HP announces Pro Slate 8 and 12: Android tablet 8 and 12 inches with technology Duet Pen
HP announced Wednesday a series of new tablet, designed for productivity and the enterprise world and educational. Among these are two models Android, the new Pro Slate 8 and 12. HP has unveiled eight new devices, including tablets and convertible with Windows and Android.
In the latter, categories are two models in the Pro Slate, very different with regard to structural choices. With display from 7.9″ and 12.3″, the two new Android devices are designed for use with professional solutions designed to improve productivity.
The latter is mainly due to the use of HP Duet Pen, which is based in turn on the digital pen technology from Qualcomm. But what is it? Substantially Duet Pen is a pen which writes both on paper that, digitally, on the tablet screen.
It is in combination with the cover HP Folio Paper (coming in spring) that ” the magic happens ” : writing or drawing it on a sheet of paper on the cover, all the information will be transferred also on the tablet.
The technology makes use of four microphones that can record sounds at high frequencies emitted from the pen to be able to capture all the movements, with HP is the first company to commercially use the digital pen technology from Qualcomm.
The choices related to researching productivity improvements do not end with the Duet Pen: HP has chosen a form factor of 4: 3 for both models, differentiating with diagonals very different from each other.
We begin with the HP Pro Slate 8, one of the first tablets to use a glass panel Gorilla Glass 4. The display is 7.9″ in 2,048 x 1,536 resolution, whose pixels are animated by a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC 800, quad-core architecture Krait 400 to 2.3 GHz. This is not the latest technology available, especially at a time when they are unveiled the first devices Snapdragon 810 with 64-bit, but remains able to offer adequate performance considering the intended use of tablet.
Among other specifications, we read 2 GB of RAM LPDDR3-800, storage capacity ranging from 16 to 32 GB of eMMC, support network connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and NFC. Storage can be increased with a microSD card, while being supported mobile network connectivity through a Nanosim. Completing the list of specific micro USB 2.0 port, a combo port 3.5mm headphone and microphone and stereo speakers front.
| Specifications | HP Pro Slate 12 Tablet | HP Pro Slate 8 Tablet |
| Operating System | Android™ 4.4, KitKat | Android™ 4.4, KitKat |
| Processor | Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 801 (2.3 GHz, 4 cores) | Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 801 (2.3 GHz, 4 cores) |
| Display | 12.3″ diagonal with Corning® CT-40 FIT Glass and anti-smudge coating, 10 point capacitive touch solution (1600 x 1200) | 7.86″ diagonal FHD QXGA with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 and anti-smudge coating, 10-point capacitive touch solution (2048 x 1536) |
| Battery | 37 WHr Li-ion polymer | 21 WHr Li-ion polymer |
| Wireless | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with antenna diversity (Miracast-enabled) Bluetooth® 4.0 + LE Near Field Communication (NFC) supporting Android Beam™ |
802.11a/b/g/n/ac with antenna diversity (Miracast-enabled) Bluetooth® 4.0 + LE Near Field Communication (NFC) supporting Android Beam™ |
| Dimensions WxDxH | 11.82 x 0.31 x 8.73 in (300.3 x 7.99 x 221.95 mm) | 5.39 x 0.31 x 8.16 in (136.95 x 7.99 x 206.99 mm) |
| Weight | 1.87 lb (850 g) | 0.77 lb (350 g) |
| Memory | 2 GB 800 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM | 2 GB 800 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM |
| Internal Storage | 32 GB eMMC SSD | 16 GB eMMC SSD |
| Graphics | Graphics integrated on processor | Graphics integrated on processor |
The features under the body are virtually identical to those of HP Pro Slate 12, we are faced with two very different products in terms of size. With a display of 12. “, the largest model weighs more than twice (850g compared to 350 in version 8 ” ) although both are not thicker than the 8 mm.
The display, which should be the strong point of the solution, it really disappoints: HP chose a unit in resolution 1,600 x 1,200 pixels which, given the high diagonal, stops only 163 PPI pixel density.
The batteries on the two models are respectively 21 and 37 WHr, while 8 and 2MP cameras, both capable of recording video at full HD resolution. HP Pro Slate 8 and HP Pro Slate 12 are already available on the US market at the respective prices of $449 and $569.
