A brand new model of the Archos 5 Internet media tablet emerged on B&H on the first of September, after making a preliminary appearance at the FCC in August.The listings of the products showed brief pricing for four models of the updated Archos 5, as well as a page for the Archos DVR Station. Leaning on the listings to be accurate, consumers can anticipate seeing 16GB ($293), 32GB ($369), 160GB ($319), and 500GB ($419) versions of the updated Archos 5 hopefully not too far away in the future, on September 15.
The peculiar pricing inconsistency between the $369 32GB Flash memory model and the hard drive based $319 160GB model might likely reflect the relative mass of the hard-drive models compared to the thinner and less fragile Flash versions.
Still there are many unknown secrets that are still waiting to be found such as if or when we will see the white Archos A5S glimpsed from the FCC filing. What would be even more interesting would be to see how these new tablets will power Google’s Android Operating System. As you can see in the photo above there is a GPS icon, so there is still speculation whether they will come with an integrated GPS receiver, or maybe rely on a separate GPS cradle. One thing’s for sure though, when they arrive, you can bet they will be some nice little devices!
