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Aussie Devs Bring Surface, Tablet, Phone And Kinect Together

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12:30PM September 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Kinect’s pretty cool. Surface is cool. Depending on your preferences, Windows Phone 7 can be cool. Not too many people would describe the current crop of Windows 7 slate tablets as cool. But as Aussie firm nsquared demonstrates in this video, you can bring them all together with a little programming nous and make something that goes beyond cool. More »


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Even The Civil War Had Tourists

11:41AM August 5, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

If it was 1861 and you knew there was a big land battle in the neighbouring town of Manassas, Virginia, what would you do? You would grab your telescope, pack up the family carriage, and check it out, of course. More »


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IdeaPad U1 Hybrid And LePad Tablet: Lenovo’s Voltron Re-forms

7:00AM January 5, 2011 | Brian Barrett

A few months ago, it looked like Lenovo’s crazy-neat dual-processor U1 hybrid was pure vapourware. Turns out it just needed a little retooling. The U1 Hybrid is back, giving Lenovo’s LePad Android tablet a Windows 7 dock. So what’s new? More »


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HP Slate 500 Price Finally Made Official: $US799

12:15PM October 22, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

The HP Slate 500′s specs have been confirmed for a while, but now we’ve got the last piece of the puzzle: Its price. Turns out that the gadget – which is mainly intended for business customers – will cost $US799. Ouch. [Engadget]


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Ultimate Tablet Showdown: iPad Vs PlayBook Vs Galaxy Tab Vs Slate

9:42AM September 28, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The iPad’s finally got some competition; in the past few weeks, the HP Slate made a brief appearance, the Samsung Galaxy Tab debuted, and BlackBerry just unveiled its business-minded PlayBook today. Here’s how they all measure up: More »


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HP Slate Tablet Rears Its Square-Edged Head In Leaked Video

10:41PM September 23, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Admittedly, we’re more keen on HP’s webOS tablet, or even the ditched Android tablet (basically, anything other than Windows 7!), but this leaked Slate video does suggest that maybe it will wind up in the hands of consumers after all. More »


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Slate’s iPad App Strives For Simplicity

5:40AM August 13, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Web magazine Slate has rolled out their official iPad app (I heard you like slates so I put Slate on your slate, etc), including blogs, videos and articles and focusing on readability in lieu of bells and whistles. More »


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HP Slate 500′s Leaked Specs Confirmed On HP’s Own Site

11:43AM July 21, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

Several of the HP Slate 500′s leaked specs have been confirmed today, including that it will run Windows 7 Premium, sports an 8.9-inch touch screen, has a 1.6GHz processor and 1GB of RAM, and that it has two cameras – video and still. New: it’s Energy Star certified. Still unconfirmed: whether it’s capacitive touch, what the graphics card is, and how it scores on battery life. [HP and Energy Star via Ubergizmo]


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Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response

3:46AM April 21, 2010 | Brian Barrett

A Mexican site called Conecti.ca got some hands-on time with the HP Slate and walked away decidedly unimpressed. The verdict: that the device is basically a keyboardless netbook. Well… yeah. More »


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HP Slate Specs Leaked, Compared To iPad

8:30AM April 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

This leaked HP internal memo at Engadget, shows the HP Slate’s got a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and 5+ hours of battery life. That’s in-line with what we’d heard already, but the memo’s also a great tale-of-the-tape iPad comparison. More »