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Will HP Do A Windows 8 Tablet?
We all know that HP will be releasing their TouchPad tablet soon, and is even giving a $50 rebate to customers who were early adopters of the webOS platform when they first took over. The question is, will HP be sticking solely to webOS for all their future platforms or will they branch out and make devices for other platforms, namely Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Google’s Android.
Phil McKinney, the president and CTO of HP’s personal systems group, was quoted as saying, “We don’t do Android.” However when asked about Windows 8, Microsoft’s upcoming tablet-centric operating system, all Phil McKinney could say was that they were working closely with Microsoft. When pressed further, Phil McKinney instead brought up the Slate 500, which is another tablet by HP but running on Windows 7.
By that logic, it looks like HP is not opposed to running Microsoft’s platforms on their devices, so could that mean that we may be seeing a HP tablet running on Windows 8 in the future?
HP’s VP, Richard Kerris stated, “Because of our relationship with Microsoft, anything is possible. If we have a huge customer base that says we need a Windows 8 tablet, by all means, we’d listen.”
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.