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Hewlett Packard's foray into tablets following its webOS purchase was short lived, the HP TouchPad barely seeing the light of day before being withdrawn from sale — along with the webOS smartphones that HP had only recently bought from Palm.
But webOS isn't the only operating system HP has put into tablets. Towards the end of 2010 the company announced the 9in. Windows 7-based Slate 500. Now the Slate 2 follows in its footsteps, with a similar hardware design and a price intended to appeal to the business sector. However, with Apple's iPad firmly in the driving seat, and some compelling Android-based devices like the Asus with battery like Hp AT901AA battery , Hp HSTNN-DB0G battery , Hp HSTNN-I71C battery , Hp Mini 5101 battery , Hp Mini 5102 battery , Hp 579027-001 battery , Hp HSTNN-N50C battery , Hp HSTNN-IB72 battery , Hp Pavilion-dv4 battery , Hp Pavilion-dv5 battery , Hp Pavilion-dv6 battery , Hp Pavilion-dv6t battery Eee Pad Transformer and Transformer Prime now available, can the Slate 2 make an impression?
Design
The HP Slate 2 is relatively small as tablets go, with an 8.9in. screen offering a maximum resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels. However, this is an interpolated resolution intended for some third-party applications that require it; the 'recommended' (native) 1,024-by-600 resolution looks much sharper.
The Slate 2's 8.9in. screen feels small compared to the 10in. tablets we're more used to seeing, and also to the iPad 2's 9.7in. screen. Web browsing in landscape format often requires vertical scrolling before you reach the content, while horizontal scrolling is almost always required in portrait mode to see the full page width.
We found viewing angles to be quite poor, which could be a key issue — particularly if the Slate 2 is employed for data-capture activities involving the subject being questioned sharing the screen view.
The Slate 2's build quality is best described as 'robust', although it's not sold as a ruggedised tablet. It has a solid chassis with no significant give in the backplate, and our review sample came with a nicely-made case that affords extra protection in transit.
Despite being quite compact, at 690g the Slate 2 is not especially lightweight. That's on the heavy side compared to larger tablets and nearly 100g heavier than the 601g Wi-Fi-only iPad 2. Its smaller size does make it very comfortable to hold in the hand, though.
The HP Slate 2 runs Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, and the 8.9in. touchscreen responds to both finger touch and the very good quality £35 (ex. VAT) optional stylus that was supplied with our review unit. The latter can be used with Windows 7's integrated handwriting recognition system, with a Sticky Notes app that can accept freestyle drawing as well as text, and with a preinstalled copy of the popular Evernote note-taking application. You can also enter text by prodding at an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, and Swype is also preinstalled.
The Slate 2 is powered by Intel's 1.5GHz Atom Z670 processor supported by 2GB of RAM, with graphics courtesy of the integrated GMA 600 module. We found the system somewhat slow even with very few apps running: web pages took their time to load, although video streamed smoothly enough over Wi-Fi. This device is not intended for compute-intensive workloads, so the lack of horsepower may not be a crippling issue.
HP says the Atom Z670's Mini-SATA SSD technology helps with fast boot times, but it took our review sample 45 seconds to boot into Windows from cold.
The SSD in our review sample was a 32GB unit, although 64GB is also available. Out of the box, our tablet had 14.7GB of free capacity — a paltry amount when you consider that SD and microSD cards can accommodate up to 64GB, while USB sticks can run to 1TB.