HP Slate born in Bristol UK

Bristol is home to Banksy and other creative types like Massive Attack. Turns out that the HP Slate started out there too. This video with HP’s CTO, Phil McKinney, gives us a better look at the device that was first shown at CES.

It looks like a very nice device but I can’t help thinking again this is a missed opportunity to deliver something much more punchy – less talking, show the device, shows some killer apps, some usage scenarios, some hip young folks using it. Phil does a fine job of explaining the history on his blog. How about getting it in the hands of Banksy or Massive or some others (me??) who can help this thing go viral. Send one to Scoble and at least give him something else to talk about other than the impending Apple thingy. They seem to have a hit on their hands but are almost playing it down. I’m sure there is good reason but c’mon guys, now is the time to do more than tease. It looks

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 26, 2010
  Funny how OEMs like HP forget to mention their hardware ODMs like ComPal, Quanta, Foxconn & Inventec when talking about where these products come from. The concept may have come from Bristol but the hardware design and internals have come from Asia!