HP Back In Tablet Game With Android-Based 'Slate7'

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You know the old adage, 'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me?' Still, even if you got bit by the HP TouchPad (http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/20/1633239/hp-touchpad-to-be-liquidated-at-fire-sale-prices) debacle, HP's newly-announced $169 Slate7 tablet (http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ad/slate-7/tablet.html?jumpid=ex_r602_go_slate) could prove hard to resist. Specs-wise (http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Next-Bench-Blog/HP-Slate-This-is-the-Droid-You-Were-Looking-For/ba-p/80911), the Slate7 sports an ARM Dual Core Cortex-A9 1.6 GHz processor, 7-inch 1024x600 HFFS screen, Android 4.1 (Jellybean), three-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing VGA camera, 8GB of on-board storage, HP ePrint, Beats Audio, and a micro SD expandable card slot. It measures 197mm x 116mm x 10.7mm thick, and weighs in at 13 ounces. It will be available in the U.S. in April. Engadget has some pics (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/24/hp-slate-7-hands-on/) and their initial hands-on take.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/02/25/0536251/hp-back-in-tablet-game-with-android-based-slate7