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HP Confirms Windows 8 Tablets Plans
After HP acknowledged the fact that its TouchPad webOS tablet did not perform up to the company’s expectations, the CEO of the company Meg Whitman did mention that it would be getting back into the tablet game. On top of that, a few leaked documents last month indicated a 10-inch tablet from HP that was apparently in the works. As usual, with leaks, rumors and speculations, we never take them with anything but a pinch of salt until something official comes by. Now apparently, in this case, it has.
Although there are no mentions of either a launch date or pricing, HP has quietly confirmed the speculations that the company will be bringing HP Windows 8 tablets to the market later in the year. Besides that, the devices will also include HP’s own cloud-based storage service. The confirmation came when Whitman along with the Vice President of HP, Todd Bradley apparently stated that the company’s upcoming tablets would run Microsoft’s new operating system. As for the above mentioned webOS, there is still no word as to whether or not the company will be releasing more device running on it but for now, HP has transformed it to an open source project. Its credibility however, could be questioned if the company itself doesn’t release any new phones or tablets based on webOS.
HP has indulged in the tablet market for quite a number of years already, although they have not exactly been the most successful of companies in this particular niche. This time around, it does look as though HP will be preparing a couple of new tablets – that do seem to obtain a strong influence from Huawei, so much so that they could very well be just rebranded devices.
How does a HP branded smartphone sound to you? I am quite sure that those of us out there who are more concerned about reliability might prefer a brand name that has fared far better than HP in the smartphone industry, such as the likes of Samsung, Apple, Nokia or LG. Well, if you love rooting for the underdog always, and want to give something different a try, HP might have just the thing for you.
An alleged HP smartphone was leaked out earlier this week, and it certainly seemed to jive with what HP Senior Director Yam Su Yin mentioned earlier this month, that HP intends to make a return to the smartphone business by introducing a unique model. The executive was even quoted, that “HP has to be in the game.” Do you think you will pick up a HP branded smartphone when the time comes?
HP could be working on a spanking new high end Android-powered tablet which they have seen fit to call the HP SlateBook 10 X2. Of course, this is a particularly new piece of tech which was first picked up by the good people over at TabTech of Germany, courtesy of an AnTuTu benchmark. The HP SlateBook 10 X2 does seem to come with a 10” display of unknown resolution count, where it will be accompanied by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 processor that has been clocked at 1.8GHz, and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean in tow.
No idea on pricing or availability of the HP SlateBook 10 X2 though, but then again, it would not be the first of such devices to be announced by what was once a major computer manufacturing force in the world, since we have been acquainted with the Windows 8-powered HP Envy X2 before this. We do, however, hope to hear and see more about the HP SlateBook 10 X2 in due time.