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.

Microsoft cancels the Courier Tablet

Gizmodo reports that Microsoft has canceled the Courier tablet. The innovative tablet was said by many to be the strongest challenger to the iPad. Before the iPad was a gleam in Steve;s eye the Courier was going to break the tablet/netbook market wide open and possibly destroy the kindle.



The Courier was a folding two screen tablet. The most amazing thing about the device was its operating system. It was a touch/pen based system designed specifically for the touchscreen. If you watch the video you'll see a paradigm of tablet usability far superior to any Android/iPhone system out there.

A terrible shame.