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the holidays are here but the product season is continuing in fact we've got one of Google's biggest products right here ready to unbox the Google pixel slate this was unveiled at Google's pixel 3 event and it is a laptop / tablet aiming to go against the iPad pro Microsoft Surface and it's kind of a revision to the pixel book last year so this is the Google pixel slate I also have some accessories the Google pixel book pen which you'll probably want also the pixel slate keyboard also does not income included and you'd want that and an alternative to the keyboard won by bridge to make a lot of great iPad keyboards and other accessories they have a g-type Google pixel slate accessory as well so let's start with the pixel slate this thing goes from price goes from price from $5.99 all the way to $15.99 so you can get really expensive this particular version I have has a Core i5 processor 8 gigs of ram 128 gig solid-state drive for $1000 let's open this up and pretty clean Google product packaging if you have a pixel or something like that let's try to take this out without how do you remove that there you go that's the slate right there very clean dense kind of like a iPad pro territory connector right there feels heavier than you'd expect here is a USBC cable that is included here is a pretty large charge brick adapter let's open that up that is a was a wall work right there that's gonna sit right in at least not take up other outlets like the iPad pro one which is wider but that they're also included thankfully a USBC headphone adapter which is not included with the iPad pro and that is it unless you want to get to know your pixel slate the OS in here is kind of similar to Google it's cruel Chrome so it's a Google Chrome environment but it's aiming to be a little more tablet II a little more keyboard friendly while being a tablet so a cleaner look to it we'll do a full review of that soon let's put that aside and let's turn this on let's move that over it there here's one USB C port and there's another USB C port and that's it also keep in mind that that power button doubles is a fingerprint sensor turn that on there we go and you can just go into your your basic google set up from there we're to come with this but let's take a look at some of the accessories let's package this up here but this box on and let's start with the let's turn with a pen if you had a pixel book pen from last year well then you're in luck if not you will have to buy one of these if you want to use the tablet stylus functions is $100 so not cheap but falls in line with what Microsoft and Apple are charging inside here is the stylus pretty pretty clear cut a little button on the side there as well and if you want to keep a charged triple-a battery so it doesn't charge through the side or it doesn't have any recharge ability whether you like this or not up to you so you put that inside the pixel book and we're to the stylus and they'll be good to go so let's take that out here put over the side let's check out the keyboard now the Google pixel slight keyboard feels like an accessory that should have come in the box much like the iPad pro you're probably going to want to use it to do a lot of things now the nice thing about the pixel Slate keyboard is it has a trackpad it also is powered from the side connector so you can use it easily fold it up kind of like origami and have it protect your pixel book or just pixels slate $200 though is pricey so let's open it up tells you about your different modes you're folding you're connecting you're sliding it to different angles if you have a Microsoft Surface pro keyboard kind of a similar proposition to the way this feels let me take this out without damaging that that slides right off it and inside here is is there anything just a little just a little instructional booklet okay that's just packaging so here we go pretty pretty clean-cut folio there and nice trackpad and when you connect it here snaps right on works just like that pretty cool and I mean I use this at the event so I've typed on it not yet since I've had it but the keys feel really nice the trackpad feels really nice but you have to have a lot of table space you can also adjust the angle on this to any variety of angles which is a nice touch and it's pretty sturdy but maybe you don't want to do that too many times so that's the keyboard that Google makes but there is another option there may be other options beyond that Bridge has its own so let's put this aside let's put this together here minimize that and look at the g-type now the other one was a table type tablet experience G type by bridge is meant to go on your lap so it's really a a laptop type you have much better lap support it doesn't look like it connects via the side connector on the pixel slate which is kind of funny this is battery powered so let's see if I can get this out of here there we go comes with a comes with a cleaning cloth comes the two cleaning cloths there you go all the cleaning cloths you need for the year instructions on inserting and removing powering this has backlighting as well as the trackpad and does it come with a charge cable is there a charge capable USB C so you just use the one that came with the pixel slate there you go pretty straightforward and this has little attaching brackets I don't want to I don't want to damage it okay put it in right side up and just kind of slide it into the rubber feet there and you have your little pixel slate laptop so it looks like there's a good hold standing position and it should Bend nope maybe not you don't bend all the way back around I think you have to then remove it and flip it to the other side and then you can use it in that mode but it's meant to be sturdy enough that you could use it in your lap I don't know how it has as far as being top-heavy versus bottom heavy but more to come on that looks like it's looks like it's holding its own but again $160 for that so you're dealing with $200 accessory or $160 accessory if that was another tablet a $99 stylus is a lot of money to spend in the Google product universe more to come when we do a full review of this but that's the Google pixel slate and its accessories I'm Scott Stein talk to you soon [Laughter]