The bar has been set. The Nexus 7 and the iPad mini are generally considered to be the two best 7″ tablets available but a new challenger is about to enter the ring.
The HP Slate 7 is Hewlett Packard’s foray into the Android tablet world and is now available for pre-order for only £129.
The tablet runs Android Jellybean 4.1, has an ARM Cortex A9 dual-core 1.6GHz processor, 1GB memory and 8GB onboard storage. Also onboard is Beats Audio, a 3.15MP camera and a microSD card slot expandable to 32GB.
The screen is a not so good 1024×600 but for the measly price of £129 what more can be asked for!
The HP Slate 7 can be pre-ordered direct from the HP website and are promising to start shipping on 1st May.
not too bad a deal, although for the sake of another £30 you could get a nexus7. The SDCard slot is the only benefit that the nexus doesn’t have.
*Sigh* Oh HP, too little too late I fear. Just before the Google summertime announcement which is expected to introduce an upgraded Nexus 7. I’ll hold on to my cash for the moment, could be something much more worthy coming very soon…