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Archos

Logo: Archos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

French multinational electronics company

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 17, 1988Founded¹

Industrywholesale (business-to-business) of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software¹
HeadquartersIgny, France¹
Founded inIgny¹
Websitewww.archos.com
Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)¹
LEI969500ZT25US69VW0K91³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered address3 RUE AMPERE, 91430 Igny, France³
Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 343902821³

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Archos (stylized as ARCHOS) is a French multinational electronics company that was established in 1988 by Henri Crohas. Archos manufactures tablets, smartphones, portable media players and portable data storage devices. The name is an anagram of Crohas' last name. Also, in Greek (-αρχος), it's a suffix used in nouns indicating a person with power. The company's slogan has been updated from "Think Smaller" to "On The Go", and the current "Entertainment your way".²

Corporate structure

Archos sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Archos Igny, France
- Logic Instrument Igny, France
- MEDICAL DEVICES VENTURE Subsidiary · Igny, France

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Henri Crohas on Feb 17, 1988, in Igny.¹

By the year 2000, Archos became an important player in the portable media player market by releasing the very first disk-based digital audio player (DAP) called the Jukebox 6000. This product paved the way for high-capacity DAPs and the eventual wide adoption of MP3 players. Archos' success during this period was attributed to its strategy of technological leadership, releasing different iterations of a product line, which featured a succession of products with better specifications and technology than their predecessors.

In the latter part of the 2000s, Archos began to lose to Apple, which introduced its own portable devices such as the iPod. This development highlighted a trend in the technology industry where beating competitors to the market and equipping products with the most advanced technology available do not always translate to success. The company started phasing out its portable media players in 2008 to focus more on its Android tablet range.

In 2013, the company entered the mobile phone market by launching a series of smartphone models, with such product lines as Archos Cesium, Archos Diamond, Archos Titanium, Archos Platinum, Archos Neon, Archos Xenon, Archos Oxygen and Archos Helium.

In 2018, Archos introduced a slew of products to the market. The most notable of these involved the product unveiled in February, which was the very first Android-powered scooter called Citee Connect. Several weeks later, the company announced the Archos Hello, which is touted as an A.I.-powered smart display to challenge the likes of Amazon Echo. The Saphir 50X joined these gadgets in April 2018. This new release was an update to the Archos 50 Saphir, the tech company's rugged phone brand.

Archos announced the launch of the X67 5G smartphone in 2021. The mobile device has 6.67-inch display, a Mediatek Dimensity 800 MT6873 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB of internal storage.

From Wikipedia’s article on Archos, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Leadership

Who has led Archos, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderHenri Crohas¹

Products and brands

MP3 player

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Archos 9 PC Tablet

The Archos 9 PC Tablet is a 9" tablet computer launched October 22, 2009 and contains Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.

Archos 133 PC 13.3" netbook

The Archos 133 PC is a notebook computer with a 13.3" screen. Intel Atom D510 Dual Core, 1 GB 667/800 MHz, Webcam, Windows 7.

Archos 5 Internet tablet

In September 2009 Archos announced the Archos 5 Internet tablet.

Being an extension of the Archos 5, this internet tablet uses Google's Android mobile operating system.

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Specifications:

Processor based on ARM Cortex-A8, 32 bit, dual-issue, superscalar core @ 800 MHz 65 nm

256 MB of RAM

4.8" display, 800 × 480 resolution

Video playback

Music playback

Storage: 8 or 32 GB flash memory + microSD slot (SDHC compatible) or 160-500 GB with 2.5" hard drive (ext3 file-system)

Built in GPS

Bluetooth 2.0

FM radio

Archos 7 home tablet series

The home tablet series includes 7 inches (18 cm) tablets that utilizes Google's Android mobile operating system. All versions have video and music playback and come equipped with a microSD slot that can support up to 32 GB cards.

Archos 8 home tablet

The Archos 8 home tablet is a device that resembles a digital photo frame but is actually a full featured computer system that comes with an 8" touch screen with a resolution of 800x600 pixels.

Generation 8

On August 31, 2010, Archos announced its eighth generation of tablets. The five tablets were supposed to be launched with Android 2.2 Froyo along with a hold-over release of the Archos 5 without its GPS. Froyo was not released until sometime around December, due to numerous delays with the Archos firmware development team.

Arnova series

Under the new brandname Arnova, in 2011 Archos released a series of low-cost Android tablets for the mass-consumer market. They are priced at 100 Euro to 200 Euro (in the U.S. $99 to $199). Older models have resistive touch screens, and uses the RK2818 Rockchip SoC. All versions have Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g). All currently come with the AppsLib application store. The official Android Market is not included out of box, but the Arnova devices may easily be rooted, and the Android Market is commonly installed by Arnova owners.

The Arnova 8.4's configuration is aimed at those who wish to use their tablet primarily as an e-book reader. The Arnova cG2 has a built-in GPS and limited video and audio format support.

Generation 9

Archos announced in 2011 that it would release a $199 Honeycomb tablet. The G9 tablets are powered by the TI OMAP4 series of SoCs, using the 4430 and 4460 variants at 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, or 1.5 GHz and are equipped with either 512 MB or 1 GB RAM. They have 8 GB or 16 GB of flash memory, and a microSDHC slot or a 250 GB hard drive. The earliest releases of these tablets utilized Android 3.0 and are upgradable to Android 4.0.3. All have official access to Google Play. Connectivity includes WiFi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and GPS and are upgradable to 3G using an Archos G9 3G stick.

Generation 10

Archos launched a new series of tablets, under the Name Gen 10 XS.

Vision Line

Archos introduced their Vision line in 2009. The Archos 3cam Vision had similar features to the 3 Vision, adding an integrated camera for recording video and taking pictures. The Archos 43 Vision, a video media player, was released on March 3, 2010.

FamilyPad

Archos launched a 13.3" tablet in December 2012. Sold for €299, it was aggressively placed among the other large screen tablets (superior to 9.7"). Other 13.3" inch tables include Toshiba's Excite™ 13 Tablet, which has been discontinued.

In March 2013, the FamilyPad was quickly followed by the FamilyPad 2, with an improved dual core Cortex-A9 at 1.6 GHz and quadruple GPU Mali 400 (compared to the former mono Cortex-A8 at 1 GHz of the Familypad 1). Its technical specifications were:

Display: 13.3": 1280 x 800 pixels

Application Framework: Android 4.1, "Jelly Bean"

Processor: Dual-core A9 @ 1.6 GHz and Quad-core GPU Mali 400 MP4

Capacity: 8GB + micro SD (compatible with cards up to 64GB)

RAM: 1GB

Battery life: Video playback time: 10h / Standby: 6 days

Dimensions / weight: 337 mm x 230 mm x 11.6 mm (13.3" x 9.0" x 0.45") / 1.3 kg (2.86 pounds)

Elements Series

In 2013 Archos introduced their Elements series which include Cobalt, Xenon, Carbon, Titanium, and recently the Platinum tablet line-ups. Archos has mostly been pushing to publicize the Titanium & Platinum series which they announced at CES 2013. In announcing their Titanium & Platinum series, Archos stated that each of the tablet models were made to compete against another major tablet range in the market, but at a lower price:

70 Titanium – Amazon

80 Titanium & Platinum – iPad mini

97 Titanium & Platinum – iPad 3 and iPad (4th generation)

Past products

Former Archos products since discontinued include handheld and portable computers, digital camcorders, audiovisual playback equipment, portable storage devices, and peripherals for the Amiga line.