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HP Looking For NFC Engineer For Their Smartphones And Tablets?
Manufacturer wise NFC seems to be a huge deal, among consumers, not so much – yet, but yet HP is looking jump aboard the NFC bandwagon as they have recently posted a job listing, looking for a NFC engineer to be on HP’s smartphone and tablet team.
As it stands HP already has a technology of their own called Touch-to-share which functions almost the same as NFC but we’re guessing it’s either not performing up to their expectations or that NFC has caught on among manufacturers faster than they had intended and they did not want to be left standing alone with their own proprietary technology, which assuming Google Wallet and NFC mobile payment services take off, will not be compatible with their Touch-to-share.
Of course this does not mean that HP will be dropping their Touch-to-share feature, perhaps they could be looking to incorporate both technologies into their future devices, one which would be exclusive to HP and webOS products and the other that would work fine with other NFC enabled devices.
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.