HP outs Android-powered Pro Slate 8 and 12 tablets

Ever imagined how the HTC One (M8) would look like if it were bigger? Meet HP‘s answer: the Pro Slate line of tablets, made with the business-oriented in mind by offering an Android experience on 8 and 12 inch displays.

The two identical-looking tablets at different sizes both sport Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processors and Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. Both are also equipped with data protection powered by a suite of HP’s own software systems.

HP also gives its customers to expand their options and increase their productivity by bringing out a new writing tool called the Duet Pen, the first to use Qualcomm Snapdragon digital pen technology by digitizing everything the pen writes using either the tablet or a paper HP calls the Paper Folio. How does it pick up the paper writings? The writing motion and the sounds it produce are detected by four microphones attached to the body.

HP Pro Slate 8 and 12 specs:
12.3-inch UXGA 10-point multi-touch display, 1600×1200, 163ppi (Pro Slate 12)
Corning CT-40 FIT Glass with anti-smudge coating (Pro Slate 12)
7.9-inch FHD QXGA 10-point multi-touch display, 2048×1536, 324ppi (Pro Slate 8)
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (Pro Slate 8)
2.3GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
2GB RAM
32GB Internal storage (16GB version also available on Pro Slate 8)
expandable up to 32GB via microSD
8MP rear camera
2MP front camera
nano SIM
USB 2.0
ZIF connector with Pogo pins
802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Miracast
Bluetooth 4.0
NFC
DTS Sound+
Android 4.4 KitKat
21 WHr (Pro Slate 8), 37 WHr (Pro Slate 12) Li-ion polymer battery

The HP Pro Slate 8 and 12 are now on sale in the US for $449 (*Php20,000)and $569 (*Php25,400), respectively.