HP recently launched its first Android tablet, the Slate 7, in the Middle East. With a starting price of Dh599, it’s designed to be an affordable tablet for the Android Jelly Bean fan.
Weighing 368 grams, the Slate 7 features a stainless-steel frame and soft black paint in gray or red on the back. HP says that it also is the industry’s first tablet to offer embedded Beats Audio.
Powered by an ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 1.6 GHz processor, the tablet should be reasonably fast and responsive. It also comes with a High-aperture-ratio Field Fringe Switching (HFFS) panel, which, HP says, offers wide viewing angles that provide easy viewing of documents, games, photos and videos.
The Slate 7 also includes a 3-megapixel camera on the back and a VGA camera on the front.
“The HP Slate 7on Android represents a compelling entry point for consumer tablets, and delivers the service and support people expect from HP,” said Salim Ziade, General Manager, Printing and Personal Systems, HP Middle East.
The Slate7 joins the recently introduced HP Chromebook as part of HP’s push to offer access to the Google experience.
