Tablet throwdown: HP, Sony and Samsung

CNNMoney's Adrian Covert offers his take on tablets from HP, Sony and Samsung. He begins with the smallest, HP's Slate 7.

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It's kind of a confusing product.

I mean, what HP wanted to do was come and offer a tablet that was cheaper and more affordable than everything else, which is a smart idea. But given like specs it has and what it is, it actually costs still a little too much money, for 30 dollars more, you can get a far nicer tablet from, you know, someone like Google with Nexus 7 or Amazon with Kindle Fire. And you know, it will last longer. It's more expensive. So,I just, I don't think that, you know, HP, you know, priced their device low enough for, you know, how it's probably get under performing for what it's gonna do.

So the price point is the issue.

Yeah.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, you checked that out as well? How was it?

You know, it was nice.you know, It is fast and speedy. It has some interesting, you know, stylish features and, you know, works as remote control. And so, I think it's, you know, sort of, you know, angle to compete with the iPad mini. And so, you know, price is still, you know, to be determined, we'll see, you know, how much it costs. But if they can kneel, get it at a, you know, reasonable range toward the iPad mini is, they probably have a shot at, you know, competing with Apple in my regard.

It's a solid Samsung tablet that gonna go after the iPad mini. I know you personally have an issue with user interface. Tell me about it.

Yeah. You know, I'm not the biggest fan of Samsung user interface, you know. Server B maybe the design will be more advanced, sophisticated but, you know, at the same time it's not the worth of everything so..

Yeah. Now let's talk about the biggest, one of the bunch. It's a 10-inch Xperia 7 tablet from Sony. How did it go?

It was, it's really nice. It's probably the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet on the market. And when you pick it up, you immediately notice it.you know, one of the issues is when you have a tablet that kinda light, sometimes it'll feel cheap. But in this case, like the materials, everything was really beautiful about it and it worked well. And you know, it doesn't quite, you know, have the most powerful enough today components. But they are good enough to wear, you know. You are probably not gonna tell the difference between disks player and retina display which is better, but you know, only marginally so. And so, you know, it's a little bit high price starts with 500 dollars for a 16-year you can buy a tablet which is as same as, you know, the iPad 4. So, I mean, it's a little bit high price, but at the same time, it's so thin, so light and it's also water-proof which is really cool.

Wow.

Yeah.

Water-proof, beautiful thing. It worked well. And this is a Sony product. Right? Is this gonna be part of turnaround for the company?

I mean, it can be.Sony's always made really great hardware and so, you know, and this is, you know, in that tradition, you know, their software, you know, is, it's, you know, their costume eye's not as good as stuck-in rays. So that might be a point of contention for some people. But, yeah, I mean, it's definitely another great piece of hardware from Sony.