HP Slate Cancelled

TechCrunch reports that the Hewlett Packard Windows 7-based Tablet project has been canceled. Crunchgear predicted--it seems accurately--that the Windows 7 Slate was a non-starter because the OS, even with pen/touch-based additions was not appropriate for a tablet-based experience and the power consumption problems made it prohibitive.

Speculation is that HP will use either Chrome or a revamped Palm-OS with essentially the same hardware. Perhaps Microsoft can work with HP and the Courier OS/User Interface to come up with a coordinated release of the Slate and a tablet-specific OS other (better?) than Chrome or Android.