It looks cheap today, but will you regret signing up? Tablets aren’t exactly cheap, but you can get a significant discount if you sign up for a contract. Instead of paying £500-plus for a 3G iPad, mobile phone firms will give you one for as little as £99. So what’s the catch?

Archos likes to do things differently from other firms, and its ultra-cheap Android tablet can also run a more traditional form of Linux if you prefer. So is this a tablet for Linux geeks, or is it useful for non-geeks too?