There you go fellow geeks – see, it didn’t take long for all those juicy HP slate details to come out…eventually. This miraculous internal memo, you see down here, apparently explains it all – if true! – and it does look reliable, isn’t it? If so, then what we’ve got here is a head-to-head confrontation between two tech giants, HP from one side and Apple on the other. From Cupertino’s side, it’s the iPad contender, which according to this document that handed over to engadget, appears to threat HP in few different points: 1) screen resolution that stands at 1024×768, compared to the 1024×600 pixels you suppose to find on HP’s coming slate. 2) WiFi connection speed which shows faster 802.11 n-draft component inside the iPad while only “g” standard on the slate. 3) Battery wise, the iPad claims to deliver (and confirmed) up to 10 hours of working time, while HP slate is said to produce up to 5 hours of use. 4) iPad Starting price stands at $499 for the 16GB model, while HP’s handy-dandy counter slate, starts at $549, but with 32GB of storage inside.
That been said, the chart itself unveils not only potential weaknesses, but also some very significant advantages in favor of HP’s future device, amongst you’ll find: A) Stylus Pen support. B) A 1.6GHz clock speed on Intel’s Atom Z530 processor, compared to Apple’s 1GHz A4 CPU “only”. C) Graphics accelerator with 1080P video support against Apple’s undisclosed chipset. D) The existence of an SDHC slot, which comes VERY handy when looking for an easy way to throw your photos in. The iPad, on the other hand, doesn’t have one at all. E) A USB 2.0 port available on Palo Alto’s machine, but absent from the iPad F) Two cameras (VGA on front and 3MP at the back) which let you either take pictures/videos(?) with the Slate, or even better, conduct Skype chats on-the-go. Needless to say, NO cameras on the iPad G) HP’s Dock connector crams USB and HDMI out while Apple’s dock has nothing but a power cord.
Other than that, bare in mind the Apple tablet comes with a 9.7-inch multi-touch display, against HP’s 8.9-inch multi-touch Slate (both to include accelerometers). As for Software, the iPad runs iPhone OS 3.2 while HP’s Slate comprises a Windows 7 platform. And last but not least, Apple iPad’s 64GB version seems a lot more costier than HP’s same size rival – $699 against $599, respectively.
So there you go guys, this is it, HP versus Apple, iPad versus Slate – one has already been released and is doing pretty well, while another, based on rumors, apparently has two more months to go. So stay tuned ladies and gentleman, because the battle of the titans has started!
Update: Looks like the guys at Conecti.ca were lucky enough to have their hands on HP’s soon-to-be-launched slate prototype, and they don’t really seem to point out good points at this stage, rather than saying that “The official verdict is meh” – whatever that means. Apparently, the fact that HP was trying to import a netbook UI into a portable slate device wasn’t doing good to the speed of the platform and the way it works. The first impression they had was that it’s too “slow and annoying.” Still, the HDMI dock attached to the slate made positive impressions. Real images after the break.
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