• HP Kills the iPad Killer - Slate

    HP Kills the iPad Killer - Slate

    Techtree News Staff, Apr 30, 2010 1312 hrs IST

    Says Windows 7 is unfriendly with tablets and Intel hardware is too power hungry

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During the Consumer Electronics Show 2010, Hewlett Packard had promised to introduce its Slate tablet later this year. Unfortunately, plans for the same have been called off. HP has killed the Slate tablet citing that Windows 7 isn't a good tablet operating system and the Intel hardware is "too power hungry", reported Techcrunch. Ouch! That will certainly hurt those who were eagerly waiting for this tablet.


Earlier this month, specifications and price details of the HP Slate leaked out. As per those details, HP Slate ran Windows 7 Starter edition with multi-touch. However, HP thinks that Windows 7 is not a good operating system for tablet devices. HP had shown disappointment regarding Windows 7 for touchscreen computers/tablets back in January. We don't know if HP has managed to get over the limitations by developing touchscreen suite of its own.


However, if HP surprises us and goes ahead with bringing the Slate tablet to reality, it might adopt the recently acquired Palm's WebOS and dump Windows 7. Considering the lightweight and web friendly nature of WebOS, it looks like a safe bet for HP.


HP is also rumored to state that the Intel hardware for the Slate was too power hungry. It was power hungry as according to the leaked specifications of the HP Slate, it had Intel Atom Menlow Z530 CPU inside. This first generation Atom CPU has thermal design power rating of 2W and thermal specifications of 90 degrees consuming 0.75-1.1V power. If the HP Slate is actually produced, it might use the recent Intel Atom processor for embedded devices or wait for 32nm based Atom chips due in 2011.


Just in case this speculation stands out to be true, several tablet makers who were considering Windows 7 as the primary OS would be having second thoughts on the same.




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(6) Comments
Freedom = Alter
,Italy, on Apr 30, 2010 02:28 PM
this is not possible. Win Courrier cancelled, HP Slate cancelled. Is it possible that even with billions of dollars and the tremendous human capacity, no one can stand up to Apple? No one can look into the future and present innovation?? This is scary, Apple's control freackish monopoly is scairy, not having any alternatives is even scairyer. Capitalism is based on alternatives and competition, and a single possible solution (Apple) is equivalent to Communism or regime!
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Chris
,Melbourne, AU, on Apr 30, 2010 04:44 PM
Courier wasn't cancelled. It was never announced as a product. It is and always was until we are informed otherwise from an official source, a Microsoft Research and Development project.
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dhagej
,mumbai, on May 01, 2010 01:40 PM
Notion Ink Adam
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Herba
,Montreal, on Apr 30, 2010 06:23 PM
Funny how geeks are bashing on Apple to not support Flash, or true multitask, or went with the Iphone Os instead of OS-X. That because a PC OS on a tablet just dont work with current technology. Normal people want simple things that works, not bunch of stats thrown into a can.
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Sarah
,Belmont, on Apr 30, 2010 01:51 PM
Bogus article. Why do you post bullcrap rumors based on speculation?
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John Coonen
,Cryrstal Lake, on Apr 30, 2010 01:42 PM
How sure of this are you?
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