HP has announced three new Android tablets in time for the holidays. Two of them are 7 inch tablets which entry level prices, while the third one is a low priced competitor to the Apple iPad mini. Its surprising that HP didn't give the trio more attention as they are definitely worth looking at if you have an affordable Android tablet in mind.
While full size Windows tablets are generally pricey, the HP Omni 10 hopes to change this. This full Windows 8.1 tablet which was quietly outed by HP comes with some decent specs which maybe worth considering. Especially since it comes at an affordable $399 price.
Hewlett Packard has announced their newest lineup for the upcoming holiday season which includes five new consumer tablets which comes in a variety of screen sizes, processors and operating systems. The screen sizes range from 7 inches all the way up to 10 inch tablets and the prices are expected to cater to users with different budgets based on the revealed specifications. The tablets are expected to arrive in November, though HP has still to unveil pricing information for the devices.
Are you still holding onto a webOS device running webOS 2.1 or later? Then you will be interested to know that there maybe an update waiting for you. This is a mandatory system update which has been available for these devices since early June..jpg)
The HP Slate 7 is the first Android tablet from the company and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The device features a 7 inch touch display with a somewhat poor 600 by 1024 pixel resolution, 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, a 3.2 megapixel camera capable of 720p HD video capture, a secondary camera for video calls and is powered by a 1.6GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor with 1GB of RAM.
LG has announced that they will be acquiring webOS from HP in an attempt to use the operating system to power their new smart TV platform. The acquisition will include the source code, all related documentation, engineers, related web domains and all the patents that HP acquired when their purchased the platform from Palm.
Certain sources are suggesting that HP is getting ready to introduce and Android powered tablet. The device is expected to be a high end model powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor which was first introduced at the CES 2013. HP is said to have been working on their tablet since Thanksgiving and it would likely be released alongside Toshiba’s own Tegra 4 powered device.
The HP Open webOS project has released the first build of Open webOS on schedule. Developers can now work on it and port it to various form factors and devices to get the ultimate out of the webOS experience. This release follows a couple of beta releases from HP and we are curious to see what kind of role Gram, the webOS spin-off will take in the future development of webOS.
HP CEO Meg Whitman recently stated that HP was working on a smartphone. But she didn’t mention what operating system this phone would run. However an HP device has recently arrived on a GLBenchmark test list and it looks to be running Android.HP seams adamant to get in on the smartphone business. In a recent interview with a business news outlet HP CEO Meg Whitman confirmed that the company "Ultimately has to offer a smartphone", and that they were "working on it". She also stated they wanted to do the task right rather than faster.Open webOS 1.0 is expected to be available by September in its final form and it looks like HP is well in track for the release. Today company announced the first beta release of Open webOS.
The HP TouchPad has been warmly welcomed by the modding community and stands front in line for most Android updates. It first got access to Android Gingerbread through CyanogenMod and MIUI. Then back in January the tablet got early access to Android Ice Cream Sandwich.