PC Makers Ready iPad Rivals
Computer makers are developing strategies and devices to challenge Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPad, hoping to capitalize on new interest in a category of gadgets that was moribund until recently.
In the next few weeks, executives from Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) will meet in the U.S. and Taiwan to tweak prices and features on an upcoming keyboardless computer dubbed the Slate, said two people familiar with the matter.
H-P has discussed selling a version of the Slate–similar to the iPad in size and features, and including a cellular connection–for a price below the $629 Apple charges for an equivalent iPad, one of these people said.
