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One thing going for it: They almost resisted putting intel/windows stickers all over it. http://goo.gl/vXKi
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It's just so weird! It's like they are advertising to an alternate universe where the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch don't exist. I can't believe how slow and laggy it looks in their own video . How can they not see this?
I actually laughed out loud when the doctor zoomed in on the x-ray and there was visible lag and tearing as the screen refreshed. That's the best shot they could come up with to show off zoom!?
The article mentions the button though I can't see the button myself in the pics. Way to go, HP!
With the Galaxy Tab and now the HP Slate priced the same or higher than the iPad, I wonder if the "Apple tax" meme will give way to a "non-Apple tablet tax".
Unless HP is aiming for people to run Solidworks on this, a nominal amount of processing power is a given these days. The truly important question is battery life, more so for a 'business tablet' than an iPad 'toy'.
(I don't think the iPad is a toy, but HP's position that theirs is for business; they're saying that the iPad's a toy)
Here's one of their promo videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xX-B2wG1e4&feature=playe...
Wow, it lags when zooming a picture (0:17), in their promo video. Not inspiring.
Contrast the Slate's ad to the overly-aggressive critique of Nokia's advertising for the N97 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpEuMidcSU
Fantastic. A touch-screen with small buttons, stock Windows 7. Ships with IE8. $200-$300 more than an iPad: you could buy a netbook and an iPad for the same price. WTF? Total shit. Who wants Windows 7 on a tablet?
I'm a heavy user of Captivate and Camtasia and I teach math. I need digital ink for my classes. It allows me to markup graphs and all other documents. I would be a user of this tablet. I think the greatest shortcoming of the iPad is the lack of digital ink and native pen support. Also, screen recording apps. From the promo videos it seems that this device is targeting vertical markets.
My wife agree's. She's also a teacher of math and physics and she was excited to get an iPad until she found out she couldn't use a stylus to mark with.
if this tablet fulfills that need then this may be the tablet for her.