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At least some of the tablet rumors have turned out to be true. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday night introduced a Windows touchscreen tablet computer manufactured by Hewlett-Packard. Ballmer was likely trying to steal some thunder from Apple, which is widely expected to unveil a tablet computer later this month. “It was interesting that Ballmer used the term ‘slate PC’ a few weeks after it’s been known that Apple registered the name iSlate,” said Michael Gartenberg, a vice president at Interpret. “A week ago they were tablets, and now everyone is calling them slates, including Ballmer.” An HP-Windows Machine The HP device will begin selling this year, though details are still sketchy. HP has yet to make an official announcement about the device, which runs Windows 7, but Ballmer primed the pump with his demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show. “We’re talking about something that’s almost as portable as a phone and that’s as powerful as a PC running Windows 7,” Ballmer said. Although the new device isn’t HP’s first foray into tablets, it is its first touchscreen device. Beyond HP, the PC industry seems to have renewed its focus on tablet computers. Lenovo introduced the IdeaPad U1, which can work as a clamshell laptop or a multi-touch slate tablet. Hanvon also debuted electromagnetic-touch tablet devices, and others are expected. But analysts said consumers’ appetite for the devices remains to be seen. “Consumers in the past have rejected these types of in-between devices. These are little computers that aren’t good enough to replace their big computers; they are not small enough to go in place of their smartphone,” Gartenberg said. “If any company is going to be successful in the tablet space, they are going to have to find a way to optimize for this form factor, not take something that was designed for…
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