Archos has introduced its latest Arnova budget tablet: the 9.7in 9 G2.

The spec's not so bad - 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU, 768 x 1024 capacitive touchscreen, 8GB of Flash, Micro SD storage expansion, 802.11g Wi-Fi - but the Arnova 9 G2 only runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Still, Archos promised that "thousands" of apps can be downloaded from the Hong Kong-based AppsLib store.

There's no word on price yet. ®

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