Archos Carbon 97, Entry-Level Tablets Potential Competitors of Nexus 7


Archos is also known as the French media player manufacturer, recently introduced a new tablet called the Archos Carbon 97. Tablet's first entry-level class for the Element series will come with IPS screen multi-touch 9.7-inch with 1024 x 768 pixels.

In the design sector, Archos does not seem to want to mess around when designing his new tablet. By using a stylish aluminum material, Carbon 97 was suggested as a tablet premium. The weight of the device mentioned only about 618 grams with a thickness of 11.4 mm range also.

To sustain its performance, the tablet operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be supported by the ARM processor speed of 1 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. Other facilities are also embedded in the tablet, including a camera on the front and rear USB ports and HDMI, as well as the capacity of 16 GB of internal memory which can also be expanded via microSD card slot.


As a tablet that staying would be a competitor Google Nexus 7, for the price tag seems Archos Carbon 97 will not be far adrift from the tablet collaboration that Google and Asus. As reported by the site Android Spin, the latest line-up of the Element series will be available in July with a price range of USD250.

In addition it comes with a screen 9.7 inches, tablet Element series eventually going to come with a 7-inch format and 8 inches. Both devices will also come with multi-touch IPS screen, 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, and will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.