French supplier of electronic devices, Archos has chosen an exhibition CeBIT for the release of e-books with seven-inch color touch screen. Also at CeBIT they presented Arnova - their first tablet of the budget line. New items were displayed in the Planet Reseller pavilion, which can be attended only with an invitation.
A device for reading electronic books Archos 7ob has a seven-inch screen with resolution of 800x480 pixels, combined with a resistive touch panel. The configuration includes 4 GB flash memory which can be expanded via SDHC. In addition to reading (including materials in both PDF and EPUB), the unit provides playback of sound recordings and video recordings, as well as access to web-resources using a wireless Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. It also features USB port, which serves only to communicate with the PC (for charging the batteries you need to use the charger).
According to the manufacturer, one battery charge will power seven hours of video playback. When viewing web-pages the number goes up to eight hours, and you can read books for more than ten hours. Archos will cost $179 in US. The company also revealed the first phone in new line - Arnova - eight-inch tablet with Android 2.1, which will also cost $179. Sales of the tablet will start in three weeks.
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