Another day, another tablet. This time from Archos.

Right after the Microsoft Courier hoopla comes another tablet that is not from Apple. Archos, makers of very cool devices that very few normal people know about, just introduced its Archos 9, a 9-inch, 1024 x 600 resistive touch screen tablet. There is also an optical trackpad if you want to mouse around. The device runs Windows 7 (which has built-in multi-touch support), has 4 hours of battery life, and a 60GB hard drive. The only problem? The price tag is $499, which will probably keep it a niche product.

Yes, it would be very cool to look up things on IMDB on this while watching a movie or even make it a home automation control center. However for $499 you could get a netbook with similar stats with a keyboard. On the other hand, this is not that much more expensive than HP’s line of digital picture frames, but has a lot more functionality.

There’s a great video below from UMPC Portal. It is definitely worth a watch.

Product Page: [Archos 9]
Read: [CrunchGear]