HP Slate Battles The iPad

This leaked HP internal memo at Engadget shows the HP Slate's got a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and five-plus hours of battery life. That's in-line with what we'd heard already, but the memo's also creates an iPad comparison. Other details have also emerged, $549 price tag for the base 32GB flash memory storage, while a 64GB version will be available for $599. The Slate features a 8.9-inch 1024x600 capacitive multitouch display, 1GB RAM, Intel UMA graphics with 1080p playback, an SD card slot, SIM card tray for optional WWAN, USB 2.0 port, and an inward-facing VGA webcam/outward-facing 3MP camera.

This chart proves, they clearly know where their strengths and weaknesses are. It's interesting that despite all those extra features, the Slate's still going to come in at equal weight to the Wi-Fi iPad and a little lighter than the 3G version. Also HP considering Windows 7+TouchSmart to be a wash with iPhone OS 3.2. Till then we wait to see more of the HP Slate UI,

We will have to wait and see how this battle shape up between these two devices, this is a pretty good indicator of how at least one of the competitors views it.