HP Slate 500 Goes The Route Of Official, Costs $799

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HP Slate 500 Goes The Route Of Official, Costs $799

by Stefan Etienne on 21. Oct, 2010 9:19PM in FTW, HP, Tablets, Windows

The HP Slate 500? Its got the official badge now, readers. As usual with new product launches, LaptopMemo will cut striaght to the chase and tell you what the HP Slate 500 has to offer: a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD and Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator for managing heavy 1080p video, an included dock which has an HDMI-out port to hook up to your big screen, and finally an 8.9-inch capacitive touch screen which runs Windows 7 Professional. The Slate 500 also has a bonus Wacom active digitizer (for leisure) and front-facing as well as 3 megapixel camera on the behind.

On one hand, I have to give it to HP for not producing something potentially crappy. But then charging $799 for it doesn’t quite make sense. Even the Galaxy Tab on Verizon is priced cheaper, and that’s saying something.
HP Slate 500 Press pics

Promo video after the jump/break/cut/bounce!

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HP Slate 500 Seen (Again) In Leaked Photos

by Stefan Etienne on 28. Sep, 2010 1:24PM in HP, Tablets

Does this ever get tiring? In a way, yes, in another way, no. The HP Slate 500 that was seen on YouTube without its makeup on was just sent to CNET, in the form of spy shots. According to their source, the Slate will be released in the end of October, with a full version of plain-old Windows 7. As an acknowledgement of the readers here that have no idea of what the HP Slate 500 is, here’s a full page of content all about it.

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HP Slate Leaked Prototype Demoed On Video, Is A Silly Mess

by Stefan Etienne on 23. Sep, 2010 10:08AM in Hardware, HP, Tablets, Windows

This just has to be fake. I can help it. A dedicated button to bring up the keyboard? A dedicated Ctrl-Alt-Del button? And yet I do think it’s real, and that HP has lost its mind. The video, available in HD, gives a tour of the HP Slate, but then when it goes to a UI demonstration, even though this is a prototype after all, completely fails. At the moment, I’m having a cringe just looking at the video.

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HP’s Mark: OK OK, We’ll Make webOS Smartphones

by Stefan Etienne on 04. Jun, 2010 7:26PM in Apps, Hardware, HP, Mobile, Palm

Originally, HP CEO Mark Hurd said that HP didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. Use time travel and set your machine to 24 hours later, and you’ll find his new statement, clearly spelling out that HP will use webOS in tons of web-connected gadgets, including smartphones and printers:

When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become the backbone for many of HP’s small form factor devices, and we expect to expand webOS’s footprint beyond just the smartphone market, all while leveraging our financial strength, scale, and global reach to grow in smartphones.

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The HP Slate Will Run WebOS! And That’s Officially Speaking

by Stefan Etienne on 24. May, 2010 3:05PM in Hardware, HP, Palm, Tablets

According to Monty Wong, vice-president of personal computing systems at HP Taiwan, webOS will be used for HP phones and tablets, but not notebooks. The HP Slate is a tablet, so what gives? WebOS comes to the HP Slate, that’s what. He also pointed out to Digitimes that the Slate will come out before October, and there will be lots of software support at launch. Sounds all in the positive, (except for Steve Ballmer who wanted an iPad competitor) if you ask your 13-year-old tech journalist.

Source: DigiTimes

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HP Slate is a piece of dead meat too (nearly)

by Stefan Etienne on 30. Apr, 2010 10:36AM in Hardware, HP, Tablets, Windows

Aww, come on Microsoft! First the Courier gets the good ‘ol boot, and now the HP Slate gets the slapping as well? According to my not-so-well-acquainted colleague Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch, the HP Slate is dead, much like the Courier and was confirmed by sources also in the know about the project. Not only this would be the biggest flop I’ve seen with my eyes in the mobile industry, but would be an enormous disappointment by HP as a company. I’ve reached out to HP for comment, and will update this post if I hear from them.

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How Will The HP Slate Wage War Against The iPad? I Think I Know How

by Stefan Etienne on 12. Apr, 2010 2:37PM in Apps, Editorials, Featured, HP, Tablets

It’s been a feature for months now. The HP Slate; a tablet (ahem, slate) with the brains of a conventional laptop, but the qualities of a true “iPad-killer” (or so it seems). Rumored for a launch early this summer, there’s a major question raised on how the HP Slate could redefine that “gap” between your laptop and smartphone. And here’s how.

The HP Slate will come in two configurations, that is in 32GB and 64GB versions, priced at $549 and $599 respectively (according to the numerous leaks). But space isn’t what’s important. In fact on any of the coming slates, whether it be the ExoPC, HP Slate, Notion Ink Adam, or even the Google Tablet. What will turn the consumer industry inside-out is software and simple but capable, good looking hardware. Take this short (or long if you understand it) example into perspective:

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HP Slate Specs Leaked From Internal Memo, Gets Comparison To The iPad

by Stefan Etienne on 05. Apr, 2010 6:52PM in Hardware, HP, Tablets, Windows

It seems we can’t get away from a certain word that begins with “i” and ends in “d”. That word is “iPad“. But now here’s something else we can finally say again, courtesy of an internal leaked memo from Engadget: HP Slate. While there has been rumors as what is included in the HP Slate besides a tablet-friendly Windows 7 and full Flash support, there hasn’t been much more than this story.

But now that’s changed. Now in the memo there’s a $549 price tag for the base model with 32GB flash memory storage, and a 64GB version for $599. The Slate will sport a 8.9-inch 1024×600 capacitive multitouch display, 1GB RAM, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor with Intel UMA graphics and 1080p playback, SD card slot, SIM card tray for optional3G, USB 2.0 port, and a front-facing VGA webcam as well as an outward-facing 3MP camera. Double cameras = double blow to the iPad. The only major drawback here would be Windows 7, which wouldn’t work out well on a tablet, but since HP has a trick up its sleeve called Windows 7+ TouchSmart, this could make a Windows 7 tablet a great idea, because there’s a golden rule when it comes to making tablets: never port a desktop OS. It never turns out well. But the HP Slate? This could turn out very well. Don’t dissapoint us, HP.

Via: Engadget

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