HP now ships Slate 7 tablet after TouchPad webOS device debacle in 2011

Hewlett-Packard has finally again started shipping its tablet devices after debacle of TouchPad in 2011. On Friday the PC maker has begun shipment of its new Slate 7 tablet.

The HP Slate 7 runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS and it is priced tagged $169.99, below the entry-level prices of Google Nexus, Amazon Kindle Fire HD or Samsung Galaxy Tab. Those are tagged with $199 price.

Compare: HP Slate 7 vs Apple iPad 4

HP should have come up with Slate 7 keeping full hope the device will do good in the global market as it had earlier tested failure with its TouchPad and WebOS. Considering price the HP Slate slips in the shoes of Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD, but in terms of quality it is far behind these two giant.

Apple on the other hand is so always the leader in tablet market but the arrival of iPad 4 too soon puts a question mark on its sales performance. Also, analysts say the new iPad is just a modest update over the iPad 3.

Shall we give second thought even after discounts on Windows 8 hybrids

In last few days several mobile makers have re-priced their Windows 8 convertibles with good price cuts. Does this attracts you to buy one for you? There is a comment box far below to share your views. Meanwhile, let us find out more about the price cuts.

The official online store of Microsoft has been updated with price cut tags for a handful of Windows 8 devices. The Toshiba hybrid and HP system are included. The question arises whether these machines are now much better at $100 to $250 off?

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 begins with bunch of goodies

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 kicked off today in sunny Barcelona, Spain with yesterday's unveiling of few devices by Mozilla, HP, Huawei and Samsung.

Samsung pulled the curtain from Galaxy Note 8 tablet supposed to be the rival of iPad Mini of Apple. It runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean mobile OS and is powered by 1.6GHz quad-core chip and 2GB of RAM. It is also equipped with S-Pen stylus support and SD card slot. The tablet may hit stores in second quarter of the year.