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Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled its first product for the fast-growing tablet market, a Rs. 35,542 device running Microsoft Windows that is aimed at business customers.
HP's Slate 500 attempts to replicate the PC experience in a tablet form, providing a contrast to rivals who have brought more of a smartphone feel to their devices. The Slate runs the same version of Windows 7 used by many companies on their standard PCs.
The tablet has a bigger price tag than competing products such as Apple's iPad, which kick-started the tablet craze when it debuted earlier this year.
HP's offering has an 8.9-inch, multi-touch-enabled screen, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 64 gigabytes (GB) of storage and a digital stylus pen. It gets five hours of battery like Compaq Armada E500 Battery , Compaq Armada E500S Battery , Compaq Armada M700 Battery , Compaq Armada M700 Battery , Compaq Armada V300 Battery , Compaq Armada V500 Battery , Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 Battery , Compaq Business Notebook nc8000 Battery , Compaq EG415AA Battery , Compaq EVO N100 Battery , Compaq Evo N1000C Battery life.
It comes equipped with Wi-Fi access but no built-in capability to connect to high-speed cellular networks, as rivals including the iPad, Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab and Dell's Streak have.
Carol Hess-Nickels, Director, Business Notebook Marketing, HP, emphasised the Slate's business utility. She expects retail, healthcare and insurance companies, among others, to build custom applications that take advantage of the device's portability.
"It's really like a full-function PC, it runs Windows, it will run your office applications, it just so happens to be in a slate form factor," Hess-Nickels said.
The HP Slate features the Intel Atom processor, which is commonly found in inexpensive netbook computers. Rival tablets run on low-power ARM-based chips found in smartphones.
The device is equipped with cameras in the front and back, enabling video conferencing, and a USB port. It comes with a case and a docking station.
HP's Slate is now available online, and the company will be selling it to businesses through its direct sales force.
That tablet will be based on the webOS software that HP acquired when it bought smartphone maker Palm earlier this year for $1.2 billion. It will likely be a more media-rich and consumer-friendly offering.