Although it’s a British company, Cambridge-based Tadpole Technology Plc chose to give its Sparc-based notebook computer, the SparcBook its first outing in the US, towards the end of last year. The machine hasn’t really been available this side of the Atlantic in any significant quantities until now, but customer demand for the product has apparently forced Tadpole’s hand over the last few weeks. The company says it is now able to supply the machine in the UK – where prices go from UKP3,056 to UKP9,200 – but it is still setting up a European distribution channel, and is looking to sign resellers in the Sun Microsystems Inc market. The continental launch of SparcBook is planned for the second quarter of this year, the froglet affirms.
