Hiton HT-960 tablet rocks HP Slate's specs, $100 cheaper price
By Tim Stevens 
posted April 8th 2010 10:03AM
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@Ignition1 Exactly, considering the cost of a W7 license and larger SSD (and size is only one factor, speed is another), there really is no savings. I'll stick with the warranty support of the world's largest computer manufacturer, thanks.
@Ignition1
Not to mention the difference in screen and touch capability. The quality of the panel and the sensitivity of the capacitive multitouch are very important in this arena.
Comparing the HP Slate to this device is just silly. This is like a KIRF.
@Ignition1 I'm still going for the HP slate if we're just talking about specs and features: http://j.mp/hp-slate-experience
@Ignition1
That display looks like a fun-house mirror. Good luck with that piece of junk. The only thing they might have done right is installing Windows XP instead of bloated Windows 7. XP should run a lot faster.
Hit on?
@Atkins I swear, the names, clunky fonts, and chunky ID these Chinese/Korean/Whatever companies employ in their products never cease to amuse me.
Windows XP on a slate PC? I'll pass...
@Levi Yeah, the whole point of these tablets is having software, particularly an OS, that is actually optimized for touch. Windows 7 is no iPad OS, but it's a heck of a lot better out of the box than XP would be. I'm sure with a bit of hacking you could add the right software on this, but it wouldn't ever be elegant. I'd swap XP out for Chrome or Android immediately.
@Levi
Why would you pass? It has identical specs to the HP Slate, except for...nearly every spec that the article mentions.
@Levi Title made this sound much more appealing, then you get to the guts, "but, but, not..."
@Luke
the more I think about these speialized devices and smart phones, the more I realize a spec sheet isn't a description of how usable or enjoyable the device is. There can be requirements on a spec sheet (like Flash support!), but after that, one spec list vs another won't crown the winner. It's for these exact reasons I'm starting to have doubts about the HP Slate.
@Levi
Not only is Windows7 a better OS for a tablet than XP, it's also more responsive on lower-end hardware in my experience. It may well be more resource-intensive, as some normal tasks are slower, but the UI is far more responsive, it boots faster, doesn't seem to get bogged down after a few months of use, and is generally better all around.
Not too shabby. If it also has the HP Slate's targeted battery life, and I can install Ubuntu Netbook Remix or MID edition on it, its worthy of consideration IMHO.
In the title bar it's called an iPad PC
i would rather have a dell mini 5 when it comes out
@lars1110 Damn right. That's what I'm waiting for too :)
@rodolforfq or an htc evo for att/tmobile
By Grabthar's hammer....
what a savings!
Hiton! Apply directly to the forhead!
Hiton! Apply directly to the forhead!
Hiton! Apply directly to the forhead!
*forEhead x3
Seriously?
This is not even in the same ZIP as the HP Slate. This is the same crappy tablet using the N270 that every no-name OEM and their momma have been peddling forever. Engadget posts one every couple days like it's the new hotness.
@CBONE Well, lets see, last time I checked tablets weren't a household item (let alone cheap). So, of course, Engadget would do so.
@ZackC456
Don't be dense. Rebadges are not news. Especially rebadges of turds.
@CBONE
How is this any different from HP Slate except for the appearance?
Now one of these things running Ubuntu would be very useful.
$100 cheaper price, 100x less attractive design. but then again its slate's specs. i'm so confused :/
I feel compelled, (compelled I tell ya!) to inform all of you that I will not be buying this. I do not see a need for it therefore I do not understand why anyone would.
Urgh resistive screen.
*vomits*
i mean really... why are all these companies even trying.. who in there right mind is gonna buy one of these or hold out for one apart from the few thousand nutters that bought a joojoo
@Bongo123
I can't believe the coverage the JooJoo got. It looks like a POS compared to the iPad, and that's coming from someone who won't even consider an iPad.
hiton comes with paris hilton... umm still ugly!
That thing does look ugly...
looks too shiny
Initiate Windows-Based Tablet Race To The Bottom.
Maybe if Ubuntu Netbook remix or W7 were easily installable on this I'd consider it. But for now I'll wait for the Slate.
Putting a desktop OS on a touch device is the dumbest idea ever. I can't believe HP is actually proceeding with it.
Sure you can use every application for windows. But they are all designed for mouse/keyboard interface. Which will make the user experience horrid. Not to mention windows 7 + custom touch gui = bye bye battery = terrible mobility..
ARM processor + Android or WM7 would have been a much smarter move.
@soooted
I think all the browsers will have skins to go over the OS - so windows 7 would be nice for some functions and especially because it plays nicely with 90% of all pcs out there. Then the skins willmake the touch screen more usable with better navigation basically- Blumpit from firefox comes to mind. why not 2 or 3 OSs? I personally want a device 7" that can do everything.
"One night in Hilton"
I will w8 for the sl8 !
Wait, is the HP Slates screen capative, or resistive? I cant remember.. could 1 of u tell me please :)
@uHorndog It's capacitive. This hunk of plastic is resistive.
You know what makes apple produc's great?
Cheap knock-off's!
@WindowedApple
You know what makes your comment poop? Unnecessary apostrophes!
@To Hell
i would like to see you write Norwegian as good/bad as I wite in English.
To Hell with you!
Attack of the iPad Clones!
@gentlefury
You do realize that (as far a design goes) the iPad itself is merely a 'clone' of the Compaq/Hp TC1X00 (circa 2003-2005)?
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tr/gallery/hptr1105/Image00021_small.jpg
I own both, and the resemblance is definitely there.
I know you can set up a link to exclude Apple news.
But can I get a link to exclude off brand crap?
Seriously this stuff is going to be junk. I don't want to hear about second rate products from fly by night companies.
I think I have seen this same Chinese knockoff three or four times now with a different logo grafted on.
Give me HP/Dell/MSI/Lenova etc, but companies with zero product re-branding knockoffs are just a waste of everyone's time.
Can someone fix the article to reflect that there is more than one 1.6GHz atom processor? This is without a doubt the N270 and not the N470?