Andre Yoskowitz
10 Feb 2009 0:33
Archos has announced that it will be joining the mobile phone market with a touchscreen smartphone based on the new Android operating system.
The handset will be based on the Archos 5 media tablet and will have a large 5-inch touchscreen and an ARM Cortex processor from Texas Instruments.
Even more notable, the company says the phone will deliver "PC-like" performance and will allow playback of HD video while offline. The mobile will also include Flash-video browser support right out of the box.
The source also adds that the phone will include up to "500GB of video storage, 7 hours of battery life for video, and a continued ability to record video from any source. Internet access should be fast with HSPA providing 7.2Mbps downstream speeds."
There was no word on a release date or price but it certainly looks promising.