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HP prepares a PalmPad for CES 2011 debut
According to some reports online, HP are busy preparing a webOS-based tablet to demonstrate at next year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show). The best part is, HP will be previewing not just one, but three tablets instead. Tentatively named PalmPads, the tablets will be running an updated version of the webOS – 2.5.1 (which are probably optimized to run on tablets- virtual on-screen keyboard anyone?) but they will be a spin-off the unreleased HP Slate. A prototype tablet, rehashed with a new operating system? Doesn’t sound too interesting but for the benefit of the doubt, let’s hope they made some changes. The tablets are rumored to come with mini-HDMI output and front and rear cameras (1.3 megapixel and 3 megapixel, both with LED flash). The tablets are also rumored to have a release date of March 2011. Finally, a tablet featuring HP-Palm’s webOS. Color us excited.
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.