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the HP slate book x2 ships with Android 4.2.2 that includes a keyword trade for a going price of about 480 bucks so it's pretty much an Android based netbook however the tablet portion can of course be detached from a keyboard it's pretty light as a tablet but the side that plugs into the keyboard tray has a couple of really uncomfortable edges that really sours the experience when handling it the same edge also has an awkwardly placed micro SD card slot and a headphone jack as well as dual speakers that even though they face the user are very powerful sounding but they're decent enough there's a serviceable front facing camera and an okay back camera neither of which will set your world of fire the power and volume buttons are located on the back which surprisingly works pretty well and as long as you know where the feel they're pretty easy to find when attached like I said before it feels like a netbook circa 2010 design running Android we've seen these before with the Asus Transformer line but this one doesn't really push that idea forward at all the keyboard still feels too small and cramped however I do appreciate the extra wide touchpad the keyboard does pack in a lot of features though with its own headphone jack full USB port full HDMI port and a full SD card reader also the keyboard has its own battery so you're getting extra battery life if it's attached the screen resolution is 1920 by 1200 which on a 10-inch tablet these days is good but ultimately unimpressive there's also a very noticeable yellow tint to the screen that really sticks out when looking at websites with white backgrounds and when compared to Telus that handle colour better like the Nexus 10 the x2 comes with only 16 gigabytes of storage which feels low for a $480 tablet even while with a keyboard there also doesn't pier to be any GPS hardware which is kind of a weird omission the x2 is not an exceptional tablet it's also not an altogether bad one it's just that 480 bucks feels a little too expand given an overall quality of his offerings check out my full review at seton.com for more info I'm Eric Franklin and this has been a first look at the HP Slate book x2