Friday, March 4, 2011
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Windows iPad Alternative – Microsoft Hit Tablet PC Market
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Windows iPad Alternative – Microsoft Hit Tablet PC Market. The Tablet PC business field has a big surprise when HP announce their Windows 7 Powered tablet PC, Slate 500 Tablet. Many are asking if the world’s largest software maker would make its entry to the mobile gadgets, particularly in the tablet pc market, that has no sign of decline in popularity. Though other tablet pc makers make use of Windows as their device’ OS, like the Slate 500 from Hewlett Packard, it still imperative for Microsoft to make its way for a tablet device. Earlier this year we caught sight of what appeared to be a page from HP’s internal pre-launch presentation for its forthcoming Slate touchscreen tablets.
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The Tablet PC business field has a big surprise when HP announce their Windows 7 Powered tablet PC, Slate 500 Tablet. The surprising factor is the Windows 7 Professional operating system (OS) since usually a tablet PC utilize the cell phone operating system (OS) such as iPhone OS, Android, or Windows Phone 7 (WP 7). It is needed to utilize the cell phone OS instead the PC OS since the tablet PC is a mobile device which usually has lower specification if compare with the usual PC/Laptop.
Now some of those specs have been confirmed, including the model number of the first series – the Slate 500 (it’s actually the Slate 500-1002tu, if you want to get pedantic).
HP has launched the "Slate 500," tablet device that will compete with the Apple iPad, Cisco Cius, Samsung Galaxy Tab and RIM Playbook as it looks to win hearts in the increasingly crowded enterprise segment. HP says that the tablet is designed specifically for users looking for "the familiarity of Microsoft Windows 7 and the ability to run custom or corporate applications".
Windows iPad Alternative – Microsoft Hit Tablet PC Market
Windows Powered HP Slate 500 as Apple achieved tremendous success with its iPad, wouldn’t Microsoft makes its Windows iPad alternative to counter the increasing market share of one of its toughest rival when it comes to OS? Not to mention, Google, another software giant has also proved how it can penetrate the mobile industry through the introduction of their Android OS few years back. The battle for mobile devices’ share is currently dominated by Apple and Google Android powered devices.
A premature post on HP’s own site identifies the HP Slate 500 as running Windows 7 Home Premium, with an 8.9 inch screen and a stylus that can be used “to write or draw as if on a piece of paper.”
The device also sports “two cameras (video and still)” while “exclusive HP software gives you access to photos, videos and everything on the Internet with just a touch”.
This sounds to us like a quick-start pre-Windows environment. That could be either HP’s existing proprietary QuickWeb environment or the lightweight Linux-based HyperSpace operating system developed by BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies, which HP purchased last month.
Additionally, a listing for the Slate 500 on the US EnergyStar site pegs the device as running a single-core 1.6GHz processor, which matches earlier leaked specs pointing to an Atom chip. The base model will also be fitted with 1GB of memory.
The rest of the specs remain a mystery but HP’s playbook suggested a 64GB flash drive and SD memory card slot, one USB 2.0 port and a ‘docking connector’ which carries power, audio and HDMI output along with support for additional USB ports.
For wireless, expect 802.11g and Bluetooth plus optional 3G (using a standard SIM card). HP pegged the device as hitting five hours of battery life between recharges and estimated the Slate 500’s starting price as US$549-599.
Recently, Microsoft came to the tech industry’s premier gadget show for presentation of their latest updates. Many expected Microsoft to unveil its flagship tablet PC. Instead, Microsoft presented other computer hardware, some stuff about microchips, and a sneak peak to yet another Windows.
If Microsoft will not make its bold move to enter the tablet device market, Apple as well as Google will certainly penetrate Microsoft’s OS share. You would not be surprised if someday Google will introduce their alternative OS though. Chrome just for example is a major success of Google outranking the Microsoft’s default browser, the Internet Explorer, with a big margin.
The specification of the Slate 500 includes: Intel Atom Z540 clocked at 1.86GHz, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD plus Broadcom HD chip onboard to offload CPU from the task of decoding 1080p video.
The 8.9-inch capacitive screen can handle 1024x600 pixels, much like Galaxy Tab, and HP has judiciously thrown in a VGA webcam, a 3-megapixel camera and ability to use an active stylus from Wacom, turning the Slate 500 into a digitising tablet.
It'll be available on HP's site for $799 to anyone who wishes to purchase one.
[via engaget]
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