HP’s Slate Device

Re:HP’s Slate Device by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @07:05AM (#1246945)

I had to do a little research on this as I thought that the HP Slate had been announced first:

Engadget showed images of a HP Slate on 2010-01-06, http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/the-hp-slate/

Whilst Engadget were still publishing rumours about an Apple Tablet, http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/apple-rumor-roundup-summe..., 2 weeks later. Apple announced their tablet 3 weeks after HP at http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-table....

Not conclusive proof but to say that HP were waiting to see Apples spec is wrong; unless you're considering industrial espionage.

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Re:HP’s Slate Device by mambodog on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @11:55PM (#1249085)

I was refering to the visual styling. HP Slate might not be based on the iPad, but surely it draws on the iPhone/iPod and/or MBP, just as the HP Envy does. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, just that it seems to be a theme in HP's latest products.

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