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The $169 Android HP Slate 7 Is Simply HP’s Most current Beige Box, Only Flat

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HP is late to the tablet game, but definitely not out. At $ 169, the HP Slate 7 is a sure thing. It ’ s a guaranteed win for HP even if it doesn ’ t outsell the competitors.

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HP just revealed the Slate 7. There is absolutely nothing specifically special about it. It costs $ 169, has a dual-core 1.6 GHz SoC, and a 16 × 9 display with a rather thick plastic bezel. Simply put, it ’ s an inexpensive tablet. Remove the HP logo on the backside and it ’ s just a random, common tablet. Which ’ s fine.

At this point, HP as an established and relied on brand name, doesn ’ t need to innovate; they simply need to appear.

Regardless of its current problems, HP is still the largest personal computer maker on the planet. The business has actually held this title since 2006 after tracking Dell for 4 years. Lenovo may soon steal the title from HP, but that doesn ’ t diminish HP ’ s still-valuable brand. For a lot of customers, HP has, and will remain to be, a safe buy.

It ’ s not actually hyperbole to state everybody has actually had troubles with an HP computer system. As the top-selling pc maker collectively over the last 15 years, it has had a very long time to disenchant consumers. Everybody has an HP horror story. But regardless of this, the brand name still sells more Computers than any other. A great deal of people are still getting HP pcs.

Who is Asus to the typical Walmart consumer?

As a known brand name, consumers are mindful what they ’ re getting with an HP item. They know they ’ re going to get adware, sub-par hardware, but a fair rate. Exactly what will they get with an Asus tablet? Who is Asus to the ordinary Walmart buyer? An unknown.

Most of us understand the story. After years of little executive leadership, HP is going to pieces in the consumer market. COMPUTER sales are down. HP doesn ’ t have a mobile item. People are getting less printers. And, like Aol with dial-up subscriptions, a laughable piece of HP ’ s profits comes from printer ink.

Even worse yet, HP ’ s venture hardware and services company is down, too. Still, even with these declines, HP managed to beat Exchange ’ s expectations last quarter.

Simply put, the HP device is decreasing, however even a slowed HP is a significant contender.

HP is common. HP pcs are sold all over from Walmart to Best Buy to every office supply store known to man. HP became the biggest computer maker not because they made the very best pcs, however because of logistics.

Thanks to this huge distribution network, HP could get a $ 169 Android tablet in front of a lot of eyes with little effort. Then, once this tablet makes inroads, HP will likely follow its proven laptop computer strategy and launch an updated design with a much better display, much better specs and a somewhat higher cost. This model, or maybe household of models, would offer a simple up-sell from the Slate 7. Desired a much better display? Spend an added $ 30 and get a faster processor, too.

The HP Slate 7 is HP playing to its strengths. This is HP relocating units, not developing the next huge thing.

Tablets are rapidly becoming a product and selling beige boxes is what HP does finest. At this point a spending plan tablet is a budget tablet. Our very own Chris Velazco played with HP ’ s design for a few minutes and found it underwhelming. Well, yeah. It ’ s a $ 169 tablet. It ’ s not visiting thrill, but it doesn ’ t have to.

HP sat on the sidelines and viewed Amazon and Google ’ s pricey race to the bottom, which created this market of inexpensive tablets. HP has actually never been a premium product; it knows exactly how to sell considerable amounts of uninteresting equipments loaded with recruited software to keep the cost down. HP ’ s first attempt at a consumer tablet failed simply since it tried to be something special. It wasn ’ t a beige box. The HP Slate 7 shouldn ’ t fail.

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Good Deal: Amazon Kindle Fire for $169

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Author: Eric Moss

Kindle Fire Good Deal

The Kindle Fire is a pretty affordable at its normal retail price of $ 199, but Amazon Local’s deal today knocks $ 30 off of that price, bringing the total down to $ 169. That price point matches the Nook Color’s normal MSRP (though Barnes & Noble is currently running a discount on that tablet, too), and it’s also how much you’d usually pay for a refurbished Kindle Fire directly from Amazon. Here are the nitty-gritty details of the deal: you can pick up the discount voucher for free from Amazon Local today, and you’ll have until June 15th to redeem it. Unfortunately, this is only valid in the United States, but it does come with a $ 5 Amazon Instant Video credit, too. If you’re not quite sure whether you want to spring for Amazon’s first…

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Barnes & Noble unveils 8GB Nook Tablet for $199, slashes Color to $169

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Author: Brittany Turner

Looks like those murmurings of a lower-priced Nook Tablet with only 8GB of storage were right on, though, the reduced RAM was conveniently left out. In most ways it seems the updated Android slate is identical to its 16GB forebearer, except that by slashing the storage and memory in half Barnes & Noble has managed to meet the Kindle Fire on price — $ 199. And, unlike the Fire, the Nook sports a microSD slot, so the loss of 8GB of storage isn’t necessarily a huge deal. In addition to the new Nook Tablet, the Color is getting a rather significant price cut to just $ 169, making it cheaper than the Kindle Touch without ads. Looks like the brick-and-mortar stalwart has finally thrown down the pricing gauntlet. The lower-priced tab is available today both online and in Barnes & Noble stores, with other retailers to join the parade soon. Check out the complete PR after the break.

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OWC will add an eSATA port in your iMac for $169

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Author: Tiffany Shoman

Does Apple hate connectivity standards? Always seems that way. So OWC is now offering an inexpensive option to fix yet anothet Apple design flaw. For just $169, plus shipping, the company will cut a small hole in the bottom grill and install the missing eSATA port.

The only problem is that the port isnâ€™t port-multiplication-compatible so it wonâ€™t work properly with most multi-drive RAID enclosures. Still, if you want it, they will do it. Like Burger King, you can have your iMac your way.

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