HP's Slate 500 tablet was Microsoft's first major gamble in the tablet industry. The project ended up being a complete failure, but according to the New York Times, it paved the way for Surface.
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Who could have predicted that Apple would actually be undercutting the competition in tablet pricing? As the tablet wars really begin to heat up, HP just announced the availability of their Slate 500, an 8.9...