March 30, 2009 by Tap
Back in February Archos announced that they were working on a new Android-based Internet Media Tablet (IMT) for release in Q3 2009. The company has just published its 2008 financial results which re-confirm the release if the IMT. Here, in slightly mangled English thanks to Google, is what the original French report had to say.
Telephone: ARCHOS to integrate telephony to its future multimedia Internet tablet. This new functionality to meet the needs of communication and entertainment in a single mobile device. This product will combine the mobile and Google Android the ARCHOS multimedia applications.
On all these axes, ARCHOS will deliver innovative products and efficient and to extend its supply and cover the segments between 50 € and 500 €. ARCHOS is as follows:
- launching a line of MP3 products to address a market that remains important in volume;
- distribute netBook efficient and competitive (10 ARCHOS launched in February 2009);
- start the third quarter Multimedia Internet Tablet with Android phones.
So there we have it. We should start to see the IMT from around about July and it should cost no more than 500 € - that's about £465 and $663. Sounds interesting although I'm not too sure about holding something similar to an Archos 5 or 7 to my ear. Hopefully the new IMT will come with Bluetooth so that you can use a headset.
Source: Archos via Electricpig