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  • MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    We've seen how to install Android 4.0 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, thanks to CyanogenMod 9. We've also ...

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  • Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Android tablets with 7 inch displays seem to be a dime-a-dozen these days... or at least available for ...

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  • CyanogenMod 7 ported to the NOOK Tablet – video

    CyanogenMod 7 ported to the NOOK Tablet - video

    A team of independent developers have ported a beta version of CyanogenMod 7 to run on the NOOK ...

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  • $265 Spark Linux-based tablet shipping in May (pre-order in Feb)

    $265 Spark Linux-based tablet shipping in May (pre-order in Feb)

    The Spark is a 7 inch tablet with an open source Linux-based operating system and an open platform ...

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  • How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    The first public build of Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for the HP TouchPad. ...

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  • How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    An early build of Google Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. If you ...

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  • Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook

    Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook

    Ok, you've installed the PlayBook OS 2 beta. You've rooted your PlayBook. Now it's time to get the ...

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Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet price drops to $299 (down from $499)

Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet

The first tablet from Fusion Garage running the new GridOS software was scheduled to start shipping this week. But just a few days before launch the company has knocked about $200 off the price tag and the ship date has been pushed a few weeks until October 1st. Now you can pre-order a Grid 10 WiFi tablet from Fusion Garage…

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September 12th, 2011, 11:27 am by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Amazon tablet to sell for $299 or less?

Amazon Kindle Store

Amazon is expected to launch an Android tablet in September or October. The company is well positioned to make money off its Amazon Appstore for Android apps, Amazon MP3 music service, Kindle eBook store and other digital media properties, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Amazon sell its tablet near or even below cost. The New York Post reports…

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August 26th, 2011, 9:07 pm by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

Motorola XOOM WiFi tablet is now priced at $499

Motorola XOOM

The Motorola XOOM was the first tablet to hit the streets running Google Android Honeycomb a few months ago. But it’s also one of the most expensive Android tablets available. A 3G model will set you back $799, and up until recently a WiFi-only model cost a whopping $599. Compare that with the Asus Eee Pad Transformer which sells for…

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July 6th, 2011, 12:05 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

32GB HP TouchPad to run $599?

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HP hasn’t announced the pricing for its upcoming TouchPad tablet line, but the folks at PreCentral got their hands on an inventory screenshot from Walmart which seems to suggest that the tablet will be priced about the same as Apple’s iPad. The image shows a 32GB HP TouchPad with WiFi for $599. That’s the same price you’d pay for a…

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May 19th, 2011, 8:17 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

Living in the future: The incredible falling prices of computer storage

Hard drives used to be really expensive. Now they’re really cheap. You probably already know that, but Ivan Smith’s web site really hammers the point home by tracking the falling prices of storage from about 1980 through mid-2010. In a nutshell, 30 years ago you would have had to pay about $300,000 for 1 gigabyte of storage. Last summer you…

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March 8th, 2011, 1:59 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Motorola XOOM WiFi could hit Sam’s Club for $539

The Motorola XOOM is the first tablet to ship with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. It’s also got more features than you can shake a stick at, ranging from a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 1280 x 800 pixel HD display to a wide range of sensors including an accelerometer, gyroscope, and even a barometer. Seriously. Unfortunately, the XOOM…

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March 3rd, 2011, 4:23 pm by Brad Linder | 6 Comments

BlackBerry PlayBook up for pre-order for $600

Research in Motion hasn’t announced the official release date or price for the company’s upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. But the folks at Boy Genius Report have received a tip suggesting that the tablet could go on sale April 10th. And now we may have an idea of the price as well, since retailer Mobile City is taking pre-orders for $599.99….

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March 3rd, 2011, 11:11 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Poll results: How much you would pay for a tablet

Consumer oriented tablet computers are hitting the streets faster than anyone can count. Some of the tablets coming out this year will be budget models meant to function primarily as eBook readers, web surfing devices, or portable video players. Others will have high performance multi-core processors, high resolution displays, long battery life, and these high end models could replace a…

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March 1st, 2011, 3:55 pm by Brad Linder | 13 Comments

LG G-Slate tablet to cost $700?

LG and T-Mobile haven’t officially announced pricing for the upcoming G-Slate, but retailer Mobile City has put up a product page showing a sale price of $699.99, marked down from a suggested retail price of $799.99. The G-Slate features an 8.9 inch display, a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The tablet has an…

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March 1st, 2011, 12:33 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

How much are you willing to pay for a tablet?

Next week Apple is expected to unveil a second generation iPad. But while the first iPad took the world by storm last year as one of the only tablets of its type, the iPad 2 will enter a somewhat more crowded market. It won’t just have to compete with Apple’s first tablet for your attention, but also the Samsung Galaxy…

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February 26th, 2011, 10:35 am by Brad Linder | 33 Comments

WiFi-only Motorola XOOM to run about $600

There’s good news and less good news on the Motorola XOOM tablet front. The good news is that despite early reports suggesting that the tablet would run $799, Reuters is reporting that a WiFi-only version of the tablet will be available for about $600. The less good news is that the $799price tag is real. That’s how much the tablet…

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February 16th, 2011, 11:51 am by Brad Linder | 9 Comments

Motorola XOOM tablet up for pre-order Thursday… for $1200?

Remember back when you thought $800 was way too much to pay for the upcoming Motorola XOOM Android tablet? How about $1200. Best Buy has put up a page promising that the tablet will be available for pre-order on Thursday. But if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there’s a listing for the tablet which says it…

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February 13th, 2011, 8:41 am by Brad Linder | 6 Comments
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