As confirmed way back in February, Archos is holding a press event in France to reveal its Android powered Internet Media Tablet (IMT) in Q3 or Sep 15 to be precise. Before the official unveiling, Archos is looking to ready a handful of Android apps and for which they have launched AppsLib where developers can submit their applications adhering to Archos’ upcoming product guidelines like support for a 5-inch screen with WVGA (800×480) resolution or at 720p resolution via HDMI-out and OpenGL libraries.

Other specs expected to make this IMT, a powerhouse will be OMAP3 CPU, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, up to 500GB of storage, Adobe Flash support and battery life of around 7 hours.

[Via Slashgear]

Archos churns out decent PMPs and caught by the latest fad to produce an Android device, they’ll also join the league by launching a 5-inch Internet Media Tablet (IMT). The tablet will combine Android’s telephonic capabilities and – Archos’ multimedia framework. Some of the features of the IMT are:

- PC-like Internet experience enhanced by a high-resolution 5″ screen and full-width page viewing
- Adobe FlashTM and Flash VideoTM support, full screen
- Access whenever and wherever to TV, movies, photos, music and games
- Uncompromised TV recording and High Definition (HD) playback, all formats
- Hundreds of hours of video storage, up to 500 GB
- Innovative design: compact 10-mm ultra-thin tablet
- Long battery life, 7 hours’ video playback
- 3.5G 7.2 Mb/s HSUPA
- Laptop-like performance from the first implementation of OMAP3440 processor based on the ARM(r) CortexTM superscalar microprocessor and DSP

The IMT will release in 3Q 2009 but we can expect some show from them at the MWC next week.

Press Release