The ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet features a sleek and slim design, 5-inch high-resolution touch-screen, ultra-fast speeds of a PC, full-fledged Internet browser, 3D GPS navigation, integrated applications that rival Mobile Internet Devices, and far more capacity and flexibility. Up to 500GB of capacity ensures the ARCHOS 5 keeps up with the growth of consumer content, offering the ability to store Android applications along with hundreds of full-length HD movies, songs, photos and more.

"With the steady growth of mobile Internet adoption, easier ways to access the Internet and digital media, and an increasing need for device customization, ARCHOS brings it all together by integrating GPS, HD and the Android platform," said Henri Crohas, ARCHOS Chief Executive Officer. "Android offers to the consumer unlimited ways to customize the tablet with thousands of apps, all easily available on the device or through the AppsLib Store."

New AppsLib Store for Large-Screen Android Applications

ARCHOS also today introduced the AppsLib Store for unlimited access to free and paid applications developed specifically for the larger 5-inch touch screen display of the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet. Consumers can now access Android applications from the AppsLib Store through the ARCHOS 5 device and download in one-click, with the application resizing to fit the larger screen in portrait or landscape view.

In addition to accessing applications through the AppsLib Store, the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet will include several pre-installed Android apps, including the popular eBuddy instant messaging app, Twidroid for sending and receiving tweets, Craigsphone for posting or accessing classified ads, ThinkFree for viewing Microsoft(R) Office(TM) files, Quickpedia and much more.

High-performance Processor for Rich Mobile User Experiences

The five-inch ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet is built on Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI) (NYSE: TXN) OMAP(TM) 3 processor and leverages ARM's superscalar ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A8 architecture and other multimedia cores including the 2D/3D graphics hardware accelerator; IVA(TM) 2 video accelerator; and an Image Signal Processor (ISP) for unparalleled video and imaging performance. Built with full support for the Android platform, the OMAP 3 processor is optimized for low power and high performance.