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Friday, January 3, 2014

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Archos unveils its new 45 and 50 Helium 4G smartphones, running stock Android 4.3, ahead of CES

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Alongside its new smartwatches and Smart Home hardware, Archos will also be unveiling two new Android smartphones at CES next week: The 50 Helium 4G and 45 Helium 4G.

The two 4G handsets will run Android 4.3, with an upgrade to Android 4.4.2 guaranteed. Although Archos hasn’t stated it explicitly, we can deduce from the photos released today that both devices will be running the stock version of Google’s mobile OS.

Both run on a 1.4 GHz, quad-core Qualcomm processor, in addition to an Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB of RAM. The Archos 45 Helium is the lower-end of the two and it’s here that they begin to divide; the 45 Helium is fitted with a 4.5-inch (854

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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Archos previews connected home, health monitoring devices ahead of CES


Archos looks to be getting in on the New Year's resolutions a bit early. The company clearly couldn't wait for CES to spill the beans on its 2014 lineup -- at least so far as connected devices are concerned. The device maker wants to make you a part of its internet of things, previewing a slew of devices, including an activity tracker, scale, blood pressure monitor, weather station and tablet. There is, predictably, not a whole heck of a lot of information on any of the products -- in fact, the company's managed to shove mentions of all of the above into a single press release issued a little more than a week out from the big Vegas event. Archos is collectively referring to the lineup as its "connected objects" -- devices that are monitorable in real-time via Android and iOS apps.

There's not much to say about the 7-inch Smart Home Tablet, at the moment. The company's positioning the Android device as a "gateway" to connected home actions, like turning on lights and recording video with a mini-cam when a motion sensor is triggered. CES will also see the debut of a new Weather Station from Archos, offering up indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, CO2, pressure and other readings, along with national and historic levels for comparison. The company's Connected Self app, meanwhile, was built to work with a handful of new health devices. The list includes a connected scale that tracks body fat, an activity tracker that measures footsteps and burned calories and a blood pressure monitor that comes with an irregular heartbeat detector.

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Archos will debut multiple 'pebble-like' smartwatches at CES, starting at less than $50

There's one more interesting nugget in today's jam-packed Archos press release. Alongside the home tablet, scale, weather system, activity monitor, et al. is a very brief mention of a smartwatch -- a "selection of" smartwatches, actually. There's not much info here, save for the fact that at least one of the wearables will hit an under-$50 price point. The company is also apparently comparing the iOS/Android-compatible line to a familiar wearable, referring to it as "pebble-like" in the included press material (lower case, mind). If we had to venture a guess, we'd say the similarity comes from what looks to be an e-ink or e-ink-like display, but it looks like we're going to have to jump on a plane to Vegas to find out for sure.

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