HP Says Its Upcoming HP Windows 7 Slate Device Will Read Flash
The iPad's lack of a web camera and its inability to read Flash has opened the door for the competition. A recent blog post from HP points out the iPad's Flash weakness with a headline boasting that its upcoming tablet computer, the HP Slate, "Runs The Complete Internet -- Including Flash!" The HP Slate was announced at CES in January. HP still hasn't given a release date or a price for the Slate but HP recently released this new video about the tablet. Take a look:
PC Wordreports that the debate between the iPad and the HP Slate so far has mostly centered around the fact that HP Slate can read Flash and the iPad does not. Alan Tam from Adobe Flash Product Marketing also has a video that says 85% of the top 100 websites use Flash. Take a look: