The Archos A5S and A5H revealed in the FCC documents look very similar to last year’s Archos 5 Internet media tablet, although the photos show a new white color for the A5S (shown above), and close-up shots of the A5H reveal what looks like a microSD slot and microUSB port. There’s no mistaking the Archos 5′s same gorgeous, 4.8-inch TFT display, though, which still gives us shivers (in a good way).
The FCC’s testing report shows both models sporting 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and an FM transmitter and receiver. What’s unclear is whether or not one of these models will support 3G mobile network connectivity, just like last year’s SIM-compatible Archos 5G. I wouldn’t bet against it, especially since all signs point to a September 15 Archos announcement for new devices running Google’s Android OS.
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In summary, a touch screen laptop with an apple logo and no keyboard.
I wouldnt think that textbook companies would want to start introducing digital textbooks, as they would be much easier to pirate than analog textbooks
I would buy a tablet PC for delivery of media — news, eBooks, TV, rented video, music, etc.
It has to be cheap, though.
What is the killer ap for tablets? We already have lots of e-book readers, media players, phones, TVs, iPods and other MP3 players, cameras, sound recorders, and laptops and netbooks. I just can’t see any one thing a tablet would do any better than any of these things, with one possible exception: data carrier. It should interface seamlessly with dozens, if not hundreds of other devices, like BlueTooth keyboards & mice, headsets, CD players (for ripping music or reading data). Students could carry all their textbooks on it, but also more than that: their Facebook data, address & phone book, saved email, school system login, wi-fi, medical records, school records — in short, their lives in digital form. There would need to be some _heavy_ security, including a way to lock it so all the info isn’t easily read by anyone else if it gets lost or stolen.
I don’t see anyone out there right now smart and agile enough to come up with a usable one of these.