Failed HP Slate 500 behind Microsoft’s Surface tablet ambitions

HP Slate Ballmer

Last week’s Area launch from Microsoft had not been the first time the company exposed its interest in tablet Personal computers. Apart from Statement Gates’ Windows XP Tablet Edition in 2002, Microsoft additionally threw its weight behind a HP Slate venture ahead of Apple’s iPad launch. Revealed at CES 2010, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer guaranteed Windows 7-based tablets by the end of 2010, however HP’s Slate 500 failed to deliver. Explained as warm, thick, and an inadequate mix of hardware and software program, one previous Microsoft manager has actually revealed to The New York Times that HP’s effort was “completely wrecked.”

HP apparently “fumed at Microsoft” for not enhancing the Windows 7 touch user interface, or its cumbersome on-screen keyboard that was far from touch friendly. Microsoft …

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