At the 2010 CES trade show earlier this year, HP has provided users the first look of their MTB Slate. Since then, the company has repeatedly update the blog short video posted on YouTube about HP Slate. Less than a week after MTB iPad "presence", said HP had to 05/04/2010 share the information about prices, specifications for its MTB technology blog Engadget.HP Slate Run Windows 7, a base price is 549 dollars, high-cost version of 599 USD.

According to Engadget, MTB is equipped with 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z530, 8.9 touch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, battery life is 5 hours, 1 slot SDHC memory card, a USB port, a SIM card slot for 3G modem option.

According to analyst Dan Olds of Gabriel Consulting Group, Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group, HP's device will have tough competition with rivals such as iPad. Although Slate has several advantages over 2 iPad but both he and Olds Enderle said HP will not slate would be "killer" of the iPad.