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HP Pro Slate 8 and Pro Slate 12 Tablets with Duet Pen Announced

The noted American Multinational Company, Hewlett-Packard has refreshed its Android tablet segment by adding two new devices, called Pro Slate 8 and Pro Slate 12. As we know, many leading corporations have commenced their eye-popping tabs during this session, where Dell Venue 8 7840, Google Nexus 9 and iPad Air 2 are forefront in this crowded field. Apparently, HP seems stimulated by the arrival of these well-built gadgets and brought its feature-rich heirs to capture the marketplace.

Diving into Pro Slate 8, the most captivating part of gadget is its compatibility with HP's new Duet Pen, which capacitates the users to write on any type of surface as well as they can access those paper-written contents immediately on tablet's screen. The another standout attribute of device is its 7.86 inch 10-point capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 4 protection, which confers a vivid pixel resolution of 2048 x 1536p

Loaded with Android 4.4 KitKat, Slate 8 is power packed with a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 21 WHr Li-ion polymer to be a promising companion of tech-savvy folks. On memory front, gadget is arrayed with 2GB RAM and bestows 16GB of internal storage along with MicroSD card support.

Talking about imaging, then tab is comprised with a low light-capable selfie snapper of 2-megapixel alongside an 8-megapixel auto-focus primary shooter. The inclusion Near Field Communication (NFC) option, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0+LE functionalities also make it quite eye catching. Moreover, Pro Slate 8 measures 136.9 x 7.99 x 207mm scale and weighs 350g.

Coming to Pro Slate 12, which holds resemblance with its sibling on various aspects, but incorporation of a larger 12.3-inch display with Corning CT-40 FIT glass along with a lower pixel resolution of 1600 x 1200p make it different from Slate 8. Additionally, tablet includes 32GB of inbuilt storage capacity, which is more than the above mentioned device. Furthermore, it has 300.3 x 7.99 x 221.9mm dimension and a weighing of 850g.

Notably, Pro Slate 8 and Pro Slate 12 have been priced at $379 and $529 respectively as well as company is offering cloud-based device management software and TouchPoint Manager along with both handhelds.