![archos 3g sfr Archos 5g priced at €279 with €30/month data plan [Updated]](http://www.pocketables.com/images/2008/10/21/archos_3g_sfr.jpg "Archos_3g_sfr")
French carrier SFR is expected to formally announce details of their plans to subsidize the 3.5G-enabled Archos 5g later this week, but November’s Stuff magazine has already beat them to it. Publicly outed along with a device called the M! PC Pocket, which is evidently an Atom-based MID with a 30GB hard drive and 128MB of RAM (rebadged Aigo hardware with modified keyboard – see below), the 5g appears on page 32 of the French issue carrying a price tag of 279 euros (~$363) plus a monthly fee of 29.90 euros (~$39) for what I assume is unlimited 3.5G data. See updates below.
SFR is currently the only known carrier that will sell the Archos 5g, but if other service providers around the world decide to offer the device for a similar price, would you be interested?
![french stuff p32 Archos 5g priced at €279 with €30/month data plan [Updated]](http://www.pocketables.com/images/2008/10/21/french_stuff_p32.jpg "French_stuff_p32")
There are still a lot of unknowns about the subsidy, but the SFR press event is only a few days away.
Update 1: SFR press event coverage
Update 2: Official pricing is €249 with €19/month contract; unsubsidized price is €449
Update 3: Correct specs and other details on M! PC Pocket
[Jbmm.fr (trans) via ArchosFans]
That offset keyboard on the Compal MID looks like a problem.
Apart from that, great news.
Are we going to see MIDs coming only through carriers I wonder. If so, it will make it difficult for specialist resellers to compete. I hope they make it, unlocked, unbranded and freely available through resellers.
Steve
Looks like they are trying to make the Aigo rebadge more of a media player than a mini computer with those media centric buttons. The keyboard is now way to small to be useful and shifted to the side. Will be interesting to see what os it will have.
I wish the Aigo had a 30 gig HD
Aaron