retroremakes
February 18th, 2010, 04:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_ballmernote43.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/ballmernote43.jpg)Even if you hate Apple, you can't deny they set the tone. The WSJ reports (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703798904575069681174687948.html?m od=rss_whats_news_technology&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wsj/xml/rss/3_7015+(WSJ.com:+What's+News+Technology)) that while HP announced their Slate first (http://gizmodo.com/5442200/hps-windows-7-slate-device-revealed-by-steve-ballmer), they waited for the iPad unveil to make changes, like the price—which they plan to undercut.
HP wants to come in under $630 for their full Windows 7 Slate (http://gizmodo.com/5456941/hp-slate-coming-2010-way-less-than-1500-plain-old-win-7). A tall order, considering that even Asus and MSI, skilled as they are in the art of undercutting, furrowed their collective brows (http://gizmodo.com/5459852/ipad-aftershocks-apples-netbook-is-screwing-netbook-makers) at the iPad's cheaper-than-expected pricing.
And apparently Acer's already backtracking on their promise (http://gizmodo.com/5461843/acer-will-not-release-tablet-competition-for-the-ipad) not to make iPad competitors, with Sumit Agnihotry, a marketing veep at Acer telling the WSJ that working on stuff in between a phone and laptop, and that "Acer plans to introduce possibly more iPad-like devices." Then there's Dell, who found via consumer research what they really want is a five-inch slate for browsing. So voila (http://gizmodo.com/5443837/first-hands+on-and-video-dell-mini-5-android-slate). Let's not forget JooJoo or Lenovo (http://gizmodo.com/5459308/slate-showdown-ipad-vs-hp-slate-vs-joojoo-vs-android-tablets--more-updated), either. And Super Kindle (http://gizmodo.com/5466859/amazons-working-on-a-full+color-multitouch-kindle-with-wi+fi)!
Oh, this is going to be a ****ing mess. [WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703798904575069681174687948.html?m od=rss_whats_news_technology&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wsj/xml/rss/3_7015+(WSJ.com:+What's+News+Technology))]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/VEJbOXtkV4g/begun-the-tablet-wars-have-hps-slate-wants-to-undercut-the-ipad)
HP wants to come in under $630 for their full Windows 7 Slate (http://gizmodo.com/5456941/hp-slate-coming-2010-way-less-than-1500-plain-old-win-7). A tall order, considering that even Asus and MSI, skilled as they are in the art of undercutting, furrowed their collective brows (http://gizmodo.com/5459852/ipad-aftershocks-apples-netbook-is-screwing-netbook-makers) at the iPad's cheaper-than-expected pricing.
And apparently Acer's already backtracking on their promise (http://gizmodo.com/5461843/acer-will-not-release-tablet-competition-for-the-ipad) not to make iPad competitors, with Sumit Agnihotry, a marketing veep at Acer telling the WSJ that working on stuff in between a phone and laptop, and that "Acer plans to introduce possibly more iPad-like devices." Then there's Dell, who found via consumer research what they really want is a five-inch slate for browsing. So voila (http://gizmodo.com/5443837/first-hands+on-and-video-dell-mini-5-android-slate). Let's not forget JooJoo or Lenovo (http://gizmodo.com/5459308/slate-showdown-ipad-vs-hp-slate-vs-joojoo-vs-android-tablets--more-updated), either. And Super Kindle (http://gizmodo.com/5466859/amazons-working-on-a-full+color-multitouch-kindle-with-wi+fi)!
Oh, this is going to be a ****ing mess. [WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703798904575069681174687948.html?m od=rss_whats_news_technology&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wsj/xml/rss/3_7015+(WSJ.com:+What's+News+Technology))]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/VEJbOXtkV4g/begun-the-tablet-wars-have-hps-slate-wants-to-undercut-the-ipad)