HP
(Hewlett Packard) has finally launched an update to their first stab at making
an Android Tablet, the HP Slate 7 as stated in my blog article entitled
“HP's
Slate 7 Tablet debuts at MWC 2013, set to launch April 2013 - LiMo Open Source
is RedBull as it Gives HP Wings Beyond the Hills”.
Introducing
the HP Slatebook x2
as announce in the article “HP
launches Android-based SlateBook 'PC'”, published July 31, 2013 12:14 AM
PDT by Brooke Crothers, CNET News and “ HP’s
Slatebook X2, its second Android tablet, actually looks decent”, published
July 31, 2013 by Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM. Check
the HP’s Slatebook
x2’s Official Webpage for more details.
HP’s Slatebook X2 –
Falling into Google Embrace
This
product update, dubbed the HP Slatebook x2,
is truly an indication that HP “gets it”; either go Android with a Tablet or continue
to watch their Printing business get eroded by Tablets.
After
all, they are getting cheaper every day and are far less hassling to use than HP’s
own Printers.
And that’s just Google Android products; Google Chrome is their next worry, for which HP’s already made a product.
And that’s just Google Android products; Google Chrome is their next worry, for which HP’s already made a product.
That
product is their Chromebook, the 14” HP Pavilion Chromebook 14-c010us, which
like other Chromebooks from other PC makers since January 2013 is a hot seller on Amazon driven by
demand by High School and College Students as noted in my blog article
entitled “Lenovo
and HP now making Chromebooks - Google Chrome OS is being Built from the Cloud
Up as Microsoft experiences the Side Effects”.
So
HP can’t get out of the PC game anytime soon as it’s saving them from totally
collapse of their core business, which was printing. And with this new Android
Tablet-Ultrabook Hybrid, it cements a Computing trend; PC makers are abandoning
the sinking Microsoft Windows 8 ship and going with Google Android OS or Google
Chrome OS.
The
analyst Gartner puts out some interesting stats in the article “PC sales see 'longest
decline' in history”, published 11 July 2013 Last updated at 03:18 GMT, BBC News that chronicle their decline as
Tablets rise. The graphs below do a better job to explain this, I’d imagine.
Hence
making a hybrid Tablet-Ultrabook akin to the Asus Transformer as described in
my blog article
entitled “Asus
Eee Pad Transformer Prime to debut on November 9 2011AD - Nvidia Kal-El invites
Apple iPad to Game On” is the best strategy to use to make up for losses in
the Printing world due to the proliferation of Google Android Tablets and
smartphones. And at US$479, it’s the expected price for a Tablet with Ultrabook
stylings.
The
specs Sheet for
the US$479 HP Slatebook x2, which goes on sale in August 2013, is very
impressive, albeit a tad sparse on details. Here what I summarized from what I
read:
Software
1. Operating
System: Google Android 4.2
Hardware
1. Processor:
1.8Ghz Nvidia’s Tegra 4 Quad-Core
2. Memory:
2 GB of memory
3. Storage:
16GB Sata Harddrive
4. Screen:
10.1-inch, 1920 x 1200, basically HD 1080p (High Definition) Resolution
Accessories and Features
1. Front
and Rear Facing Cameras
2. Wi-Fi
3. Bluetooth
4. Extra
Battery in the Keyboard, doubling usage time
This
US$479 HP Slatebook
x2 is coming this August 2013 in Snow White and Smoke Colours. So there you
have it. Hopefully too, HP will also develop an Android based smartphone and a Cloud-based
Printer also based on Google Android……assuming people still want to print in
2014. Regardless of price, this is a good second effort by HP in the very
crowded by very hot Tablet Arena.
HP
has stopped living in The
Spectacular Now (2013) and accepts Tablets have killed Printers
Here’s
the Links:
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