pair it up to your

ARCHOS 43 internet tablet via Bluetooth™ or even via

USB cable. This will give you easy access to

Internet directly on your device anytime and anywhere. There’s no need to pay an extra fee when you already have a data service plan***.

The ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet has Samba and UPnP protocols: this means that you play your movies, videos, and photos on your ARCHOS, but these files are really located on your computer in another room.

You don’t need to store everything on your

ARCHOS to enjoy viewing it on your ARCHOS! Your files fly through the air over WiFi. The ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet is the small and convenient portable

Capture your greatest memories with the built-in HD* camcorder and share them on the Web

Be sure not to miss the important moments of your life anywhere you are with the built-in 2 megapixel HD camcorder of the ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet . Whether you’re taking movies or photos, the quality is just amazing thanks to the HD support. The images show clear and crisp details. Once your memories have been recorded, share them with the world through your social networks or email. Or just display them on your home TV with the built-in HDMI connection.

computer that you’ve always dreamed about.

Your own world of Android TM applications

Just tap the Appslib icon on the home screen of the ARCHOS 43 internet tablet to immediately discover a large choice of

Android TM apps to download for the widest variety of needs you might have. Want to check the weather, the latest news, your social network account or read ebooks?

Simply select the app and it will be available in a couple of seconds. Additionally, this product has a superfast CPU with OpenGL

3D graphic acceleration and a g-sensor to offer you excellent performance for playing the latest 3D games found on the Appslib.

Capacity

Display

Application Framework

Processor

Video playback 1

Audio Playback 1

Photo viewer 4

Subtitles

Technical specifications

Video recording & picture taking

Applications

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Internal: 8 & 16 GB**** flash memory

External: Micro SD Slot (SDHC compatible)

High resolution 4.3” TFT LCD

480 x 854 pixels (FWVGA)

16 million colors

Touch screen

Android 2.2 Froyo*****

ARM Cortex A8 at 1 GHz with DSP

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Graphic accelerator: 3D OpenGL ES 2.0

MPEG-4 2 HD (up to 720p, 30 fps@6Mbps)

MPEG-4 2 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution, 30 fps@8Mbps)

H.264 HD ([email protected] up to 720p, 30 fps@5Mbps)

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WMV9/VC1 (AP up to 720p 30 fps@10Mbps)

Motion JPEG in VGA resolution

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Cinema: MPEG2 (up to DVD resolution MP/D1, 30 fps@10 Mbps)

With the above codecs, the device can play video files with the following extensions: AVI, MP4,

MKV, MOV, WMV, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, FLV, RM, RMVB, ASF, 3GP

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Stereo MP3 CBR & VBR, WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC 3 , AAC+ stereo audio files, Flac and OGG Vorbis.

With optional software plug-ins (downloadable from your tablet or on www.archos.com:

• Cinema: AC3 stereo audio

JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Support subtitles files with .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub extensions, MKV / VOB embedded subtitles

HD Camcorder: 2 MP - recording format: 720p H264 / AAC .MP4

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Webbrowser, Email, Contacts, Appslib, Touitter, Wikipedia, Weather Channel, Ebuddy,

Deezer, Mewbox (UK), Napster (US), Racing Thunderlight, Weather Channel, World Newspaper

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U SB 2.0 Device

USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) (adapter micro B/A sold separately)

Communication protocols

Miscellaneous

Power source

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HDMI output 5 (Mini HDMI / HDMI cable sold separately)

WiFi (802.11 b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 EDR

Built-in speaker

Built-in leg stand

G-sensor

Built-in microphone

Internal: Lithium Polymer battery

Device charges via computer USB port

Music playback time 6 : up to 36 hours

Video playback time 6 : up to 10 hours

Web browsing 6 : up to 12 hours

Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated

Dimensions & weight

Minimum system requirements

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Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com

and updated via USB mass storage

135 x 65 x 9 mm – 5.3” x 2.6” x 0.4”

130 grams – 4.6 oz

Microsoft ® Windows ® XP, Vista, 7 or higher

Mac

Linux

USB 2.0 interface

ARCHOS 4 3 internet tablet , earphones, Standard USB cable, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice.

* Maximum resolution = 1280 x 720 pixels. / ** Only available on Android TM 2.2 Froyo / ***The function of relaying your internet connection may not be authorized by your mobile phone operator or may require a special data plan option. Please refer to your contract. / ****1 GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less. / ***** Available in October 2010

1/ Certain bitrates, resolutions, and/or file variations may not be compatible.

2/ MPEG-4 ASP@L5 AVI (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group; AVI: audio/video file container by

Microsoft) without GMC and Quarter Pixel.

3/ Does not read AAC protected files.

4/ Certain resolutions and file sizes may not be compatible.

5/ External video output disabled for Macrovision ® -protected contents.

6/ Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. Test run with low backlight.

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