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The recent competition launched to win a free HP Slate is about to close soon, sources say. The competition owners plan on giving away several Slate’s once HP finally releases the new gadget to the public (whenever that may be). The Slate, which is expected to cost around $500 when it is launched, will be in direct competition with the Apple iPad.

To enter the competition to win a free HP Slate, all that is required is an email address.

Click here to enter the competition.

Viral Socialite News has been in contact with the company hosting the competition and has verified that they are legitimately going to give several units away when the HP Slate comes out.

The HP Slate, due to be released by HP later this year or early 2011, is gaining a lot of interest. To help fans get a copy, a new contest has been launched. All that’s required to enter is an email address.

The competition will be giving out a set number of HP Slate’s regardless of how many people enter, so you’re always in with a decent chance. You can enter for the competition here.

The HP Slate will be in direct competition with the Apple iPad and Asus Eee Pad. It is likely to be around the $500 mark when released.

BREAKING NEWS: ASUS has just announced its latest and greatest product, the so called “Eee Pad” (don’t ask us where that name came from) at the Computex Taipei trade show. The product will be in direct competition with the HP Slate and Apple iPad.

There are two models the Eee Pad will be released in, the EP121 (with a 12 inch screen, USB and Windows 7), and the EP101TC (which has a 10 inch screen and runs onWindows Embedded Compact 7).

The price for the Eee Pad is said to be $400-500 at launch, which will be slightly more expensive than an iPad. By the time this thing is actually brought to the market, it’s likely that iPad prices will be down from now, further widening the pricing gap.

Some also say that a 12 inch screen is too big. Users have described the iPad’s 10 inch screen as chuncky and not easily portable. Although ASUS is trying to advertise the Eee Pad as “small, light and sleek” it seems that it might be a fair bit heavier than the iPad (although we can’t be sure until we get our hands on a working prototype).

Also, the ASUS will only run Windows, and will not support functionality for Android or Chrome OS.

It is estimated that the Eee Pad will be launched in about 7 months from now.

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The HP Slate, dubbed by many to be the “iPad killer”, is being given away free to a select group of people.

The offer comes at a time when the release date is still yet to be known. In any case, fans of the Slate are recommended to join the competition. All that is required is an email address.

If you would like to enter to win the free HP Slate, you can do so here

There are actually quite a few Slate’s these guys plan to give away. There have been several contests like this for similar products, and they are always worth entering (especially since it only takes about 10 seconds).

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