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Linux Tablet Spark Shipping In May
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The tablet will feature a content store, which will allow the users to download free or paid apps and digital books from Project Gutenberg.
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Friday, February 03, 2012:
Aaron Seigo, one of the lead developers of KDE and a leader of the Spark free software Linux Tablet, has said that the device will not be available until May 2012.
According to ZDNet, Seigo said, “A lot of pieces need to be coordinated. There are more issues to address beyond the OS image and the content add-on store, but things like packaging design, manufacturing, shipping, import, retail channel coordination. So far we’re on track, but i cannot offer a precise date than ‘May’ until we pull the trigger on production.”
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The Linux-based tablet will be available for order online worldwide. He said, "We will focus on Europe first, but it will be shipped around the world later." The developers are also looking for retail partners across the globe. Pricing will be around $260 or 200 Euros.
The device is powered by a 1 GHz AMLogic CPU with Mali 400 graphics and features a 17.8-cm (7-inch) capacitive multitouch display. It also has 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage and a microSD card slot.
It is not the hardware but its software that sets the tablet apart from the entire gamut of tablet devices currently available in the market. The reason is that unlike Google’s Android, KDE Plasma Active is a community-driven free software platform. For all those who are not interested in developing the software, the development team is making the device as usable as possible. The tablet will feature a content store, which will allow the users to download free/paid apps and digital books from Project Gutenberg.
The Plasma Active development team has been working to develop this tablet-friendly software for a long time. This touch-friendly version of the software was first showcased in last April. The team was giving a pretty functional demo of Plasma Active on tablet hardware by October.
Tahir Zubair, EFYTIMES News Network
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