HP Silently Releases Slate PC, Hopes No One Notices

Release Date 25 Oct, 2010 in Windows IT Pro

 
   

The H.P. Slate Is Not Trying To Be an iPad

New York Times (blog) - Roy Furchgott - 25 Oct, 2010
Consumers interested in buying a tablet computer are going to see a lot of devices in the coming months that resemble the iPad. ...

5 Reasons the HP Slate 500 Works for Businesses

PC Magazine - Dan Costa - 25 Oct, 2010
HP finally released details about its much anticipated Slate product. We now have a name, Slate 500 Tablet PC, and a price, $799, but what seems to be ...

HP Slate 500 Tablet Launched Finally

Techtree.com - Samir Makwana - 25 Oct, 2010
Hewlett Packard has finally launched the Slate 500 tablet PC that was demonstrated at CES 2010 in January this year. Running Windows 7 Professional, ...

HP Slate 500 brings professional spin to the tablet wars

Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - ‎Oct 23, 2010‎
HP Slate 500 is a business machine, not a toy â€" and therein, says HP, lies the difference. The HP Slate 500 is the latest device to hit the crowded tablet ...

HP Slate 500 vs. MacBook Air: Which is Better for Business?

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎Oct 23, 2010‎
This week both Apple and HP made new computing platforms available. Both the MacBook Air and the HP Slate had been the subject of ...

Why HP's Slate isn't anything like the iPad

Computerworld - Mike Elgan - ‎Oct 23, 2010‎
The Slate is a motorcycle. The iPad is a bicycle. How many motorcycles do you have in your garage? By Mike Elgan Computerworld - HP released its Slate 500 ...

HP releases its first 'Slate' to compete with Apple's iPad

San Jose Mercury News - Brandon Bailey - ‎Oct 23, 2010‎
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shows the new HP Slate computer and e-reader during his keynote address at the 2010 International Consumer ...

HP enters the tablet market, aims at business customers with $799 Slate 500

New York Daily News - ‎Oct 23, 2010‎
HP entered the crowded tablet computer market with its Slate 500 tablet computer. Aiming at businesses, the company is marketing its product as a PC, ...

HP Targets Slate 500 as a "Business Tablet"

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
HP had a surprise for the tech world when it announced the immediate retail availability of its Windows 7 Slate 500 tablet computer ...

HP Does Not Want You to Buy its Slate 500

PC Magazine - Pj Jacobowitz - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer unveiled an HP tablet that looked a lot like what would become ...

HP Slate 500 tablet PC is no iPad. Release date: now.

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Finally! Enough talking, show us the shiny, HP. Its Slate 500 tablet PC is ready to roll; release date: now! ...

HP selling Windows 7 tablet for business users

The Associated Press - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
NEW YORK (AP) â€" Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new tablet might look a little bit like Apple Inc.'s latest blockbuster gadget but it's no iPad killer. ...

HP launches new slate 500 tablet via Website

Tehran Times - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
HP is positioning it in a different category than Apple's iPad, which it considers a “media-oriented tablet” for consumers. Hewlett-Packard started selling ...

HP Slate 500 Fans the Mac vs. PC Flames

PC World - Jared Newman - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
The HP Slate 500 tablet is red meat for technology fanboys on both sides of the ongoing Mac vs. PC debate. ...

HP Introduces Slate 500 Tablet

InformationWeek - Esther Shein - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Apple's iPad is less expensive than the $799 Windows 7 tablet with an 8.9-inch display, 2 cameras and Intel Atom processor. ...

HP's Tablet PC Gambles on Windows

The Atlantic (blog) - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard has begun to show its new Slate tablet PC. The company still guards some details about the machine, but the media has ferreted out a bit ...

HP unveils Windows 7 "Slate 500," downplays iPad challenge

Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
As promised in January, Hewlett-Packard has released its Windows 7 Slate computer before the end of the year. The Slate 500 is the highly anticipated ...

HP challenges iPad with $800 Slate 500 tablet computer

Los Angeles Times (blog) - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard Co. jumped into the nascent tablet computing market Friday when it released its Slate 500, an $800 competitor to Apple Inc.'s 6-month-old ...

HP's Slate tablet: The early reviews

Reuters Blogs (blog) - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard, at long last, has released the tablet computer first glimpsed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January, ...

HP Launches Windows 7-Based Slate 500 Tablet; Price $799

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
The Slate 500 runs on a 1.86 GHz Atom processor; it has an 8.9 inch display, runs 802.11n WiFi, and sports a USB port and front- and ...

Understanding the tablet phenomenon

MarketWatch - John C. Dvorak - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) â€" Not everyone ran off to buy a tablet computer the minute they arrived. I still do not have one, ...

Loaded: HP Slate out and about

CNETTV - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Microsoft creates an online PC-gaming store called Games for Windows, Google TV appears to be blocked by ABC, NBC, and CBS, and Hewlett-Packard's Slate is ...

H-P Releases Its $800 Slate, the Latest iPad Rival

Wall Street Journal - Nathan Becker - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard Co. released Friday a touchscreen tablet computer that runs Windows, becoming the latest computer maker to jump into the ...

HP unveils 'Slate 500' tablet computer

AFP - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
WASHINGTON â€" Hewlett-Packard unveiled a Windows-powered touchscreen tablet computer on Friday aimed at professionals, the latest entry into a growing market ...

First look at HP's Slate 500 Tablet PC (photos)

ZDNet - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
At last, HP finally unveiled it's 8.9-inch Slate 500 Tablet PC for Windows 7. The big surprise is that it is being marketed for business use. ...

HP Makes First Tablet Available For $799

Wall Street Journal - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) has made available on its website its first tablet PC, becoming the latest computer maker to jump into the fray following Apple ...

Tablet Battle: HP Slate vs. iPad vs. Galaxy Tab vs. Playbook

PC World - Daniel Ionescu - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
Remember that disappointing HP tablet with Windows 7 from January everyone thought it was scrapped? ...

HP Slate 500 Features, Price Officially Unveiled (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
The HP Slate 500, designed "specifically for business, enterprise and vertical customers," according to the press release, boasts an 8.9-inch multi-touch ...

HP Slate: The $800 business netbook without a keyboard

CNN International - Charlie Sorrel - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
The Slate was proudly touted by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer as an iPad killer, back before the iPad even existed. ...

HP whips out iPad challenger Windows 7 fondle-slab

Register - Bill Ray - ‎Oct 22, 2010‎
HP has finally launched the slate it demonstrated in January, bringing the weight of Windows 7 to the iPad fight. ...

 

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