HP Slate 6 and Slate 7 VoiceTab comes to India priced starting Rs. 22.990 and Rs. 16,990

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Hewlett Packard (HP) has entered the highly competitive smartphone and tablet space in India with its Slate 6 smartphone and Slate 7 tablets, which hits shelves from today onward, priced at Rs. 16,990 and Rs. 22,999, respectively.

Looking at how the PC market has dwindled over the past couple of years, it makes perfect sense for the company to look at different alternatives to make money but is smartphone and tablet space really their forte is something only time will tell.

The devices have been made keeping the Indian market in mind and the inclusion of dual-Slim slot and voice calling (on the Slate 7) clearly highlight the company's strategy. Just like Nokia's Asha 501, HP has used India as its platform to globally launch these Slate devices.

Slate 6 VoiceTab is more of a phablet in nature and comes with a HD display, running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, 1.2 GHz quad-core Marvell CPU which is a refreshing change from the Mediatek's and the Qualcomm's with 1 GB RAM. 5 MP rear and 2 MP front cameras make it relevant to the social-active smartphone users these days and all this is backed by a 3000 mAh battery. Slate 6 VoiceTab comes at Rs 22,999.