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Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Google Android officially launched

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has been promised for ages and now it's finally here. Besides running Google's Android OS, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet's

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has been promised for ages and now it’s finally here.

Besides running Google’s Android OS, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet’s comes in several flavours with a range of hard drives up to 500GB. It also has GPS, WiFi and access to Archos’s AppsLib app store.

The homescreens on the Archos 5 Internet Tablet are totally customisable and unlike the iPhone, the Archos 5 supports Flash. It’s basic 8GB version will set you back £199 with prices juming up to £379.99 for the top of the line model.

Hop over to the blogs now for our first hands-on with the Archos 5 Internet Tablet and see its current competition in our Portable Video Top 10.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home