HP's Slate Spec'ed, Launching June for €400/$546
Up until now there's been very little information available about the HP Slate. The company announced it at CES but specs, a price and a release date were kept under wraps. We knew we'd see it this year sometime, but we didn't know when.
Today Spanish Website Clipset reports that the device will launch this coming June, with a price tag of €400. Though this translates to $546, Engadget suggests that HP won't do a direct currency conversion when it comes to pricing.
Clipset claims to have word straight from HP on this one and goes on to detail some of the device's specs. If the site's sources are to be believed, the Slate will pack Intel's Atom processor, USB connectivity, a memory card reader, a rear-mounted integrated webcam and Windows 7. Perhaps most notable is the presence of Flash support, something the iPad does not have.
While the launch is set for June, European retail availability is set for "before September." No word on whether the Android version of the device will be any cheaper or if it will launch at the same time.
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Wow its like an iPad.... but good.
I don't understand, how did HP get their hands on an iPad early enough to reverse engineer it so they could fabricate this clone?
Basically a pricey netbook with a touch screen and no physical keyboard. Still beats the iFail.. I mean iPad.
I don't understand, how did HP get their hands on an iPad early enough to reverse engineer it so they could fabricate this clone?
Quite easy really, they realized that tablet PC's have been around for a decade and they had a dozen designs laying around.
So they took one of those designs, removed the hinge, and then permanently mounted the screen to the second half and ta-da iPad competitor...
Quite easy really, they realized that tablet PC's have been around for a decade and they had a dozen designs laying around.So they took one of those designs, removed the hinge, and then permanently mounted the screen to the second half and ta-da iPad competitor...
No, no, no...the iPad runs on magic...it is different. It did not exist until Jobs "thought" it into existence. I wish companies would stop copying his ideas.
I believe this was announced before the iPad. But I thought they said it would be cheaper than the iPad as in less than $500. But I guess its worth it with Win7. I wouldve liked an ULV CPU on this slate as the battery life would be extended, buit the Atom's OK considering the uses for this tablet.I was planning to get a kindle, but if the price drops lower I'll definitely consider buying this.
Basically a pricey netbook with a touch screen and no physical keyboard. Still beats the iFail.. I mean iPad.
I agree that some people can look at it that way, but u have to consider the fact that one of the main purposes of these tablet PCs are ereading. This is easily a giant ereader, Amazon's 10inch kindle cost $489, and it onl;y has long battery life and a good screen. This has alot of value, for book readers, artists, and people who simply like things lite and useful.
I bet this will sell more that the iPad,
on the other had Mac might have more lemmings than previously thought.
I bet this will sell more that the iPad,on the other had Mac might have more lemmings than previously thought.
I doubt it. Slate PCs running Windows might or might not sell more than the iPad, but I'll be boiled in oil before I give certain companies (like HP and Acer) my money.
I'm still waiting to see how the Notion Ink Adam turns out.
They changed it.. It was suppose to have a core duo cpu, instead they included an Atom cpui so they can keep the prices down.
So what do you get when you put an Atom CPU with Full fledged Win 7 OS = a slow responding PC with choppy movie playback...
Great Job HP!
When did this tablet from Apple become the device we compare all tablets to?
The last time I checked, tablets and keyboardless tablets have existed for years.
P.S. Haljordan, I'm sure Apple invented the portable music players too!
When did this tablet from Apple become the device we compare all tablets to?The last time I checked, tablets and keyboardless tablets have existed for years.P.S. Haljordan, I'm sure Apple invented the portable music players too!
Of course, before the iPod we couldn't listen to music anywhere save for at home on the Hi-Fi, or on the radio in our cars. We were forced to go about humming our favorite songs when we were on the go!
Wow its like an iPad.... but good.
Except its from HP so it will break down after 4 mo.
This looks like it might sell.. Even with that price tag
The back mounted camera is an interesting design choice. I would have thought they would have put front mount for video chatting.
This still looks way better than the iPad, it's too bad it won't get nearly the press coverage. Of course if this exact same device was branded as an Apple product it would get tons of press and be declared the greatest device ever.
No, no, no...the iPad runs on magic...it is different. It did not exist until Jobs "thought" it into existence. I wish companies would stop copying his ideas.
Actualy I heard it form a guy who heard it from a toad who heard it from a fairy who heard it from a 3 legged fish that steve jobs get his ideas from the fairy godmother who he has locked in his basment.
Only things I'd change would be a better proc and pressure sensitive screen (Intuos Pad) - that thing would be awesome for artist or photobug.
I'll have to see one in person to judge its usefulness over my netbook. I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around touch typing on these tablets.
All of these comments are nice. I agree that the duo to atom is BU**S*IT but... FLASH IS GONNA DOMINATE STEVE JOB'S FACE. I f***ing hate that little piece of sh*t for not putting flash on iPhones. And as for ereading... lame but yea a good majority of this market will look to buy pad devices to get they read on, but functionality wise, the HP slate is a computer, the iPad is a silly device
Actualy I heard it form a guy who heard it from a toad who heard it from a fairy who heard it from a 3 legged fish that steve jobs get his ideas from the fairy godmother who he has locked in his basment.
LOL
Actualy I heard it form a guy who heard it from a toad who heard it from a fairy who heard it from a 3 legged fish that steve jobs get his ideas from the fairy godmother who he has locked in his basment.
The guy was more than likely Ballmer, the toad is without a doubt a disgruntled Apple employee, the fairy is nothing more than a figment of the toad's imagination, and the fish is full of lies and slander! What happened to the fourth leg? Jobs ate it...every purchase of a new iPad will include a recipe for "Fish Leg Stew"!
The back mounted camera is an interesting design choice. I would have thought they would have put front mount for video chatting.
I'm assuming it's so you can use it as a gigantic camera...
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I doubt that HP is going to sell more Slates than Apple is going to sell Ipads and i'll try to explain why. First off battery life, the ipad has 120 HRS, the Slate will struggle to get 4 to 5 HRS. Secondly is the Weight of the Slate, it is more than double of that of the Ipad. Third is speed, the Ipad will be considerably faster because it uses flash memory and not a hard drive like the Slate. Furthermore being that it is Windows driven you will need Antvirus software on it, which will slow it down even more. Fourth the Ipad has ten times more games already available at the App store. Last but not least, by the time the Slate is actually available to purchase, the Ipad will have already reached between 3 and 5 million Units in sales. Don't get me wrong i hope they do sell enough of them to give Apple some competition , but i don't see it that close of a race.
@hackersterman: that is just your prediction.
so where are the spec's?
after using the archos 9 for 10 min, if they do not change the Win 7 interface its dead in the water for me.. Win 7 may be multi-touch capable but not touch friendly and the way I loose stylus they are a non starter for me..
and I though I could get over that by loading my own apps.. well turns out no.. my apps are not configure for touch screen, small icons and looked for hover for task..
and From the Flash I have seen in use on tablets.. Slow and unusable.. Games are not made for touch screen use and Hulu keep freezing up.
testing out the Android archos 5 keep crashing..
I use my Ipod touch now and it does everything I need for work, it had RDP and VNC and a web browser (no flash needed for work) and a SSH terminal. Just the Screen is too small
for Book reading, I have found nothing I like better than Stanza so far, and Amazon Kindle for PC is horrible.
and folding laptops with touch screen are too heavy to hold in tight server rooms to read a PDF manual while doing work.. and no there is no place to set these things down sometimes..
HP Slate is the most promising competition for the Ipad... but they will have to change the interface of windows 7 in order to be anything more than a toy..
Android needs to crash less IMO.. but maybe with the faster processor and more memory it will have less problems than it does on my phone..
Its a bit vague just saying an atom CPU, seeing as they range from good to bad. Look at the following website
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
The Atom Z510 vs the Atom D510 for example have widely varying results.
Anyone could have told you this would have been an Atom CPU, what we want to know is which one thank you very much.
I doubt that HP is going to sell more Slates than Apple is going to sell Ipads and i'll try to explain why. First off battery life, the ipad has 120 HRS, the Slate will struggle to get 4 to 5 HRS. Secondly is the Weight of the Slate, it is more than double of that of the Ipad. Third is speed, the Ipad will be considerably faster because it uses flash memory and not a hard drive like the Slate. Furthermore being that it is Windows driven you will need Antvirus software on it, which will slow it down even more. Fourth the Ipad has ten times more games already available at the App store. Last but not least, by the time the Slate is actually available to purchase, the Ipad will have already reached between 3 and 5 million Units in sales. Don't get me wrong i hope they do sell enough of them to give Apple some competition , but i don't see it that close of a race.
Wow, I wish we all had access to your eternal well of bullshit facts.
Please tell us Oh Great One which websites you are getting this unsubstantiated hyperbole from?
Links please.
Ten times more than what?
Windows?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hilarity ends, even the free games that you can play on MiniClip or CandyStand outnumber the payfor games on the app store and then you also have access to every Windows game ever made that can pass minimum sys requirements, but that is still thousands of games.
Sorry, I just have to laugh right in your face again
PWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I doubt that HP is going to sell more Slates than Apple is going to sell Ipads and i'll try to explain why. First off battery life, the ipad has 120 HRS, the Slate will struggle to get 4 to 5 HRS. Secondly is the Weight of the Slate, it is more than double of that of the Ipad. Third is speed, the Ipad will be considerably faster because it uses flash memory and not a hard drive like the Slate. Furthermore being that it is Windows driven you will need Antvirus software on it, which will slow it down even more. Fourth the Ipad has ten times more games already available at the App store. Last but not least, by the time the Slate is actually available to purchase, the Ipad will have already reached between 3 and 5 million Units in sales. Don't get me wrong i hope they do sell enough of them to give Apple some competition , but i don't see it that close of a race.
+1 I agree. Jobs has been running around for the last few months signing contracts with the biggest publishers. He already has a profitable business with the iTunes store and now he is doing the same with the iBooks store. HP and the rest of the competitors are way behind on this filed.
hmmm... so which IGP/GPU the slate is using? Hope not the one from Intel (can we have Ion or Ion2?!)...>_<
Dropping the CPU from Core2 to Atom is not a surprise due to its price tag, but how much memory/storage space will the basic modle (€400)have?
Will it come w/ 3G? How much extra? How much is the plan? Battery life?
What eBook format will it support? DRM? (most likely..... yes..>_< )
720P? 1080P(I am dreaming)?
I will need more information to say is this going to rise or fail..
Guess it is still too early to ask too much..
but so far..
Atom: Sad
€400: nice
Camera: nice... just at the wrong side
flash support: great (if it works smoothly)
Win7: hmm... yes and no.. we may have multi-tasking but wondering how many programs it can handle in once without making everything choppy..
+1 I agree. Jobs has been running around for the last few months signing contracts with the biggest publishers. He already has a profitable business with the iTunes store and now he is doing the same with the iBooks store. HP and the rest of the competitors are way behind on this filed.
yea.. I remember that... there was an article saying that people were surprised that how could Jobs convince that many publishers to go w/him.
The iPad may not be the best of its kind on/will be on the market, but Jobs seems have done an amazing job on those heavy weight publishers.
It is pretty amazing, but is this a good thing or not?... I am not sure..
Just like the iTune which played a huge role in making the legalized music downloading a mainstream .... but at the same time... well.. we all (at least a lot of us) know what damage has it done.