Google's Pixel Slate is an affordable 2-in-1 alternative to Microsoft Surface

Interest in tablets has been waning for years -- even Apple can’t really get us that excited about new iPads. People are still buying Amazon’s Kindle Fires, but mainly because they are so attractively priced. At its 'Made by Google' event in New York today, Google revealed a brand new Chrome OS tablet called the Pixel Slate with an optional keyboard and Pixelbook Pen. The 12.3-inch tablet is thin, at just 7mm, weighs 1.6 pounds, and has a 3,000 x 2,000 resolution screen (293ppi), front-facing stereo speakers, and a USB-C port at the bottom. It also has dedicated 8MP front… [Continue Reading]