Media-player manufacturer Archos is developing a portable tablet-phone that uses the Google Android operating system for wireless connectivity, voice and applications. The device is not a regular smartphone, but an Internet Media Tablet (IMT) that has mobile phone capabilities. A press release from Texas Instruments, described the device as ultra-thin at just 10mm- will support high-definition video playback as well as run the standard applications available for download through the Android Market. The Android IMT also has a 5-inch high-resolution touchscreen, up to 500GB storage. The new Archos Android device is said to be powered by a new Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) processor based on the same OMAP3 architecture that recently garnered the Palm Pre. The touch-screen device, soon to be known as the Internet Media Tablet, will be released in the 3rd quarter of 2009
Here’s more detailed specs from the press release:
*PC-like Internet experience enhanced by a high-resolution 5″ screen and full-width page viewing
*Adobe Flash(TM) and Flash Video(TM) support, full screen
*Access whenever and wherever to TV, movies, photos, music and games
*Uncompromised TV recording and High Definition (HD) playback, all formats
*Hundreds of hours of video storage, up to 500 GB
*Innovative design: compact 10-mm ultra-thin tablet
*Long battery life, 7 hours’ video playback
*3.5G 7.2 Mb/s HSUPA
*Laptop-like performance from the first implementation of OMAP3440 processor based on the ARM(R) Cortex(TM) superscalar microprocessor and DSP
Sadly, there’s no word on pricing.
