Just a few days ago, HTC announced it had no intentions of joining the tablet market with an Android device. Today, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference Microsoft’s plans to launch several slates running Windows 7 “over the course of the next several months.” Among the list of vendors, Microsoft included Asus, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony. These manufacturers and Microsoft plan on creating slates with keyboards, digital ink support, dockable, and touch only. One notable company Microsoft failed to mention is HP, however, Ballmer did mention HP on a following slide with other vendors that did not receive a verbal mention. With the acquisition of Palm, HP is planning on launching webOS tablets which would compete with Microsoft’s Windows 7 powered slates.
Interestingly enough, Ballmer never did mention the iPad explicitly, the biggest competition in the slate/tablet market today. However, he did say he wants all Windows 7 slates to appeal to the IT business user as well as the user who would simply use the slate for recreation and home purposes. Expect many slates in different form factors and different pricing before the year is out. It looks like the slate market is about to get hot as Microsoft prepares to dive headfirst into an already bustling market.
Via [InformationWeek]
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