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If you’ve been paying attention to pretty much any publication (including MobileWhack) you’ll know that tablets are all the rage. Of course, if you’re an Apple fanboy you’ll have an even deeper understanding of this as it was the iPad that started this crazy. Luckily, there are many tablets on the horizon that look to compete with Apple’s tablet such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab which is powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system.

Another tablet that was in the pipeline that many thought would give the iPad a much needed run for its money is the HP Slate powered by Microsoft Windows. Unfortunately, due to the fact that Windows is not optimized for use with tablets, HP slashed the product and instead destined the device for enterprise use.

Today, HP has officially announced the Slate 500 which packs an 8.6-inch capacitive touchscreen display, 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of SSD storage, an HDMI-out port which will output video nicely at 1080p thanks to Broadcom’s Crystal HD GPU. All of this hardware will be powered by Microsoft’s   Phone 7 professional, so no webOS just yet. What is interesting here, however, is the face that the HP Slate 500 packs a Wacom active digitizer which will allow users to take notes with a stylus. On the camera front we’re looking at a front facing VGA camera and a 3 megapixel rear facing camera.

Sounds pretty good if you can settle with a Windows 7 powered tablet, doesn’t it? It can be yours for $799 on a currently unannounced date. We’ll keep you posted.

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