Today's tablet-style smartphones are almost totally ubiquitous but the form factor isn't without problems. Even basic models are expensive, the large touchscreens are easily damaged and batteries have relatively small capacities requiring regular recharges. These aren't big limitations for suit-wearing knowledge workers but for people who spend more time outdoors, a more rugged, longer-lived and cheaper phone can be a
Tablets have become ubiquitous over the past five years to the point that Android devices are almost a commodity item in the smaller screen sizes. Regrettably favourites such as the Nexus 7 and Tesco Hudl have been discontinued and the Amazon Fire tablets are tied to their own ecosystem. What's a geek to do for a secondary tablet or younger
On review here is the Archos 52 Platinum smartphone, a mid-range phone with a couple of tricks up its sleeve. First, the smartphone takes dual SIMs and second, it has a microSD slot. The latter is perhaps not a great trick on its own but when paired with Archos' new Fusion storage, it's a smartphone with masses of space. Let's take
Back in March at MWC, French firm Archos announced "Archos Fusion", an Android storage technology that seamlessly joins a smartphone or tablet's internal memory with an inserted memory card. The merger of the two memories is invisible to apps and other services, with Archos Fusion automatically managing and moving files around. Apps tend to stay on the internal memory and
Over the past few years, we've all seen the rise of the fitness tracker and their transformation into wearables. While the goal of encouraging greater fitness is laudable and essential for the future health of the nation, to some extent the tracker is the gamification of fitness. For evidence of weight loss, reduction in BMI and reduced body fat, you
While tablets are overall a relatively new technology, they've evolved a lot since the first iPad was released in 2010. And now Archos is continuing that evolution with its new Magnus tablets, including the company's innovative "Fusion Storage" technology. Fusion Storage optimizes data storage by fusing internal memory with external micro SD card memory. Once activated, Fusion Storage automatically migrates
ARCHOS, a pioneer in Android devices, and Freshub, a connected-kitchen Israeli start-up, launched an end-to-end service the enables consumers to instantly add items to a digital shopping cart using a kitchen-tailored version of the ARCHOS Smart Home Tablet. It is called ARCHOS Kitchen Screen. The ARCHOS Kitchen Screen makes it easy for consumers to add a choice of thousands of