Archos has announced that its new Archos 7c loaded with Android 2.1 Eclair is now shipping for around $220, nearly a month ahead of its expected shipping date in June 2011.
The Archos 7c is fitted with a 7? Capacitive Touch Screen, 800 x 480 Resolution and is powered by a Cortex A8 processor, 8GB Internal Storage with the Micro SD card slot (SDHC compatible) and has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connectivity.
It is capable of supporting 720p video playback at 30fps and supports the following video formats .mpa, .mkv, .mov, and .flv, Audio codecs supports are: MP3, WMA (non protected), WAV3, APE, OGG, FLAC and AAC3.
The Archos 7c is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 as well as Mac OS and Linux in storage mode and is fitted with a USB port that allows the Archos 7c to act as either a slave or host device.