CNET have published a review of the Archos 9 PC Tablet (Atom Z510 1.1GHz, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, Windows 7 Starter). 'At $549, it's more expensive than the entry-level Apple iPad, and certainly does many things that device can't, from running Firefox to playing streaming video (although our attempts to play Hulu videos were less than successful). But unlike our preliminary impressions of Apple's device, it's a struggle to perform many basic tasks on the Archos 9. With a more responsive touch screen and a beefier processor, it could have been a contender. The Archos 9 certainly looks the part, with a sleek, thin body, solid brushed-metal construction, and gently tapered edges. It's much closer to what we think a tablet device should look like than the bulky Dell Mini 10 tablet prototype built by Stantum that we looked at recently.'
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