HP Slate 7: HP’s Bid To Top The Tablet Race

If you have been following the trend tablets have been following, you must remember a bid by HP to enter the tablet market. Their first device, HP TouchPad was a disaster but was good enough to enable the company sell all the devices that they had produced. However, that was the end of the production for HP TouchPad.

Now HP is back with HP Slate 7, a device that is sure to shake the tablet market and take the competition to a whole new level. HP Slate 7 is an Android device running on version 4.1, “Jelly Bean”, with a 7-inch screen and retailing at $140 (about Ksh12,000 without shipment and other charges). Inside is a duo-core processor of 1.6GHZ and a 1GB RAM. It has two cameras, one a 3-megapixel camera at the back and a VGA at the front.

The front camera is definitely designed for video calling but HP Slate 7 has a MAJOR advantage on this. Unlike most of the other tablets of its calibre, the front camera in the HP Slate 7 is at the centre of the 7-inch panel. Yes, you got me right; at the centre of the panel. And you know what that means? You can look straight into the eyes of the person you are talking to in a video call!

Now if you thought HP did what Samsung did with most of its earlier devices (having great features but completely forgetting to give good thought on aesthetics) you are wrong! The HP Slate 7 tablet features a bright red cover and with the HP logo embedded in silver, the thing truly stands out. What’s more is that the cover is given a rubber-like feel which makes it even more secure to handle during usage. With just one charge of the HP Slate 7, you can enjoy 5 continuous hours of HD video watching with audio devices that give you smoother sound than you will find on any regular tablets.