Archos Tablet Phone to use Google Android software

A portable tablet-phone is being developed by Media-player manufacturer Archos that uses the Google Android operating system. The touch-screen device, soon to be known as the Internet Media Tablet, will be released in the 3rd quarter of 2009, the company has announced.

The device is expected to come with:--
1) High-resolution, 5-inch display
2) TV recording and HD video playback
3) Hundreds of hours of video storage (up to 500GB)
4) An ultra-thin, 10-mm casing
5) Adobe Flash support

It is said tobe a logical step for Archos to make the leap to the mobile phone market, particularly in light of the popular wisdom that standalone media gadgets will soon go the way of the VCR. A tablet-phone with a 5-inch display may make a dandy mobile device, particularly for users who do a lot of web browsing.

But perhaps the bigger story here is Google's Android ambitions. Archos' Internet Media Tablet, with its powerful video capabilities and relatively large screen, inches closer to netbook territory.

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