One of the more intriguing devices that we’ve been waiting to find out more about is the Archos 9 Slate UMPC [Portal page]. Have a look at Chippy’s hands on, straight from IDF 2009:
Looks pretty darn slick if you ask me. I’m really happy to see the optical mouse; it will definitely improve usability over having just the touchscreen for input. Don’t forget – this thing is running Windows 7. I’m pretty disappointed to see a lack of physical keyboard on the Archos 9. No keyboard physical means some seriously reduced usability for normal computing applications, but the nice inline stand could make this a nice table-top media device. If you carried this puppy around with a foldable BT keyboard, you’d have a very slick piece of kit for mobile computing.
I think I’d personally rather see this device running a custom OS with polished touch based software and a reasonable price. The price hasn’t been announced yet, but Chippy puts the unit around 600 Euros, available pretty soon. More info as we get it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 am
New article: Chippy goes hands-on with a video overview of the sleek Archos 9! http://cli.gs/4R6sp
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
That is looking sweet. The price might be an issue, €600 for a 32GB SSD isn’t too bad I guess but if its that price for a crappy HDD version the no thanks I’ll buy a viliv.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
As far as I remember, Archos was saying that the price should be in Netbook range – around 450 EUR – probably for the entry level device.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Chippy goes hands-on with a video overview of the sleek Archos 9! http://bit.ly/1725gY
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
The device looks beautiful. And I also like the on-screen keyboard. If not for functionality, for design(yea I know how weird that sounds).
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:58 am
http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/09/chippy-goes-hands-on-with-a-video-overview-of-the-sleek-archos-9/
February 3rd, 2011 at 8:23 pm
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