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HP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on Flash

With the iPad presale beginning in just a few days, and the clock ticking down to the much-anticipated Apple tablet finally hitting the streets, HP launched a renewed campaign for its Slate tablet PC debuted at the 2010 CES by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Each platform has pros and cons, but so far the debate seems to center entirely around support for Adobe Flash.

The HP Slate–almost by default–stands out as a more business-oriented platform, if for no other reason than its ties to the Windows 7 operating system. The iPad, which comes across more like an iPod Touch with a thyroid disorder, can certainly be used in some ways within a business context, but it is clearly designed for delivering entertainment media and information to consumers.

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Print your documents from iPhone, Blackberry at Hilton Garden Inn hotels

Hilton Garden Inn hotels are rolling out a system that lets iPhone and Blackberry using guests print documents from anywhere in the world directly to printer locations inside its hotel business centers.

The PrintSpots mobile printing service is free to hotel guests and works with any smartphone, Hilton Garden Inn’s press release says.

The chain sees the mobile printing service as a way to help make its customers - who on average take nine business trips per year - more productive. “Workloads do not ease up when traveling,” said Jim Cone, brand marketing exec for Hilton Garden Inn.

Readers: Whether you stay at chains like Hilton Garden Inn, Marriott Courtyard or Hyatt Place hotels, or you stay at boutique hotels, how easy - or difficult - does your hotel make it for you to print out documents?

[Thanks: http://content.usatoday.com]