Is HP's Windows-7-Powered Slate Still Alive?

HP's Slate was one of the early stars of The Year of the Tablet. Before anyone knew what the iPad would be, HP and Microsoft introduced the Slate at January's Consumer Electronics Show. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer even did the actual introduction, so the Slate was guaranteed a ton of buzz.

But the Slate was actually a pretty traditional tablet--according to a leaked spec list, it ran the full desktop version of Windows 7 (possibly with a touch-oriented skin), and packed netbook internals...