Digital Home Thoughts: The Wait for the Archos 9 Continues

"Although previously targeted for launch on October 22nd with a price tag of $500, it looks like Archos’ 9-inch tablet is just now available for pre-order on the company’s web site and priced at $550."

Archos is accepting orders for their take on an Internet/Web Tablet called the Archos 9 but word about customers actually receiving units has been elusive. Tablets are shaping up to be the next hot hardware if you believe what the media is saying with the CrunchPad and the rumoured Apple Tablet. Tablets have been around for quite some time, but they've never been really successful or targeted towards consumers. With that in mind, I think that the first generation is bound to need some polish and it will take the second generation for consumer tablets to really shine.