No matter how much you try to hide or deny it, you’ve all wanted an Android tablet for yourselves. I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t? But the hefty price tag is an inconvenience for most. However, for those who want to possess a new Android-powered tablet without going broke, now is the perfect time. Archos has released the new Arnova 9 G2 tablet, which serves as the perfect addition to the company’s budget-minded Arnova line.
Packed with specs ranging from decent to high-end, the Arnova 9 G2 might just be the Android tablet you were waiting for.
Design & Features
- The tablet measures 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches with a thickness of 12.5 mm and has a weight of around 630 grams.
- The Arnova 9 G2 comes equipped with quite a large 9.7 inch TFT IPS tech-based LCD touchscreen display that has a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and offers a 4:3 ratio.
- It boasts of an internal rechargeable battery that is capable of powering the tablet for up to 6 hours of use.
- Has an additional microSD card slot.
- A 3.5 mm audio jack.
Specifications
- Runs on Google’s smartphone-minded Android 2.3 operating system (Gingerbread version).
- Powered by a single-core 1 GHz Arm A8 processor which is more than capable of 1080p videos, movies and playback.
- Comes with 4 GB of internal memory.
- Comes equipped with Wi-Fi.
- Does not come with the Android Market installed but relies instead on the third party AppsLib Market.
Even though the Archos Arnova 9 G2 does not belong to the hi-end league, it is easily one of the cheapest functional tablets around. It is now available for online purchase at a mere price of $230.
