The smart home phone that everyone has been dreaming of? Maybe. Archos has released their Smart Home Phone 35 over in the UK. It’s a 3.5 inch Android device that has 8GB of internal storage and a front-facing camera. Coupled with WiFi it might make for a great video phone using Skype or any other video calling service. As it’s not a traditional Android device we don’t have the Android market but Archos does support the Appslib market and users should be able to find some goods there. It’s about 130 over there but there isn’t a phone available quite like this one. Head here to get started. [via Android Central]
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