Connected Android™ device

Android™ is the application framework developed by Google for connected mobile devices, coming with a full pack of connected apps such as a web browser and email application. The 5 home screens of the Android user interface allow for advanced personalization: icons can be placed, moved or erased with just a flick of a finger. Thanks to the home screen widgets, users can instantly access their favorite applications.

Home streaming from your PC

The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet has Samba and UPnP protocols: this means that you play your movies, videos, and photos on your ARCHOS, but these files are really located on your computer in another room. You don’t need to store everything on your ARCHOS to enjoy viewing it on your ARCHOS!

Unique Android™ Multimedia Applications

On top of Android’s latest version, ARCHOS, still at the forefront of innovation, brings you exclusive applications: The internet tablets feature music, video and photo applications, developed by ARCHOS, that enrich the user experience with smooth browsing through the album covers and with widgets added to the home screen to give instant access and control to media. These unique Android™ applications allow users to amplify their digital experience. One of these functions, 3D album cover application, allows you to glide through your music by album covers. You can also make your own music playlists or browse your songs and music by favorites, recently played or recently added. 

Because you want to enjoy your videos and TV shows without re-encoding them with complicated software, ARCHOS makes your life easier by supporting audio and video formats beyond the standard ones of Android™. It can even display subtitles and alternate audio tracks, all you have to do is drag, drop, and play! 

What other functions were created for you? An internet connected Photo frame application with 3D transitions, and the ability to sync your pictures with your Facebook©, Picasa© or Flickr© account.

Fantastic music player

ARCHOS revolutionizes the portable music player segment by introducing a connected device at such a low price. What kind of device can you get with $100 or 100€: MP3 player with cropped video capabilities? The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet offers much more than that with just the video application. 
It has a new music application adding 3D cover animation support and the ability to add a mini music widget to the home screen, in order to control your music at any time. And as it is an ARCHOS music player, the ARCHOS 28 internet tablet is able to play all the music formats you’ll need to keep your digital music experience as simple as it should be.

Video player

Who doesn’t have a few minutes to watch a little video? The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet answers this need with its video player application that supports all the popular video formats.

Beautiful “Gallery” application

The ARCHOS internet tablets feature a nice “Gallery” application to beautifully display all your photos. You can start a slide show with transition effects, easily zoom in and out by double tapping on the screen, orshare pictures with family & friends over the Internet.

The power of a pocket computer

As the ARCHOS 28 internet tablet has a high speed processor, convenient pre-installed applications and WiFi connectivity, you no longer need to turn on your PC or borrow the family’s laptop to stay connected. The device starts instantly and you already online whereas you haven’t reached your PC yet.

Fast internet browsing

Surf the Web (with Flash 10 support*) as fast as with your computer, either to check what’s happening on your social network page or a quick and simple search with the Google search bar from the home screen; all of this from a small device held by your hand.

Email

There’s also an email application so you can stay in touch with all of your friends. Just login using one or several email accounts, the Android email application can handle them all.
You can also send email attachments or open them when you receive some.

3D graphics accelerator

The ARCHOS 28 internet tablet also features a graphics accelerator (3D OpenGL ES 2.0) to exploit the Android™ 3D capabilities such as live wallpapers, transitions effects and 3D games.

AppsLib

Just tap the Appslib icon on the home screen of the ARCHOS 28 internet tablet to immediately discover a large choice of Android™ apps to download for the widest variety of needs you might have. It's so easy and quick.

Applications to make your player what you want it to be

Via AppsLib store, you can download cool applications such as online music players (Deezer™, Mewbox™ & Napster™) or chat to stay in touch with your friends (Ebuddy™). As long as you have a WiFi connection, you can choose to fill your device with all the apps that suit your personal use. This is simply how we think a connected product should work.

Games

Additionally, this product has a superfast CPU withOpenGL 3D graphic acceleration and a g-sensor to offer you excellent performance for playing the latest3D games.