{"id":17155,"date":"2013-02-25T12:45:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T18:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=17155"},"modified":"2013-02-25T11:45:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T17:45:31","slug":"hp-gets-back-in-tablet-game-with-slate-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/tablet\/hp-gets-back-in-tablet-game-with-slate-7\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Gets Back In Tablet Game With Slate 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve always rather admired HP’s Slate tablets. Traditionally aimed at the enterprise market, these were full Windows tablets. Despite being saddled with an operating system that wasn’t touch-intuitive, HP lavished the industrial design on the Slate line that the lamented TouchPad<\/a> lacked.<\/p>\n

While consumer tablet production halted a year and a half ago, HP made it clear that it intends to return to that market segment. HP has combined the Slate design ethos and the Android OS to create the Slate 7<\/a>, a mid-range 7″ Android tablet with Beats Audio (hence option of a red backside), a solid metal design, and integrated printing (because duh, HP).\u00a0Impressively, it’s reported that\u00a0HP has decided not to bog down the Android OS with a custom skin, a huge departure from most of the tablet makers out there and a welcome change. Considering the current User Experience mastermind at Google came from HP\/Palm, it’s also rather apt.<\/p>\n

One thing HP has clearly learned from the TouchPad debacle is not to price a device out of the market. At $169, the Slate 7 is cheap enough to consider as an alternative to the Nexus 7, the obvious\u00a0competitor. The Slate 7 may be less expensive than the Nexus, but the Nexus has a kick-rump screen, and reports of the Slate 7’s screen are so far mixed. When we get a change to go hands-on, we’ll be sure to add our two cents.<\/p>\n

Another nice change from the days of webOS is availability. Instead of a vague “Coming Soon”, HP has already let potential users know they can get their grubby mitts on the Slate 7 in April.<\/p>\n

Mobile World Congress has several days left, and it’s more than possible that there will be other tablets announced that will be just as impressive, but right now the Slate 7 is certainly one to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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