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Some believe Microsoft is becoming coy about its slate plans. Other people simply believe the business is becoming clueless. I think the Redmondians are planting decoys, hoping they;ll give cover for missteps.Here;s my latest concept as to what;s going on, concerning Microsoft and its remedy for slates (or lack thereof). More than the previous few months, Microsoft execs have gone from stating Apple;s iPad is absolutely nothing but a crippled Computer,Office 2010 Pro Key, to claiming that Microsoft and its partners have myriad iPad competition prepared to start any day now. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned there;d be Windows 7 slates out in time for holiday 2010. And in the recent Computex conference, Microsoft execs crowed regarding the several Windows slates because of start this drop.If any of these slates had been in fact true iPad opponents, Microsoft could be only fairly late towards the slate party. This isn;t the situation (producing me happier by the day that I decided to buy an iPad to make use of as my on-the-go cellular device, instead of awaiting my longed-for “WinPad.”)The “Windows slates” Microsoft showed at Computex aren;t running Windows 7; they;re running Windows Embedded Compact. That means they aren;t going to be in a position to run Windows 7 apps and won;t sport the Windows 7 user interface. Rather,Office 2007 Standard, each of those Embedded Compact slates will feature its own custom interface.Meanwhile, the Windows 7 slates coming in time for this holiday season are going to be business-focused products. (HP execs admitted this recently, noting their coming Slate 500 gadget will be for small business users. If there are other Windows 7 slates able to start this fall,Office 2007 License, I;d expect they also will be business-focused devices. These models will be PCs without lids; tablets without the stylus. They won;t have the long battery life, touch-centric user interfaces or built-in app store capabilities that have created the iPad a success.Microsoft;s real iPad competitors aren;t going to debut until 2011 — I;d guess mid-2011 at best. Ballmer didn;t state this plainly at last week;s Microsoft Finanacial Analyst Meeting,Office 2010 Keygen, but he dropped some hefty hints. Ballmer touted Intel;s Oak Trail processors as being key to Microsoft;s iPad alaternatives. The problem is Oak Trail chips aren;t heading to be prepared until “early 2011.” Once Pc makers get them in hand, it will take them at a couple of quarters to build and test slates that use them.I;m curious regarding whether Microsoft will continue to try to steer its partners to make use of Windows seven as the operating system powering these slates. My guess, as I told TechFlash;s Todd Bishop last week, is Microsoft may relent and allow slate makers to use the touch-centric Windows Phone OS seven on these devices. (Microsoft could still claim that these slates had been running “Windows,Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007,” since it is generating sure to brand all of its operating systems as “Windows.”)Bottom line: “WinPads” are still about a year away, I;m predicting. Expect Microsoft execs to downplay the coming Windows Embedded Compact slates and start acknowledging that this year;s Windows 7 slates are business-centric devices. As an alternative to risking another Kin debaucle (launching then pulling a misguided product at outstanding cost), Microsoft is rethinking its answer towards the iPad. Better late than lame….