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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
apparently we ARE still waiting on a tablet from Microsoft.
from the link;
Tablets
Microsoft, Motorola and Palm will once again have tablets to talk about -- and maybe even to demonstrate. In 2010, Microsoft misfired on the Courier device, killing it before it ever really took shape. This time around, Microsoft is expected to brandish tablets from Samsung and Dell.
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Microsoft's tablet demo should mark the software giant's big step toward ARM-based mobile systems. The company will likely unveil a version of Windows for tablets. This would be a crucial step just like Windows Phone 7 was in smartphones, but, similarly, it could take years to pay off.
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Whoever wrote your linked-to article seems to be reading from a script; Palm was taken over by HP months ago.
That tablet won't run Windows but WebOS, the excellent Linux-based Palm phone OS that has a monster cult following (including my wife, until she saw how many things my Droid X could do):
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fas...ompetitio.html
In addition, Steve Bomber showed the Slate proto at CES
last year, so MS was already in the game when this was written.
I checked the specs for the HP Slate. It started shipping in October and runs essentially the same hardware as convertibles such as the Asus T91MT. I would consider one myself save for 1) the pricetag and 2) the GMA500 graphics chipset, as I would try to dual-boot Linux with it. The difference your article brings up is a version of Windows for ARM-based systems; there are perfectly good tablets running Windows today as I mentioned. As it stands, I'm happy with my HP Mini and will not be springing for a tablet-anything any time soon but if you have the scratch I would say look into the Slate.