That magical little tablet

The iPad got a release date and a spiffy ad on the Oscars last night. I gotta say, they make it look sexy…

Oh, wait, that's not the iPad, that's a tablet PC from HP. And it's got Flash, multi-tasking, and a full operating system.

Phil McKinney, vice president and chief technology officer for HP’s personal system group posted on HP's blog, 'With this slate product, you’re getting a full web browsing experience in the palm of your hand. No watered-down internet, no sacrifices.'

Unfortunately, we don't know when or how much, but if there's one good thing coming out of Apple's aggressive marketing it would be upping the ante and other players stepping up.