The French firm presented at IFA 2012 its new generation of tablets, the GEN10 XS , with looking apart from competitors aiming for a careful design, great build quality and a curious system to integrate an ultra physical keyboard. The new Archos 101 XS is the first to arrive: it goes on sale in September for 379.99 euros.

The new Archos 101 XS has a 10.1-inch IPS display (native resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels) and boasts a rounded chassis and really thin (less than 8 mm.) and lightweight (600 grams of weight. their Inside, the combination of a processor OMAP 4470 dual-core 1.5 GHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU along with a gigabyte of RAM ensure the best performance for Android 4.0 and all of its applications.

Series includes 16 GB of internal memory, you can easily expand and economical thanks to the microSD card slot (up to 64 Gbytes). In terms of connectivity, this is a device capable of connecting to WiFi networks and with support for Bluetooth 4.0, hopefully later added a model with 3G support to the series.

The most interesting is that the Archos 101 XS device includes a keyboard covered with ultra-thin (0.5 inches), which also underlies dock and works wirelessly.

The Archos 101 XS will be available to dealers in mid-September for a suggested retail price of 379.99 euros . It confirmed that it be updated to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) for the same month.