Microsoft to Improve Its Tablet Development to Rival Apple; HP Cooperation Coming, Too
Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer recently announced that the Redmond giant needs to focus on developing their tablet segment products, specially now that the iPad has reached strong sales. The Wall Street Journal mentions that MS is working with its hardware partners on a bunch of new slates, that rely on Windows 7.
Hewlett-Packard is one of these partners, but the company will only use Windows 7 on a business tablet, making a consumer slate that uses WebOS, gained from the Palm purchase.
[via mobilebusinessbriefing]
Tags: HP Microsoft tablet, HP Slate, HP tablet, HP Windows 7 tablet, Steve Ballmer
HP Slate Clone Seen in China
Jul 28, 2010 HP
While HP is busy getting the trademark for the PalmPad tablet, their “Slate” project seems to be dead enough to let others deal with it. Straight from China comes your average HP Slate clone, pictured below and based on Windows 7. A 10 inch display is also on board, with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, but too bad that this is a resistive multitouch screen we’re talking about.
It also incorporates a webcam, a 1.66GHz Atom N450 CPU, an USB port, a 3.5mm audio jack, a VGA port, a LAN port, an accelerometer, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth. A free stand is bundled with the clone… wow, right?
[via Engadget]
Tags: HP Slate, HP Slate clone, HP Slate clone specifications, HP Slate fake, Windows 7 HP Slate
HP Slate 500 Windows 7 Tablet Leaks on its Maker’s Site
Jul 21, 2010 HP
In spite of recently dismissing its plans to launch a HP Slate, followed by the trademark registration of the Palmpad, HP’s attitude towards tablets remains a bit of a mystery. However, a recent find on the company’s site (a product listing) points towards plans concerning slates. Uncovered as the HP Slate 500, the device we’re talking about might run Windows 7.
Other unconfirmed specs include a 1.6GHz processor and 1GB RAM. Could this be another name for the HP PalmPad webOS device we’ve heard about the other day? The product page of the mysterious Slate 500 also mentions two cameras and auto screen rotation, while speculations claim that the slate could use a dual touchscreeen.
The question is: webOS or Win 7?
[via slashgear]
Tags: HP Slate 500, HP Slate 500 leak, HP webOS slate, HP Windows 7 slate, HP Windows 7 tablet
HP Turns Palm Acquisition Into a Tablet; Files for Palmpad Trademark
Jul 20, 2010 HP
We’re finally starting to see the results of the HP – Palm merger, as the two companies are working on a tablet. This info was recently confirmed by the fact that HP filed for the “Palmpad” trademark. We’re talking about a USPTO Trademark application filed on July 9th by HP, one that lists “computers, computer hardware, software, peripherals, portable computers, PDAs” and more.
There’s also a rumoured launch date, as the upcoming Palmpad slate is supposed to debut in Q3. It all seems a bit too early, but Palm might have already been working on a device that HP took over and perfected. What about the naming? Do you like it?
What are the odds of Palmpad getting Windows 7?
[via precentral]
Tags: HP Palm merger, HP Palm tablet, HP Palmpad, Palm tablet, Palmpad trademark
HP Slate Back on Track; No WebOS on Board, Coming in October 2010
May 21, 2010 HP
Two recent rumours concerning the HP Slate were dismissed today: the fact that the device got cancelled and the rumour concerning a WebOS tablet. Monty Wong, personal computing systems VP at HP Taiwan is the source of this information and he mentions that the HP Slate should hit the market in October 2010.
It’ll run Windows 7 and come with “a wide range of software and application support”, it seems. Since, the whole Slate thing is cleared now, we wonder what will happen with webOS and what devices HP will choose to develop using this platform.
Wong announced that more details concerning this fact will be available after the finalization of the Palm buyout in July 2010.
[via slashgear]
Tags: HP buys Palm, HP Slate, HP Slate launch, HP tablet, HP Windows 7 tablet
WebOS Tablet Confirmed by HP CEO
May 19, 2010 HP
One of the good things coming out of the HP Palm buyout is that the brilliant webOS platform will be used on HP’s new devices and we mean both smartphones and tablets. Yesterday, HP’s CEO Mark Hurd confirmed our suspicions, announcing that the company is planning to use webOS on slates and web-connected printers.
This sounds like a pretty strange idea, we mean the printer part and all. Lots of printers already rely on basic apps for printing Flickr photos and movie tickets via online services. This kind of software is usually not that great, but a full-fledged OS will surely change the game. And what about that HP webOS Slate?
[via mobilecrunch]
Tags: HP CEO Mark Hurd, HP Palm buyout, HP tablet, HP webOS tablet, webOS tablet
Palm and HP Already Working on webOS Tablet; Named Hurricane?
May 9, 2010 HP
It’s been a week or so since HP officially announced that it was acquiring Palm and rumours about the companies’ joint products have started to surface. Apparently, the two are readying a webOS tablet called Hurricane, which is pretty odd, considering that HP unveiled the Slate tablet a while back during CES 2010. However, a couple of days ago we learned that this project was cancelled, so the Hurricane might replace it.
Rumours claim that HP and Palm’s brainchild will debut in Q3 2010, but webOS is a strange choice for a tablet, if you ask me. Perhaps a new version of the platform will put the slate’s features to good use and for now, we consider the whole story about the Palm/HP tablet to be as real as the one concerning the BlackBerry slate.
[via Phone Arena]
Tags: Palm and HP tablet, Palm buys HP, Palm PH Hurricane tablet, Palm tablet, webOS tablet
HP Slate Also Cancelled?
May 2, 2010 HP
We say “also”, because this is the third device cancelled (by rumours at least) this week, after the LG GW990 MeeGo smartphone and Microsoft’s Courier. HP’s Slate is apparently canned, or so claims a “source briefed on the matter”, as if this was reassuring or something. The problem seems to be the way Windows 7 runs on the tablet…
We remind you that HP Slate was officially announced by Steve Ballmer on stage in January, with a rumoured price tag of $549 and a presumed June launch date. Right now HP is busy with the whole Palm acquisition thing, so you shouldn’t expect too much feedback from them. All the company wanted to comment on the matter right now is… “no comment”.
A cancellation is still pretty weird, though…
[via Engadget]
Tags: HP Slate, HP Slate cancelled, HP Slate Windows 7 problems, HP tablet cancelled
HP Slate Specs Leak, Pricing Too; Slate vs iPad Comparison Available
Apr 8, 2010 HP
We’ve just managed to score the full list of HP Slate specs, plus a pricing and even a comparison chart between the two. Apparently, the leak was due to HP employees, who leaked an internal Slate presentation that compared the device to the iPad, as you can see below. The device will cost $549, in the 32GB flash storage version, or $599 in the 64GB version.
HP’s new product comes with a 8.9 inch 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive multitouch display, a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor with UMA graphics, 1GB RAM (no upgrades available) and an accelerator for 1080p video playback. There’s also an SDHC card slot on board, two cameras, a SIM card slot, an USB port, a dock connector (power, audio and HDMI out) and the tablet will run Windows 7 Home Premium.
All of these are unofficial details, but, as you can see in the image above, the HP Slate is better than the iPad in many areas, specially as far as processing power, the number of ports and cameras are concerned. Which one will get more sales before the year end?
[via arstechnica]
Tags: HP Slate, HP Slate iPad comparison, HP Slate leak, HP Slate price, HP Slate specifications
HP Slate Promo Video Surfaces, Specs Too
Apr 6, 2010 HP
We’re all drooling at the perspective of handling a decent iPad rival and HP Slate seems to fit the bill, for now. The device recently got detailed, thanks to a bunch of specs leaked on the web and now we can check it out on video, this time not running Adobe Flash and Air, but getting portrayed in a promotional video, at the end of the article.
Apparently, the device sports a 8.9 inch 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive multitouch display, a 1.6 GHz Atom Z530 processor, 1080p playback support and 1GB RAM. There’s also an SDHC slot on board, two cameras, a SIM card slot and HDMI Out. Windows 7 will run on the device, but these are all unofficial details, so take them with a grain of salt.
Pricing this baby with under $1000 and giving it a decent battery would make it a brilliant product. Here’s the promo video:
[via slashgear]
Tags: HP Slate, HP Slate leak, HP Slate promo video, HP Slate specifications
