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Samsung Galaxy Player price falls to $189 (Update: Nope, it was just a sale)

Samsung’s Galaxy Player line of handheld Android devices is getting a price cut. When the Galaxy Player 5.0 and Galaxy Player 4.0 started shipping recently they were priced at $270 and $230 respectively. But now you can pick up the 5 inch model from Amazon for $229, or grab the 4 inch Galaxy Player 4.0 […]

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1.2 GHz Archos 101 G9 “Turbo” tablet now available… in Europe

As promised (although a little behind schedule), Archos has rolled out a new version of the Archos 101 G9 tablet with a slight spec bump. The 10 inch tablet initially shipped with a 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processor. Now it’s also available with a faster 1.2 GHz OMAP4 chip. You can order the new model […]

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Early CyanogenMod 7 build loaded on the Amazon Kindle Fire

Update: The tools are now publicly available, which means anyone can install CyanogenMod 7 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, turning it into a full-fledged Android tablet for $199.  The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a modified version of Google Android, but hackers have already figured out how to root the tablet, install officially unsupported apps, […]

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This is what a rooted BlackBerry PlayBook looks like – video

A group of three independent developers plan to release a tool for rooting the BlackBerry PlayBook within the next week or so. Yesterday we got a first look at a PlayBook that had been rooted with his DingleBerry tool with an Apple-themed background. Now developer Chris Wade has posted a video of a rooted PlayBook […]

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How to add sideloaded apps to your NOOK Tablet home screen, app library

There are about a thousand apps available for the NOOK Tablet in the official Barnes & Noble Shop. But it’s easy to add thousands of additional apps by downloading them off the internet or installing a third party app store on the tablet. Update: Sideloading Android apps on a NOOK Tablet requires a device running […]

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Gigabyte Booktop T1132N: It’s a laptop, tablet, and desktop PC

Way back in 2009, before the iPad hit the streets, when people talked about tablet computers they typically meant Windows notebooks with touchscreen displays that could be folded flat for use in slate mode. Those convertible laptop-style tablets are still around though… and Gigabyte has just released a new model that takes things to another […]

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BlackBerry PlayBook gone wild: Refurbished for $150, employee models for $99

So you thought those $199 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets that have been on sale in the US and Canada for the past week were cheap? That’s nothing. Today Best Buy started selling refurbished models for as little as $150, and Research in Motion is offering tablets to employees for as little as $99. Here’s the breakdown […]