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Update: YouTube member richardlai noticed that all 3 devices are running at a different resolution on the And3DBench.

A friend of mine asked me to run a few benchmarks of my Evo to compare so I made this little video and discovered a similar issue that the Evo may have faced:

As you can see from the Video, in the FPS2D benchmark and the An3DBench benchmarks the Dell Streak doesn’t go over 30FPS at all.

Dell Streak:

• FPS2D result: 29 fps average
• An3DBench – Multiple Lights: 29.22 fps
• An3DBench – Keyframe Animation: 29.20 fps

Archos 5 Internet Tablet

• FPS2D result: 49 fps average
• An3DBench – Multiple Lights: 43.97 fps
• An3DBench – Keyframe Animation: 49.83 fps

Nexus One:

• FPS2D result: 60 fps average
• An3DBench – Multiple Lights: 53.59 fps
• An3DBench – Keyframe Animation: 60.38 fps

I’m not sure if it is a 30FPS limit on the streak but from what I’ve seen here, it may be the case.

Here is a little gallery of pictures of my new Dell Streak comparing it to my iPod touch, Nexus One and my Archos 5 Internet Tablet.

The Streak is an extremely slim device but feels a tad large for phone use. For web browsing the larger screen is perfect and produces good colours. Only the AMOLED screen on my Nexus One looks better but the Streak has the advantage of better visibility in sunlight.

Compared to my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, the streak is faster and more stable than Android on the Archos. Both run Android 1.6 so there is no advantage over the other except for full support for Android Market on the Streak with copy protected apps. Only the non copy protected apps show up on my Archos with the Android Market hack.

Overall I’m impressed with the streak and having 1,664MB of app storage avaiable compared to my Nexus One’s 196MB and my Archos 5′s 138MB means that the Streak will have plenty of storage for apps. The included 16GB Micro SD card leaves plenty of room for media too.

I’m very happy with it so far!

Hardware shown:

• Apple iPod Touch 32GB (In Belkin case)
• HTC Google Nexus One
• Archos 5 Internet Tablet
• Dell Streak

Sources: Dell Streak o2 UK, Dell

Archos have announced 2 new Android based tablets to go alongside their Archos 5 Internet Tablet.

The Archos 7 Home Tablet

First is the Archos 7 Home Tablet (above) which is similar in design to the Archos 5 Internet Tablet but features weaker internals to it’s smaller counterpart.

The Archos 8 Home Tablet

Above is the Archos 8 Home Tablet which is a completely different design. Very unique looking but probably not to everyones tastes. One of the best bits of news is that these will be on offer from only 149 Euros (around £135 at the current exchange rate).

For more info, click the links below:

Sources: UMPC Portal, Archosfans,

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Here are a few pictures comparing the brightness and colour quality of the Nexus One and the Archos 5 Internet Tablet. Both devices were set to the brightest setting and pictures were taken from the same websites. Click to enlarge the pictures!

Engadget:

Engadget side by side.

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Archos have released the  latest version of their firmware for their Android based media player.

An Android 1.6 update was released before christmas but was pulled due to some issues which have hopefully been fixed!

Sources: Archos Support Archosfans Forum

Screenshots of the Archos 5 Internet Tablet running the pulled Android 1.6 Update.