Archos Arnova 10 – $174

Let’s start with a brand name tablet from Archos, the known French manufacturer of multimedia devices. From them comes this amazing 10 inch tablet that supports most audio and video codecs you’ll ever need. Sure it’s got only 4GB of internal memory, but you can always expand that with up to 32 GB microSDHC cards and even USB Flash Drives, as the Archos Arnova 10 supports USB 2.0 host functionality. It’s the best multimedia tablet out there that won’t cost an arm and a leg to buy and it even ships with Android 2.1 Eclair (which could be upgraded to a better version soon) so you can do browsing and a little bit of gaming too, not just watching movies.

And speaking of media playback, this thing will last 6 hours on one charge when looking at video clips, and up to 4o hours of audio playback if you turn the screen off. It’s a very good deal you shouldn’t miss.

        * 10 inch screen with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution
        * 4 GB Internal storage, microSDHC card slot
        * Android OS 2.1 Eclair
        * USB host connection that accepts mouse, keyboard or external mass storage
        * Video playback: H.264 up to 720p resolution, MPEG-4, Realvideo up to 720 resolution
        * Audio Playback: MP3, WAV, APE, OGG, FLAC
        * Photo viewer: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG Interfaces
        * Video playback time: up to 6 hours
        * Audio playback time: up to 40 hours with screen off
        * Dimensions – 10.7 x 6 x 0.5 inches (272 x 152.3 x 13.5 mm)
        * Weight – 20.1 ounces (570 g)

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