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What resolution should I scan photos or film?

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:59:00 +0000

Download Scanning Calculator (Excel spreadsheet).

Reference: Dennis Curtin Short Courses Exploring Pixels and Colours (accessed 24th February 2012)

Roger Ley asks 'I scan 6"x4" photos on an Epson flatbed. What resolution should I scan at to 1) make A4 prints on a colour inkjet and 2) output to my computer screen.'
Answer: Download the scanning calculator Roger!

Kennis Chan asks 'What resolution should I scan 35mm on my Plustek OpticFilm to print out A4 size prints.
Answer: From the scanning calculator you need to scan at 3600dpi to make A4 prints at 300ppi output. Hint: the file size created will be 51.86 megabytes when scanning at 3600dpi but the printer only needs 25.31 megabytes file size to output to A4 size.

Android 3.0 'Honeycombe' - Coming to an Archos or Tablet soon!

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:54:00 +0000

View the Android 3.0 launch video (53 minutes)

USB B - Mini or Micro?

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:48:00 +0000

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Physical_appearance

Note: USB logo is on the bottom of the 2 micro-USB plugs but on the top of the other plugs (as shown above)

Anoto partner XMS Penvision signs agreement with Magicturk to sell Formidable Pen & Paper

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:49:00 +0000

Anoto Group AB - Company Announcement Anoto Group AB receives order worth EUR 300,000 to 500,000

Lund, November 18, 2010 - Anoto partner XMS Penvision, a leading digital pen & paper platform provider, has signed a framework agreement with Magicturk, which is estimated to bring Anoto EUR 1.5 million in revenue the next twelve months.

XMS Penvision has placed an initial order for Anoto digital pens worth between EUR 300,000 and 500,000 depending on the final outcome of the framework agreement. This initial order will be delivered to XMS Penvision within the next three months.

"We are very pleased with the collaboration with our partner XMS Penvision. This agreement could turn out to be one of the largest pen orders Anoto has received so far, and it further strengthens the future of Anoto technology within forms processing," says Torgny Hellström, CEO, Anoto group AB (publ).

The digital pens will be used primarily within banking, maintenance and healthcare, and will be distributed by XMS Penvision's partner Magicturk, the exclusive distributor of XMS Penvision's awarded platform "Formidable" in Turkey.

"We are very excited about this order. It once again shows that Anoto Digital Pen technology, together with our platform "Formidable", creates a solid platform to build successful business on," says Mats Beijer-Olsen, CEO, XMS Penvision.

About XMS Penvision XMS Penvision is an experienced digital pen & paper platform provider working through a dedicated worldwide partner network. The main product is an enterprise digital pen & paper platform called Formidable with built in technology from Anoto. The Formidable platform was awarded with the Most Innovative Solution Golden Pen Award at the Anoto Annual Partner Conference 2009 and is considered by many as the best digital pen & paper platform on the market.

C-Pen translates WHOLE paragraphs to many languages

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:06:00 +0000

C-Pen 3.0 & C-Pen 3.5 has a new Add-on called Google Translate. Run the C-Pen over text in a book, newspaper or magazine and immediately get the translation of the whole paragraph. Google Translate extends the power of C-Pen because until now the only translations available were word by word translations using C-Dictionary.

Megapixels Ltd and DataMind have been waiting for this whole paragraph translation feature for C-Pen since 1999!

C-Pen is available for sale from DataMind on the website here.

Example: I scanned some text from The Independent front page today and got the translation into Polish & Arabic.

Acer BeTouch E130 - due end November

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:59:00 +0000

Archos fans know Charbax for his enthusiastic Archos videos. Here he reviews the Acer BeTouch E130 at Computex 2010. The Acer E130 has Android 1.6 OS and looks a lot like a Blackberry.

Acer BeTouch E130 Smartphone is available from DataMind.

Compare Video play: Samsung Galaxy S v Acer Stream

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:34:00 +0000

Differences in playing Video between Samsung Galaxy S v Acer Stream via techboyarena who says:-

'I find that the Super AMOLED display on the Samsung Galaxy S is much much better than the AMOLED display on the Acer Stream'

View the first video below. What do you think? I'd say only marginal differences between the two phones when playing videos although maybe the Samsung looks a 'sharper', better contrast image. I'm not so sure if its significantly so.

via AndroidHDblog.it who says:-

'Galaxy S v Acer Stream in two tests: 55 v 40 and 26 v 10 frames per second, Acer Stream phone is a good phone but the Acer Stream User Interface (UI) is not as good as Google Android 2.1 Eclair UI'

DataMind sell Acer Stream & Samsung Android Smartphones.

Google Android overtakes iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:31:00 +0000

source: Marketing Week & Fortune
Global sales of phones using the Google Android mobile operating platform have overtaken iPhone sales, according to new figures.

Figures from analyst Gartner reveal that Google Android’s market share has overtaken Apple’s iPhone.

Android’s share of the smartphone market has leapt to 17.2% from 1.8% a year ago while Apple’s share is 14.2%.

Smartphone sales: What the pie charts don't show, however, is that these are shares of a rapidly expanding universe. Mobile phone sales to end users grew 13.8% year over year according to Gartner, and smartphone sales accounted for 19% of them, a 50.5% increase.

Full Gartner report. I've included some excerpts here:-

Gartner, Egham, UK, August 12, 2010 — Worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 325.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, a 13.8 percent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales to end users accounted for 19 percent of worldwide mobile device sales, an increase of 50.5 percent from the second quarter of 2009.

“Crucially the sudden growth in media tablets, such as the Apple iPad, did not appear to hold back smartphone sales. We believe that most tablet users still feel the need for a truly pocketable, yet highly capable, device for those situations when it's inconvenient to carry a device with a larger form factor,”

Apple’s mobile device sales reached 8.7 million units or a 2.7 percent share of the overall mobile device market, but a 14.2 percent of the smartphone market. Apple maintained its No. 7 position in the worldwide mobile device market and held the No. 3 position in the worldwide smartphone market.

Advantages of Android over iPhone4

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:58:00 +0000

main source: Smartphone Essentials, issue 103 & other sources (see links)

On June 24th 2010 iPhone4 went on sale. What are the advantages of Android over iPhone 4?

"It is Google's Android OS (not that of Nokia, Blackberry or Palm) that is shaping up to be iPhone's biggest rival when it comes to setting the agenda in smartphones" Smartphone Essentials, issue 103.

Screen Resolution

http://theiphonefever.blogspot.com/2010/05/iphone-4g-screen-multimedia-flop.html

Since 2004 the French company Archos have developed portable multimedia players. Now on their 6th Generation, Archos 5 Internet Tablet player has 800 x 480 pixels screen (~16:10 ratio) in a 4.8'' diagonal (L x H: 4.07" x 2.54") TFT LCD. This display has (by my calculations) ~192 pixels per inch (ppi).

The Acer Liquid (3.5" diagonal screen) and Stream (3.7" diagonal) smartphones have WVGA (wide VGA) screens at 800 x 480 pixels. They have the same ~16:10 ratio as Archos 5 but because the screens are smaller they pack in more pixels. The Acer Liquid has 266 ppi in the L x H 3" x 1.8" screen whilst the Acer Stream has 252 ppi (3.17" x 1.9" screen).

The iPhone 3 screen has a 480 x 320 pixels (3:2 ratio) in a 3.5" diagonal (L x H: 2.913"x1.942") display which has 165 ppi.

The iPhone4 screen has 960 x 460 pixels (~17:8 ratio by my calcs) in a 3.5" diagonal (L x H: ~3"x1.4" by my calcs) display which has 326 ppi (Apple's spec)

So the iPhone4 (326 ppi) has double the pixels per inch of iPhone3 (165ppi), 70% more than the Archos 5 display, 29% more than Acer Stream and 22% more than Acer Liquid.

In excess of the 'Retina Display' 300ppi, the retina ceases to make out individual pixels on the screen, claims Apple. Samsung says (Smartphone Essentials issue 103) that the increase from 250ppi to 300+ppi gives a 3 to 5% improvement in readability but at the cost of a 30% greater power consumption. The picture (from Apple's website) shown above, comparing iPhone3 v iPhone4 screen suggests that it would have been nigh-on impossible to read text on the iPhone3. But how many iPhone3 or Archos 5 users have said screen resolution was a problem?

Is iPhone4 stuffed with unnecessary pixels (hence reducing battery power without a noticeable benefit to readability or has Apple stolen a march over Archos 5 and the Acer Smartphones?

Update 7th August 2010: The Register 'Bryan Jones a retinal neuroscientist says that Apple's claim that the "Retina display's pixel density is so high, your eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels" is true.

Processor
The iPhone4 has a faster Apple A4 processor (the one used in the iPad) but Apple don't say in their technical specs page whether it will actually run at 1 Gigahertz (1Gz) as on the iPad. Which probably means that it doesn't.

Camera
The iPhone4 camera has been upgraded from iPhone3 three megapixels (MP) to 5 megapixels which will allow good quality A4 prints (at 300ppi) rather than just A5 prints from a 3MP camera. That is an improvement but many Android Smartphones already have a 5MP camera eg Acer Stream. The iPhone has a x5 digital (not optical zoom as in SLR cameras). Used at maximum zoom this will give pictures that cannot be printed to A5 size due to noticeable pixelation. The built in LED flash is useful under certain lighting conditions - but I prefer using natural lighting whenever possible. The iPhone4 has a VGA quality front camera (800 x 600 pixels) or 0.5 megapixels adequate only to print 3"x2" passport size quality (at 300ppi) prints.

HD Video Recording

The iPhone4 now supports HD video recording which means 1,280 × 720 pixels (720p) up to 30 frames per second (fps) with audio. This compares with SD (Standard Definition) 704 pixels × 480 (480p) which is the usual 16:9 aspect ratio of SD television in the UK. The iPhone3 had VGA video recording.

External Antennae issues
The iPhone 4 has a steel casing which doubles up as an external antennae with cellular on one half of the phone and WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS on the other. Unfortunately complaints about the iPhone 4's reception surfaced within hours of its debut, as buyers complained that touching the external antenna -- embedded in a steel band that encircles the case - often resulted in dropped calls or caused the signal strength indicator to plummet. Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 a certain way could weaken the signal, but told consumers to hold their phones differently or buy a case. Later Apple offered iPhone4 customes a free bumper case. The public relations black eye caused by the reception problems was compared, by a Microsoft executive, to the launch of Windows Vista (says Smartphone Essentials, issue 103).

'The iPhone hardware is still among the best, but the software still lags behind' Smartphone Essentials, issue 103.

More about the hardware features iPhone4 doesn't have at iphonefever.

More about the software soon in my next blog....

Acer Stream Reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:41:00 +0000

Acer Stream was reviewed by GSMArena on 3rd August 2010. With regard to multimedia performance of the Acer Stream they comment:-

Acer Stream competes with HTC Desire
stronger multimedia features than Google Nexus One
MicroHDMI video out port with 720 pixels (720p) support delivers HD video to compatible external displays
3.7" capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (800 x 480) resolution; multi-touch support
Videos are captured in 1280 x 720 pixel resolution (720p) video recording at 24 fps

amount of resolved detail is below 720p standards, closer to WVGA (800 x 480) standard.

clips have high noise levels

Continuous auto-focus is flawed leading to bad focus lock in most videos.

magenta tint
videos stored in 3GP format with heavy compression and lots of visible artifacts.
some dropped or doubled frames
videos can appear choppy

download a full untouched 720p video sample by the Acer Stream.

XviD video support up to 720p
Dolby Mobile; dedicated multimedia keys
Two video players to watch videos

nemoPlayer
stock Android player - DivX videos cannot run to 720p, XviD had no problem.

Competitors

Motorola MILESTONE XT720

8 megapixel camera with xenon flash, 720p video recording at 24 fps, HDMI port.

Google Nexus One & HTC Desire - 5 megapixel cameras and Froyo (Android 2.2) upgrades enable 720p video recording.

Amazon says eBooks outsell hardback books for the first time

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:50:00 +0000

Amazon report that in the second quarter 2010 it sold 143 ebooks for every 100 hardback books. Amazon Kindle ebook reader price fell from £200 to £149 (3G+Wifi) or £109 (Wifi) in June 2010 and concommitantly sales of ebooks have risen threefold. But less than 10% of US population own an ebook reader so it will be several years before ebooks outgrow sales of paperbacks and hardbacks. source: Computer Shopper (October 2010).

What size can the photos be printed up to after using a Plustek 35mm film scanner?

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:48:00 +0000

What size can the photos be printed up to for good quality after using a Plustek 35mm film scanner? asked Claire. In short you need a 3600dpi film scanner for A4 or A3 size prints and a 7200dpi film scanner for A3 size prints when the film is cropped. Here are my calculations:

35mm film is 36mm (1.41") horizontal x 24mm (0.94") vertical.

For high quality prints you need to print out typically using 300 pixels per inch.

An A4 print (11.7" x 8.3") needs:-

11.7" x 300 pixels = 3510 pixels horizontal
8.3" x 300 pixels = 1692 pixels vertical

An A3 print (16.5" x 11.7") needs:-

16.5" x 300 pixels = 4950 pixels horizontal
11.7" x 300 pixels vertical = 3510 pixels vertical.

The optical resolution dpi (dots per inch) of film scanners varies. Both horizontal and vertical pixels must be sufficient to give high quality prints.

1800dpi film scanner

1800 x 1.41" = 2538 pixels horizontal (insufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)
1800 x 0.94" = 1692 pixels vertical (sufficient pixels to print to A4 size, insufficient for A3 size)

3600dpi film scanner

3600 x 1.41" = 5076 pixels horizontal (sufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)
3600 x 0.94" = 3384 pixels vertical (sufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)

Rarely do you want to print to larger than A3 size so why are some film scanners 7200dpi optical resolution? The reason is that if you crop your film you will have less film to be scanned and therefore need the 7200dpi resolution. For example, if you crop your film by 50% then:-

7200dpi film scanner

7200 x 1.41"/2 = 5076 pixels horizontal (sufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)
7200 x 0.94"/2 = 3384 pixels vertical (sufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)

3600dpi film scanner

3600 x 1.41"/2 = 2538 pixels horizontal (insufficient pixels to print to A3 or A4 size)
3600 x 0.94"/2 = 1692 pixels vertical (sufficient pixels to print to A4 size, insufficient for A3 size)

Download the Excel spreadsheet Scanning Calculator by Dennis Curtin at shortcourses.com for:-

pixels required per inch of print (as above)
file sizes (depends on colour or bit depth of the scan eg 24 or 36 bit depth)

Amazon Kindle - Amazons' vision is to have every book written all available in under 60 seconds'

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:28:00 +0000

What is a smartphone?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:47:00 +0000

Share of 2010 Q1 smartphone sales
to end users by operating system,
according to Gartner.

A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic 'feature phone'. Smartphones and feature phones may be thought of as handheld computers integrated within a mobile telephone, but while most feature phones are able to run applications based on platforms such as Java, a smartphone allows the user to install and run more advanced software applications ('Apps' eg Android Market) based on a complete operating system such as Google Android, Symbian, Blackberry RIM, Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows mobile or Linux.

Simon - the first
Smartphone in 1992

The very first smartphone was designed by IBM in 1992. This phone called 'Simon' contained a calendar, address book, calculator, note pad, e-mail world clock, games and fax with a touch screen instead of buttons.

So what can be called a smartphone? A smartphone can be defined as:

“a mobile phone that provides additional information accessing features. Any mobile telephone that combines voice services with e-mail, fax, pager or Internet access is called a smart phone” (by CEVA).
or

"Electronic handheld device that integrates the functionality of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other information appliance".
or

"a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality. There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. ..."

Acer Stream
runs on Android

Today’s smartphones have Internet access, high speed downloads & uploads (High-Speed Downlink & Uplink Packet Access - HSDPA & HSUPA) and Bluetooth connectivity. They also enable you to edit your information on-the-go including presentations. An Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed so you can view PDFs. That is just the tip of the iceberg, with many note taking & recording applications also available.

Archos 5 Internet Tablet
runs Android OS also
used in Smartphones

Current smartphones also go beyond simple information access, and into the realms of entertainment; some of the larger-screened phones are almost akin to dedicated portable media players such as the Archos 5. Many smartphones also include games pre-installed on the device, or available through an application market after sale. Video and audio playing applications are present on most phones these days, so you can have your phone, mp3 player and work documents all on one handy device.

Smartphones are, in essence just super mobile phones. You can call and text just as you can on a normal mobile phone, but there is so much more available. With the added functionality and the dedicated operating system also comes customisability which is just not possible on a conventional phone – the look and feel can be changed completely, as seen in our blog ‘What is Android?’

Sound good? Have a look at the range of smartphones available from Datamind.

What is Android?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:00 +0000

Android is an open-source mobile platform based on the operation system Linux, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. The world's first Android-powered phone was announced by T-Mobile on September 23^rd, 2008 with the G1 available to consumers on October 22^nd. The Android source code was made available on 21^st September 2008. Obviously, Android is a fairly new operating system (Windows Mobile appeared in 2003, and Symbian OS 6 was released in 2001) however this does not mean it is inferior. Quite the opposite, as the platform has been built from scratch to work with the newest touch screen devices.

Android Inc. says “it was built to be truly open”, allowing developers to create their own applications and make them available on the Android Market and which can be downloaded direct to the phone. Since there are more than 70,000 apps currently available on Android Market; with Android you are spoilt for choice. Also, being created partly by Google means that Android integrates easily with all of Google’s own products, such as Gmail and Maps.

In addition to the huge array of apps, the open-source nature of the platform means that new technologies and features can quickly be added to the system and taken advantage of. The newest version of Android is V2.2, called Froyo, and from the improvements we can see just how useful this open-source platform is. Announced updates include:

Up to 5x faster than Android 2.1 (Éclair)
Dedicated shortcuts on the home screen
Multiple keyboard languages
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot capability

So you have a mobile platform which is getting better all the time, with more apps than you could ever need. What else? Well, one of the problems with conventional mobile platforms is that everyone’s looks the same. You can change the colour, maybe change the desktop wallpaper. However, with Android’s open-source system if you’re not happy with something then chances are someone, somewhere, has come up with a fix. A quick search reveals that you can completely change the feel of your system, get new themes or even down to getting a new style of clock on the home screen.

Android say on their website:

“With devices built on the Android Platform, users are able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They can swap out the phone's homescreen, the style of the dialler, or any of the applications. They can even instruct their phones to use their favourite photo viewing application to handle the viewing of all photos”.

As you saw in our previous blog, Android is expected to rapidly increase their market share and with the features, apps and advances of Android it is not all that surprising!

Acer Android Smartphones & Archos Android Tablets

Acer Smartphones with Android | Archos 5 Internet Tablet & Archos 7 & 8 Home Tablets | Compare specs Android Acer v HTC Smartphones v Archos Tablets (xls file)

Portions of this page are reproduced from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

Archos 7 Home Tablet and the Android Market

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Android Summary

Android is Google's operating system for mobile devices based on ARM architecture. Android is a competitor to the Nokia Symbian platform, Apple's iOS for the iPhone and Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Windows Phone for mobile devices all based on ARM architecture.

Android Market Share

Smartphone Market Share for Android (wikipedia):- By Q2 2009, Android had 2.8% market share of the worldwide smartphone market rising to 3.5% in Q3 2009, 5.2% in November 2009, 9% in February 2010 and 13% in May 2010, only 0.2% behind Microsoft. Android's Q1 2010 US was 28% share surpassing the 21% iPhone share. In June 2010 Android was getting 160,000 new users per day up from 100,000 per day in May 2010.

In October, 2009, Gartner Inc. predicted that by 2012, Android would become the world's second most popular smartphone platform, behind Nokia's Symbian OS, BlackBerry would fall from 2nd to 5th place, iPhone would remain in 3rd place and Microsoft's Windows Mobile would remain in 4th place.

Android also competes with Blackberry for use in smartphones, tablets, portable media players and book e-readers.

Archos 7 Home Tablet (now in stock at DataMind.co.uk) has an Android 1.5 (Cupcake) operating system - released by Google in April 2009. Android 2.1 (Eclair) released January 2010 has support for more screen sizes and resolutions.

Richard asked DataMind.co.uk today "Do you know if Archos 7 Home Tablet 8gb can be upgraded to android 2.1 or if there's a way of getting marketplace onto it?"

Android 2.1 Eclair

Android 1.5 Cupcake

The Android Market is an online software store developed by Google for Android devices (wikipedia). An application program ("app") called "Market" is preinstalled on some Android devices and allows users to browse and download apps published by third-party developers, hosted on Android Market. Android market emphasis is on smartphones. Minimal hardware requirements for submissions include : GPS, compass, 2-MP autofocus camera, 3-axis accelerometer and 9 physical buttons.

Android devices are listed in Wikipedia including Smartphones (Acer, HTC etc), Tablet Computers incl. PMP (Archos 5 IT, Archos 7 Home Tablet etc) & E-Reader devices.

AppsLib is for Archos devices and tablets that are running Android. AppsLib has Social, Games, Multimedia etc applications.

ArchosFans post Operation Unbrickable: The quest for Google Apps has information about running Android apps on Archos 7 Home Tablet (A7HT) including Android Market, Gmail, GMaps, Google Talk and Google Calendar but Abobe Flash will not work.

Archos 8 Home Tablet

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:54:00 +0000

www.Data-Mind.co.uk are taking pre-orders (no credit card details required now) for Archos 8 Home Tablet 4gb.

A pre Cebit show German Archos press release states that the Archos 8 Home Tablet 4gb is for sale in May at 149 Euros:-

"ARCHOS 8 Home Tablet

With a large 8-inch touch screen makes the "ARCHOS 8 Home Tablet" primarily for surfing the Internet for web services and video playback. The Home Tablet can also be used as a digital picture frame.

With only 12 mm in height and less than 400 grams of weight, is the "ARCHOS 8" a product that can be used as a digital picture frame and as a mobile video player or Internet browser.

The "ARCHOS 8 Home Tablet" will be available from May 2010 with 4 GB to a suggested retail price of 149 euros."

ARCHOS Home Slate - A70HB

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:31:00 +0000

Archos press release at cebit show - ARCHOS Home Slate - A70HB

Pre-order at www.Data-Mind.co.uk

Archos 5 Internet Tablet - press release at Cebit show

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:24:00 +0000

Archos 5 Internet Tablet - press release at Cebit show. Android OS - 5" screen.

Archos 5 IT available in stock at www.Data-Mind.co.uk from £199.

Archos 9 Internet Tablet - press release at Cebit

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:20:00 +0000

Archos 9 Press Release. Runs Windows 7 with a 9" screen

Archos 9 Internet Tablet available in stock now at www.Data-Mind.co.uk here for £429.

Archos 7 Android born - named as Archos 7 Home Tablet at Cebit show

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:49:00 +0000

Pre-Order Now the Archos 7 Home Tablet for shipment worldwide during April or May!

DataMind inadvertently released news of the 'foetal' Archos 7 Android (codename A70K) on January 27th 2010. The previous day DataMind had received a Powerpoint file from an Archos distributor. The distributor had been given the file by an unnamed person who had failed to explain to the distributor that the Archos 7 Android Powerpoint was in fact under embargo until Cebit.

The Powerpoint slide as reported by Archosfans

On the 28th January Archos UK phoned DataMind and requested we pull the news from our site because, as DataMind then learnt, the information was under embargo. DataMind immediately acceded to their request. But by this time the Archos 7 Android news, via ArchosFans, was in the Blogosphere and reported by Stuff.tv, Crunchgear, Carrypad, Wirefresh, T3, Engadget, Gizmodo, i4u, imp3.net (japanese) and cnetfrance (french) amongst other bloggers.

Entirely coincidently and perhaps fortuitously on 27th February Apple iPad was announced worldwide by Steve Jobs. As people were discussing the WiFi iPad specs they were also comparing it to the less expensive Archos 7 Android that was 'leaked' the same day! The iPad 16gb has a 9.7" diagonal screen with 1GHz, WiFi & Bluetooth and a slated £350 - over twice the price of Archos 7 Home Tablet.

Originally DataMind posted the news on ArchosFans.com on 27 January but the Archos 7 Android news spread like wildfire on the internet so we had hundreds of links to "DataMind "Archos 7 Android"" within a week and 19,000 links to the officially unannounced "Archos 7 Android". If a leak was to occur any Archos PR machine couldn't have paid for a better timing of Archos 7 Android 'leaked news'!

Now 6 weeks later Archos shows the device at the huge Cebit Germany show - the Archos 7 Home Tablet was 'born' on 2nd March 2010. The Archos UK site also features the product.

Archos 7 Home Tablet image courtesy of Archos via cnet.com

image: aving.net

Archos 7 Home Tablet is available to Pre-Order Now for £129.99 incl.vat (no credit card details are taken when you pre-order) at www.Data-Mind.co.uk

Why is Archos 7 Home Tablet such great value?

At 2 minutes Charbax (probably the worlds greatest exponent of Archos devices!) does a great job of explaining why the Archos 7 Home Tablet 2gb at £130 inc.vat ($179/Euro 149) is 20% less expensive than the equivalent Archos 5 Internet Tablet Android.

DataMind sells the 8gb Archos 5 Internet Tablet for £200 inc.vat. Assuming a gb costs an extra £6 you'd expect a 2gb model to sell for £165. The Archos 7 Home Tablet uses a slower 600 mhz processor (ARM 9 Rockchip 2808 processor running at 600 mhz) than the faster 800mhz processor used in the Archos 5 Internet Tablet (OMAP 3440 ARM Cortex A8 800mhz).

DataMind sell the Archos 7 Home Tablet for £130 - thats 20% (£35) less than an equivalent Archos 5 Internet Tablet but with a screen size increased from 5" to 7" diagonal.

JKK Mobile reviews Archos 7 Home Tablet from Cebit too:-

Pre-Order Now the Archos 7 Home Tablet for shipment worldwide during April or May!

Chat with Charbax about Archos 7 Home Tablet on the ArchosFans Forum and spec.

Archos 9 - more stock available at Data-Mind.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:46:00 +0000

DataMind will be getting further stock of Archos 9 at Data-Mind.co.uk (£470 inc.vat) on Wednesday 16th December for shipment to arrive to UK customers on Thursday 17 December 2009. Just in time for Xmas!

Archos 9 runs on Windows 7 with a 60gb hard disk and 9" screen and plays multimedia including HD video.

Archos 1 budget mp3 player

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Following on from the Archos Clipper, Vision 2 and Vision 3 is the £30 Archos Vision 1. The 1.5-inch LCD screen lack video support but does support MP3, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, music files and plays continuously for 20 hours at a single charge. 4gb device available end November 2009.

The cheapest 4GB 1.5" (128×128 resolution) Mp3 player in the world, positioned at 4x cheaper than the ipod nano and weighing 28g.

Whats the difference between Archos 2 and Archos 2 vision?

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:33:00 +0000

Archos 2 vision

Archos 2

Availability: Archos 2 is no longer available whilst Archos 2 vision is in stock at DataMind now!
Spec: with Archos 2 vision view and store images. You can't view images on Archos 2

only the 8gb is available not 16gb

Colour: Archos 2 vision available in red and chocolate brown, Archos 2 in white, black and purple

Feature Differences	Archos 2 vision	Archos 2
Plays WAV	Yes	No
Tactile slider	browse lists, control volume by caressing screen	buttons
Screen	2" - 220 x 176 pixels	1.8" - 128 x 160 pixels
Weight	38g	50g
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Archos Android Phone Tablet

noreply@blogger.com (crabsallover) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:41:00 +0000

Archos has an Android Phone Tablet via PMPToday

Available from Data-Mind.co.uk probably Q1 2010

Sat, Sep 26, 2009Archos, Mobile Phone
As PMPToday advise today: a very, very interesting announcement today from Archos. No official name for the Phone Tablet yet but it’s touchscreen, shiny and equipped with a 1GHz ARM Cortex processor. It will be official unveiled with features and everything at the next CES. Other known features include 3.5G connectivity and a big 4.3-inch screen supporting an 854 x 480 resolution, also a 10mm slimness.

Archos - Android Smartphone - introduced by Mr Rochas - to be launched at CES in Las Vegas, January 2010