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The Other HP Slate Runs On Android
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| Last night, during his keynote address at
| the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,
| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off a
| prototype for a new HP Slate computer
| running on Windows 7. It was supposed to be
| an Apple-stealing moment and it was
| Microsoftâs moment, which is probably why
| Hewlett-Packard has not yet publicly
| mentioned that it is working on another
| tablet/slate computer that is running on
| Android. You know, Googleâs mobile
| operating system.
|
| HP did announce an Android-powered netbook
| yesterday, but that has a keyboard. A
| source who has seen a prototype of HPâs
| Android Slate says it looks just like the
| Windows-powered one Ballmer held last night
| (see image below), maybe a little smaller.
| âIt is almost identical in every respect to
| the one he showed off except for the OS,â
| says my source.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/07/hp-slate-android/
Maybe the HP/Microsoft Slate needs Ubuntu or Moblin to be less of a yawn
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| Unfortunately, by simply shoehorning the
| Windows 7 interface (albeit a great
| desktop/notebook UI) into an interesting
| and relatively novel form factor, the
| announcement of HPâs slate was just a big
| yawn.
|
| [...]
|
| On the other hand, the use of Ubuntu opens
| up these slates to a wide variety of free
| educational software with a growing body of
| touch- and stylus-enabled software. Add to
| that (or, more correctly, subtract from
| that) the licensing cost of Windows 7 and
| suddenly these tablets get cheaper, more
| robust in terms of software offerings, and
| easier for digital natives to use given a
| more appropriate interface for the device
| and suddenly a somewhat disappointing
| device becomes far more compelling.
|
| Iâm convinced, as are most other tech
| bloggers, that the tablet form factor is
| here to stay. This is a good thing.
| However, what we really need are interfaces
| that exploit the tablet rather than
| highlight its compromises. Moblin and NBR
| are mighty fine places to start.
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http://education.zdnet.com/?p=3531
Recent:
Microsoft Doesn't Learn
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| The marketing effort for Windows 7 now
| underway clearly illustrates one thing:
| Microsoft has not learned from the past. For
| some reason, they seem to think that people
| actually care about the features of their
| operating system. The truth is, people donât
| really care. â Windows 7 is likely to follow
| the same fate as Vista.
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http://news.briefing.com/GeneralContent/Investor/Active/ArticlePopup/ArticlePopup.aspx?ArticleId=NS20091124080801AheadOfTheCurve
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