HP Slate PC can be Tough Competition for the Apple iPad

With the changing world, we have changing technology. Some firms have now taken this very trend to the next level, with highly intuitive interfaces and great functionality incorporated into the best looking devices. Hewlett-Packard, a leading company in the field of personal computers has come up with what looks like a device from the future. The HP Slate PC is simply a surface. It works according to you, in that you touch and it does what you want it to. It is part of the new generation tablet PC family, its biggest rival being the Apple iPad. Compared to Apple’s product however, the HP Slate does seem to provide a little more promise in terms of functionality. The philosophy behind these new age products is that people want to use computers with as much ease as possible. This is achieved to a very great extent in the new tablet or slate PCs by HP. They sport a gorgeous display and some pretty neat features.

Coming to the technical aspect, the HP Slate PC is expected to retail at USD 549 for the base version and USD 599 for the higher version. It has a brilliant bright 8.9 inch display with 1024x600 pixels resolution, and has full touch functionality. The HP Slate runs on a 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom processor which is quite popular for hand held devices. The processor is further buffed up to support UMA (Unified Memory Architecture) graphics and an accelerator for 1080p resolution. Most of the tech world is assuming that it contains a Broadcom Crystal HD graphics chip. As far as storage and memory is concerned, both models run on a non-upgradable 1GB RAM (Random Access Memory), which is more than enough for a hand held device. The base model will sell with a 32 Gigabyte (GB) flash storage drive, while the higher model will come with a 64 GB storage drive. HP has revealed that the device will have a five hour battery life. It will contain an SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) slot, a two way camera, a USB port and a SIM card slot to be used with an optional 3G modem. The HP slate has an HDMI out port, which can be used to connect it to a TV or a large display. Moving on to software, the device will ship with Windows 7 preinstalled on it, integrated with an HP fully optimized touch interface. All these features point to an expectation of the HP slate to be a revolutionary hand held device that can be with you on the go.

To conclude, it’s safe to say that HP has outdone itself with its first entrant into the new age tablet PC market. The HP Slate PC will definitely provide some heavy competition to the Apple iPad. It defeats the iPad in the simplest argument there ever was, compatibility. The windows 7 operating system promises that the HP Slate PC will run many third party applications, and hopefully even a new version of Microsoft Office. The tech community is extremely eager to get their hands on this new bundle of excitement.