HP slate price

Just when the Apple iPad is buzzing all over the web, an internal document with specifications of HP's upcoming tablet dubbed Slate was acquired by Engadget. The HP Slate will have an 8.9-inch display and will come equipped with Intel Atom CPU and support 1080p graphics. At the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in January, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had announced the HP Slate running Windows 7.
HP's internal document compared Slate's specifications with those of the Apple iPad. The specs comparison marks Slate's strong points in green color and threats from iPad in red color. HP Slate will have an 8.9-inch with capacitive multi-touch panel supporting 1024x600 pixel resolution. This display will also have light sensor, accelerometer and digital pen support. We don't know what HP was thinking but the Slate tablet will come with two year old Intel Atom Menlow platform chipset. This Menlow platform known as Centrino Atom will have single core 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor with 512kb L2 Cache and 533MHz front side bus speed.

Slate will come with 1GB DDR2 memory that won't be upgradable and internal storage options of 32GB/64GB would be offered. SD card reader port allows adding up to 128GB storage to this Slate tablet. The most interesting part about the Slate is the Windows 7 Home Premium with HP Touch-optimized User interface on it. Wow! So that would be a full blown Microsoft operating system. Intel UMA carrying PowerVR SGX 535 graphics chip promises to offer 1080p HD resolution graphics support and on top of that, this tablet also has HDMI out.
Unlike iPad, the Slate will have a 3 megapixel camera on its back panel and a VGA web cam on the front panel. Using the front camera you can video chat with your contacts using services like Skype.
For audio out, the Slate offers 3.5mm audio out port and so you will be able to hook any headphone of your choice. Other features include Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) and conventional SIM card tray. However, the battery life of HP Slate can be a bit of an issue. Unlike the iPad which promises up to 10 hours of battery life, the Slate offers just five hours of it.
Finally, in terms of pricing, HP will price the Slate for $549 (Rs. 26,400 approx.) which is as much as a netbook. Apple iPad (starting at $500) is already available now in U.S. and would soon be available to rest of the world. As of now, there's no official word about HP Slate's arrival date. However, this document leak pretty much indicates that the Slate's release is just around the corner.
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