In less than two months, April (2013) to be exact, you will be able to buy a Slate 7 Android tablet from HP for $169 USD.

Announced at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the Slate 7 Android tablet is HP’s first consumer-level tablet device since the failed webOS-powered Touchpad.

But for that price, what will you be getting?

Nothing spectacular. The Slate 7 will be powered by an ARM Dual Core Cortex-A9 processor gunning at 1.6 GHz. That’s not in the same class as current Android tablets most of which are powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor, but for $169 USD and a 7-inch screen, what did you expect?

Here are the other features that will ship with the Slate 7 Android tablet:

• All the Google services you can handle – Gail, Google Drive, Google+ Hangouts, Google Play, etc
• Android 4.1 (Jellybean)
• 8 GB of on-board storage
• Micro-USB port
• SD card slot
• 1024 by 600 screen resolution
• Dimensions: 10.7mm by 197mm by 116mm and weighing in at 13 ounces
• Beats Audio technology
• Rear (3 MP) and front VGA camera
• Support for HP’s ePrint service

Sadly, no HDMI port. The Slate 7 will come in two colors – silver and red. To be notified when this device becomes available, visit here.

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