This gadget works like an Android-based smartphone, but without the telephony hardware, and sports high definition speakers.
On Thursday, Archos introduced the Android-powered Archos 35 Home Connect, a $150 "music box" designed for streaming web-based radio from anywhere in the home.
But the Archos 35 Home Connect is more than just a simple Android-based radio. For starters, it provides 4 GB of internal storage for housing MP3s, and a microSD card slot for adding an additional 16 GB of storage. It also accesses the local network via an 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi connection, allowing users to install apps from Appslib's library of more than 45,000 Android apps.
"Wake up the way you prefer with progressive Nature sounds, your MP3 playlist or your favorite web radio station," the company said on Monday. "With just a click on the touch-screen, you will be able to stream over 50,000 web radio stations using the pre-loaded TuneIn Radio Pro application. This alarm clock is also fully customizable; you can set as many alarms as you want or need."
According to the specs, the device sports a 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen powered by Google's Android 2.2 "Froyo" OS. It also uses a Cortex-A8 based Texas Instruments OMAP3630 SoC clocked at 1 GHz -- this chip includes a PowerVR SGX graphics core supporting OpenGL ES 2.0. The device packs a front-facing camera for shooting video, and enough hardware for users to check their email, surf the internet and watch MPEG-4 AVI videos. Definitely not your typical home radio.
The Archos 35 Home Connect is available for $149 and can be purchased directly from the ARCHOS store. It can also be found at J&R, Adorama, Amazon and Newegg.com among others.
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