The now infamous HP Slate has become a lesson in how not to market a new consumer device. Originally hailed as the "iPad killer" by Microsoft's sometimes over-reaching Steve Ballmer, the Slate became ...

Hewlett-Packard announced the new Slate 2 tablet with the Windows 7 OS, just under a week after the company announced it would retain its PC unit. The Slate 2 tablet has an 8.9-inch capacitive touch ...

Remember HP’s fiasco with the Slate, then the TouchPad? You’d think the company would run from the tablet market like a Silicon Valley investor with his hair on fire — but you’d be wrong. After ...

Two of the most recent Windows 7 tablets to appear on the market are HP’s Slate 2 and Samsung’s Series 7 Slate, both of which offer capacitive touch screens, solid state data storage and both front- ...