ust the other day we told you about HP and Dell’s plan of entering the ultrabook bandwagon in early 2012 and now word on internet has it both the companies are planning to launch slate tablets with Windows 8 operating system in the third quarter of 2012. Earlier HP was working on a slate tablet based on Windows 7 OS but dropped the project in favor of webOS based TouchPads. Unfortunately even that project failed miserably and HP had to call it quit from tablet segment. As for Dell, it has a tablet in the form of Streak 10 Pro in China. But there is nothing big in Dell’s tablet platter right now. So if this piece of news is correct then HP as well as Dell will get a good Read more

Considering the performance of webOS and its success in the market, HP finally seems to be shutting down webOS and a clear hint is the news to lay off 525 employees starting this week. “As communicated on August 18, HP will discontinue the development of webOs devices within the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ends Oct 31 2011,” HP confirmed. “As part of this decision, the webOS GBU is undergoing a reduction in workforce. Today’s actions are part of this initiative. During this time, we stand by our commitment to our webOS customers and will work to ensure that support and service for customers are not adversely affected. HP is exploring ways to leverage webOS Read more

Unless you’ve been out of the circuit for over a month, you know that HP ditchedHP TouchPad and other webOS devices and sold the tablet for $99 (16GB) and $149 (32GB). The tab was picked up by customers in a crazy frenzy while developers quickly got on to job of building an Android port. Cyanogen, one such group, has come pretty close to a fully working solution with CyanogenMod 7 for HP TouchPad.The current status of the Cyanogen port is: WiFi check, Android Market access (limited) check, audio (a bit fast) check, accelerometer check. The market has almost emptied of HP TouchPad units. Some HP employees were cheated out of the discounted webOS tablets when the EPP store was Read more

This is an ultraportable season, so no wonder HP updated its ultraportable family with a new model — the HP Pavilion dm1. The updated Pavilion dm1 11.6-inch ultraportable comes with either AMD Fusion platform or second generation Intel Core platform. Flagship features include HP Soft-touch Imprint design, Beats Audio and HP Premier Experience (an exclusive set of innovations designed to improve on the Microsoft Windows experience). The ultraportable measures less than 1-inch thick in front and weighs 3.52 pounds. Building upon HP’s MUSE design philosophy, the dm1 is the first notebook to feature HP Soft-touch Imprint technology, a unique printing process that creates a Read more

Finally, after days of teasing folks here in Singapore, HP has revealed that it is selling the TouchPad at hugely-discounted prices of S$118 (16GB version) and S$188 (32GB version) from tomorrow. The fire sale will happen at the Comex tech bazaar starting tomorrow at Suntec Singapore. One hundred units of each version of the tablet will be available each day at the HP booth during the four-day event, and each person is allowed to buy just one unit. HP Singapore had said last week that it would separately allow refunds for users who had already pre-ordered the tablets, which was supposed to have gone on sale here for S$699. This comes just weeks after the tablet was dumped in the Read more

Though HP is closing its PC business, it has launched a new all-in-one PC for business professionals in the form of HP Compaq 8200 Elite. The 23″ all-in-one is one of the first AIO to be powered by Intel second-generation Core vPro technology to deliver up to 40 percent better performance, 15 percent faster hard drive access and reduced downtime via remote IT management. Specification include Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor, max 1TB hard drive or 160GB SSD, up to 8GB DDR3 memory, DVD burner or optional Blu-ray combo, 23-inch widescreen full HD display (1920 x 1080), and Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000 graphics. Other features include a mini PCI Express (PCIe) slot, 6 USB 2.0 ports, 6 in 1 Read more