HP Slate Lives! HP Confirms Windows 7 Tablet in Production

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After presumably passing on to gadget heaven when it was announced that HP Slate production had been canceled, the tablet from Hewlett-Packard has suddenly been resurrected.

The HP Slate has made a miraculous recovery from the deathbed of discontinued products today when HP confirmed that it was still working on the Slate.

After hearing that it was canceled weeks ago, people were surprised to find yesterday that HP had posted new specs for the HP Slate 500 running Windows 7. Today, HP confirmed that the specs page was no accident and that the Windows 7 tablet was still in production.

The specs sound familiar to those mentioned before: 1.6GHz processor running Windows 7 Premium on an 8.9-inch display.

Its sudden reversal of fate doesn't mean the HP Slate is any more ready for production though. An HP spokesperson told Engadget that HP is "in customer evaluations now and will make a determination soon on the next steps."

While the HP Slate will be part of the supposed fleet of Windows 7 tablets coming soon, HP also has a WebOS tablet in development and recently cancelled an Android tablet. But given the Slate's story, who knows if that Android tablet is truly gone.

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