Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/03/hp_introduces_slate_2_windows_tablet/
HP downgrades Slate Windows tab
Slower Atom, less Flash
Posted in Tablets, 3rd November 2011 10:16 GMT
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Employees in big business can soon look forward to HP's latest tablet: the Windows-running, Intel Atom-based Slate 2.
Despite the numbering, the Slate 2 is an follow-up to the Slate 500, dropping the latter's 1.9GHz Atom Z540 [1] for the more modern, but seemingly slower - the the specs are anything to go by - 1.5GHz Z670 [2].
As before, the new, 680g Slate has an 8.9in, 1024 x 600 panel, 802.11n Wi-Fi, 2GB of 800MHz DDR 2 of memory and up to 32GB of solid-state storage.
The new models comes with the Swype virtual keyboard pre-loaded as an alternative to Microsoft's. Swype lets you write by sliding your finger from key to key rather than tapping.
The 2 is $100 less than the 500 - $699 and $799, respectively; there's no UK pricing yet - but that's mostly a result of the lower storage capacity.
The Slate 2 goes on sale worldwide later this month. ®