ARCHOS LAUNCHES ARNOVA 7 AND ARNOVA 84 ANDROID TABLETS

Archos has introduced two new tablets under its Arnova brand. The Archos Arnova 84 has a resistive touchscreen display with a 4:3 aspect ratio. It runs Android 2.1. The Arnova 7 has a 7 inch resistive display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It runs Android 2.2 operating system.

Neither Archos Arnova 7 nor Arnova 84 has access to Google Android Market. Instead, they ship with a third party app store with around 30,000 apps available for download.

Detailed specifications of the tablets are not yet available. The Arnova 84 is expected to go on sale in Europe for 149 Euros (about $212 US). The Archos 7 will run about 114 Euros.

Archos has already launched a range of budget tablets including Arnova 8 and Arnova 10. None of these machines are speed demons, but they can be used to surf the web and play media files.