Name: Slate 500
Brand: HP
SKU: 16848
Rating: 4.2 (44 reviews)

solid five hours battery life and enjoy the added functionality
HP Slate is more efficient than on an iPad
elegant user experience of outstanding touch control and magically moving icons and images

HP Slate is not a competitor to the iPad
lack of eraser getting annoying
bummer photoshop can be hit or miss as well

Ram memory: 2 GB
Cpu cores: 2
Display technology: LED
Screen size: 8.9 in
Resolution: 1024, 600 px
Pixel density: 133 ppi
Rear resolution: 0.3 Mpx
Wi-fi: yes

HP Slate 500 - Pros & Cons

solid five hours battery life and enjoy the added functionality
HP Slate is more efficient than on an iPad
elegant user experience of outstanding touch control and magically moving icons and images
ability to search handwritten notes is an incredible time saver

HP Slate is not a competitor to the iPad
lack of eraser getting annoying
bummer photoshop can be hit or miss as well
it is a little more difficult to use than an iPad
pages do not magically appear out of a central location on the screen
The image was slow to change sizes very slow and
it runs on Windows
steep road to climb to get into the touch-screen tablet race
viewing angles on the screen a bit weak and the maximum brightness could
ipad is and therefor is not great for writing notes
heavier and the 2 hour battery life
the inking is a joke
lack of readable inking and powerpoint manipulation is a

HP Slate 500 - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
CPU Frequency	1.86 GHz Best: Wacom Cintiq Companion CPU Frequency: 3 GHz
CPU Cores	2 Best: Asus Transformer Pad TF300T CPU Cores: 12
Pixel density	133 ppi Best: Hisense VIDAA Mirror Pixel density: 431 ppi
Screen size	8.9 in Best: Planar Helium PCT2785 Screen size: 27 in

HP - Video Reviews (9)

HP Slate 500 Tablet Review, 10Rate, Tablet Buying Guide

HP Slate 500 - Full Specifications

Display technology	LED
Screen size	8.9 in
Resolution	1024 x 600 px
Pixel density	133.0 ppi
Touchscreen	yes

Colour of product	Black

Maximum memory card size	32.0 GB
Memory card supported	microSD

Rear camera	yes
Front camera	yes
Rear resolution	0.3 Mpx
Front resolution	3.0 Mpx
Video resolution	VGA

Wi-Fi	yes

Battery type	Li-Po
Battery life	5.0 h

Height	5.9 in
Width	9.2 in
Depth	0.58 in
Weight	23.99 oz

Operating system	Windows 7
RAM memory	2 GB
CPU Cores	2
CPU Frequency	1.86 GHz

Accelerometer	yes

USB	yes
Bluetooth	yes
Bluetooth version	3.0 + HS
Headphone connection	3.5mm

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HP Slate 500 HP - Editorial Reviews (3)

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Published: 20.12.2011

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HP Slate 500 HP Slate 500 Tablet PC- Very Negative Review

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Published: 09.05.2011

HP Slate 500 Tablet PC- Very Negative Review

The HP Slate 500 has had a pretty rough road so far. GBM co-founder Rob Bushway got his hands on the device and was not pleased with it at all. He summed up his feelings with a headline that simply reads “HP Slate 500 Tablet PC – Don’t Waste Your Money.” Rob didn’t like the […]