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Is HP Planning NFC Devices?
NFC has started to gain some traction in today’s mobile world and Google seems set on making it a standard for wireless payment solutions by teaming up with Sprint to bring us the Google Wallet NFC payment service which is still currently in trial. There have been a couple of NFC devices out there and the Samsung Nexus S is one of those said devices that would work with Google Wallet. There have also been videos on how one can fashion their own NFC hardware with the use of the Arduino kit. Some have even speculated that Apple’s next generation iPhone will be seeing NFC technology built into the device.
Now with all the hype it really comes at no surprise to see that HP may be thinking of jumping aboard the NFC bandwagon, if the rumors are to be believed. Apparently the company is considering introducing NFC into a couple of their phones and tablets and if the rumors are to be believed, we should be seeing one such device from HP come out by year end.
“Other folks are going to build this capability into devices, so, competitively, HP needs to do that,” said Ed Finkler, an independent programmer who has created an application for devices that run Palm’s WebOS operating system.
No word from HP regarding this matter which means it’s either in development or completely untrue. Either way it looks like we’ll have to wait to find out. Stay tuned.
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.