New HP Slate pricing and features list (?!) compares it to Apple iPad
Engadget has uncovered supposedly an internal HP document that compares the upcoming HP Slate versus the recently launched Apple iPad. Well, it looks somewhat like that Apple iPad vs HP Slate comparison of our own made in January when both devices were announced… except this comparison sheet is in simplified point form has a couple of new details and tech specs.
Things that we already know about the HP Slate: the 8.9 inch 1024 x 600 multi-touch capacitive display that supports pen input, HD video playback, SD slot, USB 2.0 port, HDMI output port and Windows 7 with a HP-created UI injected into the mix (ie, what they currently do with their Touchsmart PC’s)
New info revealed by the Engadget-found document about the HP Slate include:
- The HP Slate will use a single-core 1.6 GHz processor (specifically the Intel Atom Z530)
- Not only will it play HD video, it will play full HD 1080p video (beats the iPad with its standard definition video playback “magic”!)
- The HP Slate will come in 32 GB and 64 GB flavors
- That SD slot on the Slate will support standard SD cards, SDHC cards and recently announced SDXC format (the latter coming in monstrous capacities measuring 48 GB and above); this allows you to more than double the amount of memory you carry with the HP Slate
- There’s a dock connector on the HP Slate, so it will probably be bundled with a dock (or have one available as an optional accessory). This also opens up the door to a broad range of potential accessories: from speaker docks to physical keyboard attachments
- The HP Slate is slightly smaller than the Apple iPad (also thanks to its 8.9 inch display which is a little smaller than the iPad’s 9.7 inch screen)
- The HP Slate will have dual cameras: a VGA unit on the display side for “webcam” purposes (ie Skype and video conferencing) and a 3 megapixel camera on the back for snapshots
What’s interesting is the HP Slate will have a built-in (read: not directly accessible) “long life cycle” battery that’s rated to last about 5 hours. HP (or whoever made the comparison document) proves that the HP Slate is superior to the Apple iPad in almost every way imaginable in terms of specifications, save for screen resolution, battery life and the fact that they can’t really undercut the 16 GB non-3G iPad.
However, they did manage to accomplish their little mini-mission (if the document is correct) to undercut their Apple iPad equivalents of similar capacity – it’s likely the 32 GB HP Slate will go for $549 while the 64 GB version will go for $599; that’s $50 and $100 cheaper than the 32 GB and 64 GB iPad’s respectively.
