Archos has done a pretty good job creating a niche of budget devices like tablets, specifically those under the Arnova branding. The Archos Arnova 9 G3 is supposed to continue the company’s tradition of low-price tablets, but this time around it will come packed with Android 4.0 ICS. Today it showed up at the FCC website, which is probably a pretty good sign that it is about to hit stores sooner rather than latter.

For those looking for a budget device that has ICS, this could fit the bill, but don’t expect a power house. Not too long ago Arnova 9 G2 was introduced and one of my only complaints was that it was a little short in the storage department thanks to just 8GB of space. So was this addressed with the G3? Actually, the G3 has a staggeringly small amount of space at 4GB. Beyond the small storage space it features a 9.7 inch 1024 x 768 pixel IPS display, a 1 GHz Rockchip RK2918 single core processor, and a fairly impressive 1GB of RAM. I’m assuming this device will have SD expansion, and so the 4GB shouldn’t prove a deal-breaker but I personally think they should have at least stuck with 8GB at minimum. At the same time, these are largely budget devices and for the casual crowd they are targeted at, this meager storage might prove enough. I also have to admit that (outside of storage) the G3 does have a lot to offer over the older model, such as ICS for one thing.  If this thing can come out at around $249, there would be many happy tableters out there.

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Now here comes yet another addition to its Arnova line of tablets. The newest member to the gang is the Arnova 9 G2, featuring a 9.7-inch 1024×768 pixel IPS display. The tablet also features a 5-point multi-touch capacitive touch panel, a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Single Core Processor, has a front-facing camera, stereo speakers, a built-in mic, and runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The amount of storage memory in the Arnova 9 G2 is only a measly 8GB, but luckily the device is armed with a microSD card slot, USB, microUSB, and WIFI for expanding your storage options through memory cards and online cloud storage.

The tablet is just a little smaller than a first generation iPad, and weighs just 1.4 pounds. Archos also offers tablet configurations with 7, 8, and 10.1-inch displays as part of its G2 lineup. Although pricing has yet to be revealed, most of the Archos tablets are found at a price point that is under $300, with many going below $200.

With a single core processor, Gingerbread instead of Honeycomb, and lack of internal storage this is certainly not an iPad killer. For those of us that need the best, this isn’t the tablet for you. What if you are looking for a secondary tablet, a budget tablet, or something to give your kids for Christmas? If this sounds like you, than the Archos could be a decent solution. The quality of this brand of tablets is no where near larger name brands but it does fare well enough against other budget options such as Coby.

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