The HP TouchPad became the surprise must-have tablet of the summer after HP discontinued the tablet and slashed the price from $499 to $99. Unfortunately there weren’t that many tablets to go around, and all the stores that had them in stock sold out almost immediately. The good news is that HP decided to make one more batch of tablets for…

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Research in Motion promised that it would lower the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook soon in response to sluggish sales. Now it looks like you can pick up a PlayBook in RIM’s home country of Canada for just $299.99. Best Buy and Future Shop are both offering a 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for $399.99 — but if you buy a…

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If the Gateway TP A60 tablet looks familiar, there’s a good reason for that. It’s basically the Acer Iconia Tab A500. The key difference? This one has a Gateway logo on it instead of an Acer logo. Gateway is a subsidiary of Acer, as is Packard Bell. For some reason the computer maker sometimes releases identical products under different brand…

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Sony has been showing off its upcoming Android tablets — the Sony Tablet S and dual-screen, clamshell Sony Tablet P — since April of this year. The Tablet S is thought to be arriving in the U.S. in mid-September, and it’s now thought that Canadians will see the slate debut at the same time. That’s a bit of a rarity,…

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Toshiba’s 10.1 inch Thrive tablet with Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb is scheduled to ship in the US on July 10th. But it looks like you’ll have to wait a little longer to get your hands on the tablet if you’re north of the border. Toshiba has announced that the tablet will launch in Canada in August. It appears the company…

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Dell has announced that the Dell Streak is now available in Canada from Rogers. The 5 inch tablet/phone/Android thingamajig will run you $149.99 when you sign up for a 3 year service contract. The Dell Streak has a 5 inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and access to the Android Market. At 5 inches, it’s a bit…

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It’s been a few weeks since we’ve heard any rumors about Research in Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry Tablet, which may end up with the awkward name of “BlackPad.” So I guess we were about due for a series of rumors. First up, Fudzilla reports that its sources say the tablet will be announced in late November and ship before the holidays….

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Samsung is making some serious headway in its quest for global tablet dominance. Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that all four major US wireless carriers would offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet, Samsung has announced that Bell and Rogers, two of the largest wireless carriers in Canada will follow suit. Neither company is spilling the beans…

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Gateway’s EC14D series notebook has an 11.6 inch display and Intel CULV processor — which does absolutely nothing to set it apart from a dozen similar models from Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. But here’s one thing that does set it apart: This laptop has a built in DVD burner. The Gateway EC14D07U went on sale in the US…

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The LG X110 netbook may not be available in the US, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find one near the US. Canadian electronics retail Future Shop is selling the netbook for $480, or just under $400 US. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like the store ships to zip codes south of the border. But if you happen to be planning…

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The MSI Wind U90 is the U100′s little cousin. Well, it’s not actually smaller. It just has a smaller screen and a larger bezel around the display. So if you want to save a few bucks, you can pick up the U90 instead of the U100, right? Well, not if you live in the US, because it’s not available here…

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What happens when computer prices start dropping down below the $300 mark? They become about as valuable as the figurative toaster your bank will give you for opening a new account. Well, a $250 toaster anyway. Honestly, I’m not sure we’ve ever seen a bank actually offer a toaster to new account holders, but I’ve also never seen a bank…

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