HP launches Slate 7 Android tablet with Beats Audio for $169[ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:23:38 GMT ]The HP Slate 7 is beyond fashionably late to the Android tablet party, but it tries to make up for its tardiness with a very low price. When the device arrives in April, HP’s first Google-powered tablet just announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress will cost just $169.