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ARCHOS 9PCtablet Making the Hands-On Rounds

By Alexander Grundner | September 9th, 2009 - 732 Views


ARCHOS 9PCtablet Engadget Hands-On

Both Engadget and Gizmodo were lucky enough to take the upcoming Windows 7 powered, Intel Atom toting ARCHOS 9PCtablet for a spin. Overall, everyone seems impressed by the form factor and performance, but with one caveat; the $499 ARCHOS 9PCtablet uses a non multi-touch resistive touchscreen as opposed to a capacitive one, which appeared to irk the reviewers for its inaccuracy.

My 2-cents: The form factor is awesome. I love the design — including the carrying case and accompanying ulta slim physical keyboard photographed by Engadget. While Window 7 is nice, I’d love to see ports of Android and Ubuntu MID making their way to this product. However, I think Archos is going to have a tough sell, if they can’t (or choose not to) swap out the resistive screen for a capacitive one before production. Side note regarding the built-in mouse: from what I’m seeing on devices using this setup with a left/right mouse button set on one side and a pin sized track pad on the other, is that miniature track pad is supposed to be used to easily scroll a page up and down with your thumb. You’re supposed to use your finger (or stylus) to tap areas of the screen to navigate around.

Quick Specs:
Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz processor
1GB of Memory
80GB HDD
Windows 7
9-inch touchscreen
Front facing 1.3MP camera
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet (via a dongle)
Weight: 800g (1.76lbs)

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  • I would love to get one of these but I can't for the life of me think of why I would need one (that is where the $499 price tag becomes a big issue)...
  • I've got my eye on the CrunchPad http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/tag/crunchpad/

    However, the ARCHOS 9PCtablet looks just as nice -- and possibly more powerful hardware-wise than the CrunchPad. $499 would probably be my limit, though, for a couch surfing device (I'm sure there's other uses, but that's the most likely one).
  • Resistive works just fine. Capacitative on 8.9" just does not exist. You need to calibrate resistive screens maybe the engadget reviewer did not try to calibrate it before using it.
  • Charbax thanks for the info. I know you follow ARCHOS development closely. On the Engadget post their was mention that the drivers for the display are still being worked on.
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