HP Slate 7 Affordable 7-inch Android Tablet

At the Mobile World Congress 2013, HP announced the new Slate 7 that is the company’s first attempt in the consumer Android tablet market. Available at an affordable price of $169.99, HP’s offering will be competing with Google’s Nexus 7 and Asus’s MemoPad. Running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the tablet offers Google experience with Google Now, YouTube, Google+ and access to Google Play Store.

While the price of the Slate 7 is quite attractive, the hardware of the Slate 7 may not be able to impressive you. It is powered by an dual-core 1.6GHz Cortex A-9 processor and 1GB of RAM. Its 7-inch 1024×600 multitouch display uses High-aperture-ratio Field Fringe Switching (HFFS) panel for wide viewing angle. There is a 3 Megapixel main camera on the back and a VGA front-facing camera for video chat. It even includes Beats Audio for rich sound and of course, you can expect support for WiFi connectivity. The Android tablet comes pre-loaded with HP’s ePrint application that allows users to easily print at home or on the go wirelessly.

HP will release the Slate 7 in the US in April.

 

Dell reports 8% revenue decrease this year as compared to 2011

Dell has posted the results for its fourth quarter and they look quite bad for the company as it goes into privatization. There was an 11 % decrease in revenue this quarter as compared to the last year’s same quarter as it dropped from $16 billion to $14.3 billion. Comparison over the year states that last year the revenue was $62 billion while this year it dropped by 8 %, making it $56.9 billion. Net income also dropped to $530 million with a percentage decrease of 31 %, from $764 million from the same quarter of the last year.

On the other hand the revenue for the networking department of Dell increased by 42 % with a 100 % increase in Force10 business. The 12G PowerEdge servers of Dell comprised of 80 % of the revenue generated from servers, which in turn showed a 5 % increase in the revenue. Quest Software delivered more than $200 million in revenue.

The Enterprise solutions department solely, saw an increase of 6 % in revenue making it to $5.2 billion, whereas Dell Wyse Orders, also considered in enterprise virtualization solutions, had an increased demand of 25 % as compared to the revenue last year.