HP is positioning its Slate in a different category than Apple’s iPad, which it considers a "media-oriented tablet" for consumers. – SAN FRANCISCO–Hewlett-Packard started selling its long-awaited new Slate 500 tablet portable computer on its Website early on Oct. 22. Some earlier reports had the devices becoming available on Oct. 25.
HP, which priced the new 6-inch-by-9-inch device at $799, is
positioning it in a different c…



