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Samsung doesn’t seem to stop surprising the users. Last time we were amazed by the Series 9, which by its weight and dimensions shadowed the ultrabook representatives by Asus and Apple. The Korean giant has introduced another innovation the Samsung Series 7 Slate, which we can define as a combination of a tablet and a desktop pc that surpasses greatly the iOS/Android big screen tablets and works in a full Windows environment.

Before we get into the hardware details lets firstly define its operability. It is an 11.6 inch multi-touch tablet based on the bit older Sandy Bridge platform, which with the docking station and the additional Bluetooth keyboard becomes a desktop PC. Without these add-ons it is a tablet that can be controlled by your fingers or the stylus.

Even though its time for Ivy Bridge no one will be disappointed with the older Intel i5-2467 processor built inside, which was seen in the first generation of ultrabooks. This processor has no problem in running the full Win7 and a lot of software even full HD movies. The processor comes with HD 3000 GPU that cannot handle new games but it can run some older games with no problem.

Even though everyone was expecting flash memory storage, it comes with a 128GB SSD drive. Even though this storage size seems too much for a tablet, imagine that just the Win7 with some patches and service packs weighs about 30GB.

The praised PLS screen that was used in Series 9 was used again here with the smaller 11.6 inch dimensions and a resolution of 1366×768 pixels, but it shares the same positive sides with its bigger brother.

On the tablet there are the standard ports starting from 3G, microSD, miniHDMI, 3.5 audio and a regular USB2.0. The dock has a full-blooded HDMI, another USB 2.0 and a gigabyte network adapter.

We should also mention the GPS implemented that enable the device to be used as a navigation device as well.

The only flaw is its price that is as buying a full-blooded good notebook.