Archos has released firmware version number 2.1.8 for its 28, 32, 43, 70 and 101internet tablets, which come with Android. New include the option to use an HTTP proxy in the browser and the ability to adjust the external keyboard layout. Also several bugs in the playback of audio and video have been fixed. The list of changes for this release is as follows:
Version 2.1.8:
- External keyboard layouts: various country layouts are now supported using Settings > Language and keyboard > Select external keyboard layout setting (qwerty us/uk, azerty french, qwertz deutch, latin america spanish, russian, japanese).
- Proxy: http proxy settings have been enabled for the browser in Settings > Wireless & network > wifi proxy settings.
- Network shares: introduce an option to enable/disable network share scanning per Wi-Fi Access Point in Wi-Fi authentication dialog box
- Battery: improve robustness of battery charge status for hard drive based A70it
- Sound: fix sound level saturation causing loss of audio when playing on speaker
- Music: fix some MP3 files have bad sound after seeking
- Video: make some high level H264 HD files play correctly
- Video: fix black screen on video player resume from suspend for MPEG4 files
- USB host: fix NTFS UTF8 support
- Wi-Fi: fix network disabled occurring after several suspend/resume loops
- Wi-Fi: prevent false state information reported when authenticating/enabling Wi-Fi
- Multimedia library: avoid deletion of multimedia files happening sometimes on SDCard
| Version number | 2.1.8 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | Archos |
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| License type | Freeware |