HP brings Android to laptops with SlateBook PC

June 01, 2014

Customers have been telling Hewlett-Packard that they want laptops that run Android, so the company is rolling out the SlateBook PC to meet that demand.The laptop will start at US$399 and be available in August.It has a 14-inch touchscreen and combines the familiar interface of Android on mobile devices “with the productivity of a notebook ... in a breakthrough design,” said Mike Nash, vice president at HP.“It’s in a very new category. Customers told us they spend a lot of time on mobile applications.” Nash said, adding that he received many questions like “why can’t I access the Android ecosystem from the clamshell form factor?”The SlateBook PC weighs about 1.7 kilograms, is 16 millimeters thick, has 64GB of storage, 2GB of memory, and a fully charged battery can run for nine hours. The touchscreen displays images at 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. The laptop runs on an Nvidia Tegra 4 processor, which is used in HP’s SlateBook tablets. The Nvidia chip has 72 graphics cores and can handle 4K video playback.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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