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HP Taps Android for SlateBook x2 and Windows 8 for Split x2 Hybrids

Posted 05/15/2013 at 7:45am | by Paul Lilly

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Why play favorites?

Microsoft is trying to make a play in mobile with its touch-tastic Windows 8 platform, while Android remains the popular choice among those who don't want an iPad. Rather than choose which one to roll with, Hewlett-Packard (HP) went and launched a pair of detachable PCs built around both platforms, essentially passing the buck onto you, Joe and Jane Consumer, as to which platform to invest in.

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HP Slate 7 Android Tablet Now Available, Sports $170 Price Tag

Posted 04/28/2013 at 1:20am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Hewlett-Packard re-enters the media tablet market with 7-inch Android Jelly Bean tablet

If you are a PC vendor mulling a foray into the world of smartphones and media tables, there is perhaps no other platform more convenient than Android for this purpose. That is not to say that it is an option that readily appeals to everyone, especially those who give priority to control over convenience. But, as tempting as it might be, to have your own OS, it does not guarantee success and can be a very costly exercise. Just ask HP, which has taken almost two years to recover from the unmitigated disaster that was the TouchPad and re-enter the tablet market.

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HP to Embed Leap Motion's 3D Gesture Control Into Select PCs

Posted 04/16/2013 at 9:28am | by Paul Lilly

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Let the inevitable comparisons to Minority Report begin.

How many technologies have you heard being compared to Minority Report style computing? More than you can count on one hand, most likely, and we have yet another candidate in Leap Motion with its 3D motion control technology. Hewlett-Packard (HP) will attempt to bring Leap Motion's technology to the mainstream by embedding it into select products as part of a new collaboration between these two companies.

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HP Jumps Back Into Tablets With The $169 Slate 7

Posted 02/24/2013 at 1:29pm | by Justin Kerr

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HP releases the first of many tablets planned for 2013.

HP’s mishandling of the Palm acquisition will go down in history as one of the worst mobile plays in the history of technology, but the company has licked its wounds and is finally ready to give it another shot. Today, HP has announced its very first Android product: the Slate 7. The price tag on the company’s new tablet certainly catches the eye, however the specs leave much to be desired.

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HP Cracks Down on Student Labor in Chinese Factories

Posted 02/08/2013 at 9:21am | by Paul Lilly

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In China, it's not usual for factories to pluck students from nearby schools to help with increased orders.

Heweltt-Packard, the world's largest supplier of PCs (just ahead of Lenovo), is demanding that its Chinese suppliers follow a new set of guidelines as it pertains to student labor. Factories in China have come under heavy scrutiny during the past couple of years due to complaints of labor violations, underage workers, and employee suicides, all of which are at least partially related to the rabid demand for electronic products from the likes of Apple, HP, and others.

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PC Makers See Potential in Convertible All-In-One Form Factor

Posted 02/05/2013 at 11:13am | by Paul Lilly

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Windows 8 sparked an evolution in PC design, and even all-in-one PCs are trying something new.

I walked into my local Best Buy the other day, and as I always do, I headed straight for the PC section. To my semi-surprise, the floor space that was once dominated by desktop towers had been overrun by Ultrabooks, ultra-thins, all-in-one PCs, and tablets...lots of tablets. There were still a handful of desktops to be found, but they were tucked away in the corner next the restroom entrance -- boo! Like it or not, mainstream America is totally infatuated with these space saving designs, and with the introduction of Windows 8, convertible form factors are all the rage. Even the all-in-one (AIO) market isn't immune.

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Windows 8 Debut Marred by "Soft" PC Shipments, HP Retains Lead Over Lenovo

Posted 01/11/2013 at 10:01am | by Paul Lilly

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Windows PC shipments declined 6.4 percent in Q4 2012.

Even though the fourth quarter of 2012 kicked off a new era in computing with the launch of Windows 8, it wasn't enough to prop up the PC market and save it from sluggish demand. In fact, the most recent holiday shopping season was the first in five years to see a year-on-year decline in PC demand, according to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC).

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CES 2013: HP Readies Line of Affordable Touch Laptops and IPS Monitors [Video]

Posted 01/08/2013 at 3:45pm | by Paul Lilly

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HP is putting together a line of cost friendly touch-enabled laptops built around AMD.

The name of the game is affordability, and Hewlett-Packard is trying to win with a line of touch-enabled laptops that won't break the bank. The same is true of a new family of IPS monitors. As for the laptops, HP has chosen AMD as its running mate in the low(er) cost touch arena, which is not the least bit surprising when you look at AMD's track record in competing on the budget end. We had a chance to speak with a couple of HP reps about their products.

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Atom Powered Windows 8 Tablets Delayed Due to Driver Issue

Posted 12/19/2012 at 10:19am | by Paul Lilly

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The majority of Windows 8 tablets won't start shipping until 2013.

Wondering where all the Windows 8 tablets that were supposed to ship before the end of the year are hiding? It seems they've all been bitten by a driver bug, or at least the ones built around Intel's Atom Z2760 processor. The "Clover Trail" part is an energy efficient CPU that promises all-day battery life, but it's reportedly been challenging trying to code drivers that are stable enough to pass Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) testing.

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On the Surface, Microsoft's "Kludgey" Tablet is Hardly Competition, Says HP

Posted 11/15/2012 at 6:42am | by Paul Lilly

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Microsoft Surface Microsoft's hardware partners continue to take potshots at the company's Surface tablet. Last week, Acer warned Microsoft that delving into hardware is like "hard rice and "is not so easy to eat" (no joke, though something may have been lost in translation), and now HP is piling on the criticism, calling Surface a "slow" and "kludgey" solution. HP credited the press for hyping up a tablet that otherwise isn't very competitive.

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