The Spark tablet is a 7 inch tablet designed around an open hardware and software platform. It will ship with open source Linux-based software, but the bootloader will also be unlocked, allowing anyone to customize the tablet with any software they like. KDE developer Aaron Seigo introduced the tablet last month, and now he’s announced that it’s available for pre-order….

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Want to make sure you have the latest features and bug fixes for Android 4.0 for the HP TouchPad? Now there are nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9 Alpha available. The nightlies are basically what you get when you take CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 6 for the TouchPad and synchronize it with the main development branch of CM9 for all devices so…

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The Archos G9 tablets are the first tablets from the company to feature Android 3.2 Honeycomb and access to the Google Android Market. But soon Archos will start loading its 8 and 10 inch tablets with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Dynamism is already taking pre-orders for the new models. Archos 101 G9 ICS Dynamism will offer three different…

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French consumer electronics company Archos has been making Android tablets for longer than almost anyone. But the company’s early models were niche devices at best. Now Archos is reporting that the company increased sales by 106 percent in 2011 and has become one of the top sellers of tablets in Europe. In 2010, Archos generated €83.3 million in sales. In…

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Fujitsu is starting to provide a glimpse at its upcoming computers and accessories for 2012. Romanian site imidoresc.ro has posted a few slides from a recent event, and they show a number of intriguing products including new tablets and notebooks. In the notebook space, it looks like Fujitsu plans to launch two new ultrabooks in May, 2012. These will probably fall under…

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Research in Motion has promised to release a major software update for the BlackBerry PlayBook this month — and now it looks like the company has picked a date: February 21st. The folks at Berry Review note that Research in Motion mentioned the date during a webcast for game developers. BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 will bring a number of new…

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Amazon has never been shy about tooting its own horn, regularly issuing press releases proclaiming excellent sales figures for the Kindle line of eReaders or more recently the Kindle Fire tablet. But the company has been reluctant to actually say just how many devices it’s sold. Now the folks at iSuppli have put together an educated guess. They say that Amazon…

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The Asus Zenbook UX31 was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market in late 2011. Four months later, there’s plenty of competition in the thin and light laptop space, but the UX31 is still one of the most impressive specimens of the ultrabook species. It’s thin, light and attractive. It boots quickly and resumes from sleep almost ridiculously…

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Before the Apple iPad was announced, a lot of people thought Apple’s tablet would look like a Mac… in slate form. That’s probably because up until that point, most tablet computers were Windows machines which ran a variation of the desktop Windows operating system. Instead, the iPad ran a version of iOS — the operating system designed for the iPhone…

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Android tablets are a dime a dozen these days… but if you’re not happy with the software that comes with your tablet you have to figure out if you can root the device, unlock the bootloader, and install custom firmware. Or you can buy a tablet that has nothing but open source components. Up until recently that second option wasn’t…

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The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet normally sells for $249. But today you can pick up the 7 inch Android tablet for $50 off. Just visit the B&N eBay store, add the tablet to your cart, and apply the coupon CNOOKDEAL at checkout. On the one hand, this temporary sale just means you can pick up a NOOK Tablet today…

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Intel makes processors, not laptops, tablets, or phones. So the company doesn’t actually get to decide what price PC or phone makers will charge for its products — but it can certainly set guidelines. And according to information obtained by Fudzilla, that’s exactly what the company is doing. Intel plans to release its first low-power processors for phones and tablets…

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