The latest news from TechCrunch is that the much-anticipated Windows 7 based HP Slate project has been killed off. This news sounds hard to believe at first because HP Slate was showed off in CES 2010 by Steve Ballmer himself and HP kept people buzzing about the Slate every now and then.
It doesn’t mean that HP will not bring its own Slate. It’s just that Windows 7 will not power the much awaited HP Slate. It appears that HP realized the unsuitability of using Windows 7 as core OS for its first touch-enabled tablet.
It’s a proven fact that hardware will not sell like hot cakes if there’s a poor software setup at its core and HP doesn’t want to take any more chance here.
With recent acquisition of Palm, it could a possibility that HP would also consider Palm’s WebOS power its Slate device but the chances are slim as there’s no established eco-system around WebOS as such.
Will HP turn to Google for Android OS ? Chances are minimal but HP seems to be having little choices here.
Things will get clear after sometime but this is for sure that HP Slates will not make it to market anytime soon and all those tablet lovers can comfortably buy an iPad or WePad if they aren’t willing to wait for really long time, say until end of this year.
Source : TC