One week after computer maker HP agreed to purchase the struggling smartphone maker Palm for $1.2 billion in cash, we reported that the company was removing Windows 7 from its much-hyped Slate tablet, instead choosing to use a WebOS variant.
This weekend, "industry insiders" have noted that a WebOS-based tablet dubbed the HP Hurricane is set for release in the Q3 2010.
Says one analyst ... [ read the full article ]
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I was looking forward to doing some digital sketching with this device. As a graphic designer / artist I would love to have a portable tablet, I already own a cintiq.
It's unfortunate that windows 7 isn't a good option for a tablet, I would have lined up to get one so that I could install a light (older version) corel painter.
It should have the ability to run Android...then it might have a chance...then again, they are using the intel Atom...it never had a chance to start with...it is not powerful enough to justify the power it uses.
Originally posted by KillerBug: It should have the ability to run Android...then it might have a chance...then again, they are using the intel Atom...it never had a chance to start with...it is not powerful enough to justify the power it uses.
how do you know they are going to use the atom for the hurricane?
From the article: "The Slate, in its original state, would have run on Windows 7, would have been $549 at its cheapest, and had an 8.9-inch 1024x600 multi-touch screen. Additionally, the tablet had a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, 1GB RAM, SDHC slot (with support up to 128GB), two cameras, a USB port, a SIM card slot, and five-hour battery life."
Ok, so it isn't the original state anymore...but I doubt that the lazy bastards at HP would start over with a nice mobile processor for WebOS...after all, if they were going to go through that much trouble, they would also replace webos with Android. Oh, and they would stop installing both Norton and McAfee on their new computers...I wonder why the slate's battery died so quick!
