by Shane O'Neill

7 New Windows 7 Tablets: In Pictures

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Sep 15, 2010
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Hardware makers both well known (HP and Asus) and obscure (Hanvon and Pegatron) are putting the final touches on Windows 7-based tablet PCs to take on the iPad and Android Tablets. Here's a slideshow of the most anticipated Windows tablets due out for the holidays or early 2011.

MSI Windpad 100

Key features:

• 10-inch display

• Windows 7 Home Premium

• Multi-Touch

• Intel’s Oak Trail Atom Processor

• 2GB of RAM

• 32GB SSD

• SIM card slot

• 8 hours of battery life

• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 3G module will be on some versions

• 2 USB ports

• 1.7 lbs

• Web camera

• HDMI port

• Price: $499

• Availability: Early 2011

ExoPC Slate (Manufactured by Pegatron)

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Key features:

• 11.6-inch display

• Windows 7 Home Premium

• Multi-Touch

• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom Pineview-M N450

• 2GB of DDR2 RAM

• 32GB or 64GB SSD

• 4 hours of battery life

• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G card slot

• 2 USB ports

• 1.3 megapixel Web camera

• 2.09 lbs

• Memory and SIM card slots

• HDMI port

• Headphone/Mic Jacks

• Price: $624 (32GB model), $724 (64GB model)

• Availability: October 2010