Archos announced Thursday that its G9 tablets will start hitting store shelves later this month, starting at $299.

Archos announced Thursday that its G9 tablets will start hitting store shelves later this month, starting at $299.

The devices will come in 8-inch and 10.1-inch "Turbo" versions, the largest of which will pack 250GB of storage. They will run the A9, a dual-core OMAP 4 processor from Texas Instruments, which Archos said will translate into 50 percent more "raw computational power" over competing tablets, which usually run Nvidia Tegra 2 processors.

The company will start taking pre-orders for the 8-inch, 8GB G9 running a 1-GHz processor on September 20 via archos.com. Retailers like HH Gregg, Amazon, Newegg, Tiger Direct, Brandsmart, and Electronic Express, meanwhile, will have it in-store on September 30. It will retail for $299.

A version of the tablet running a 1.5-GHz dual-core processor will be available online and in stores in October in the following flavors: 8-inch, 16GB for $329; 8-inch, 250GB for $369; 10.1-inch, 16GB for $399; and 10.1-inch, 250GB for $469.

The 8-inch G9 sports a 1024-by-769 display, while the 10.1-inch comes in at a resolution of 1280-by-800. Both feature 720p front-facing cameras and run Android 3.2 Honeycomb.

The G9 tablets include a Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive with a dedicated 4GB flash caching system. This "hybrid" system from Archos is "designed to limit spinning and keep the drive powered down when not in use, which will protect it when on-the-go as well as preserve battery life," Archos said. The company also promised an experience that is "as fast and responsive as a flash device but gives you storage space to spare."