HP thinks the TouchPad will be ‘better than number one,’ if that’s even possible
HP’s expectations for its new TouchPad tablet are running pretty high — so high, in fact, that they can only be expressed with a make-believe number. During a recent press conference in Cannes, HP’s Eric Cador boldly declared that his company’s new slate won’t just be the best on the market, it’ll be the bestest. Cador explained:
“In the PC world, with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became number one; in the tablet world we’re going to become better than number one. We call it number one plus.”
A spokesman later confirmed that the device will launch in the UK with apps from the Guardian, Sky and Last.fm, but promised that “thousands” of other apps are on the way. The metrics might sound a bit optimistic, but the message is clear: HP thinks the TouchPad will annihilate the iPad and blow our minds to smithereens. We’ll just have to wait and see whether it’s as explosive as advertised.
HP thinks the TouchPad will be ‘better than number one,’ if that’s even possible originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 May 2011 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2011
at 7:59am by Amar Toor
Topics: EricCador, HP webOS, Hp, HpTouchpad, HpWebos, Industry, LastFm, Market, NumberOne, NumberOnePlus, Predictions, Sky, SlatePc, TheGuardian, app, business, cannes, eric cador, hp touchpad, ipad, last.fm, marketing, number one, number one plus, slate, tablet, the guardian, webos
HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag
The yet-to-be-confirmed HP Mini 210 has popped up at a couple online retail spots already, but now it seems to have landed in the Real World courtesy of a Costco in Hillsboro, Oregon. We’ve seen the netbook listed at $280, $320 and now $350 pricetags, so we really don’t know who to trust anymore (certainly not our parent’s generation), but the sexy design, chiclet keyboard and unibutton trackpad certainly smack of progress.
[Thanks, Dustin W. who sent this in via our new webOS app!]
HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HP Pavilion dv3 with multitouch screen spotted in the wild, we go hands-on
Our curious British fingers managed to stumble upon a European HP Pavilion dv3 blessed with Windows 7 and multitouch on both the screen and the trackpad. The keyboard was great to type on with negligible flex, but the trackpad suffers from the same glossy issues on other recent HPs — although it responded to our multitouch gestures better than the capacitive screen did. Our major annoyance came from the attempts to rotate pictures on the screen: we learned the hard way that the laptop (or Windows 7 itself) seemed to prefer more exaggerated rotation gestures than the MacBooks — perhaps one would get used to it over time. The hinge is fairly solid, but we still preferred holding the screen while touching it. On a brighter note we totally dig the inclusion of an HDMI port and an eSATA port, plus you’ll get up to seven hours of sweet battery juice from this 2.24kg (4.94 pounds) machine. Read on for our hands-on video and photo gallery.
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HP Pavilion dv3 with multitouch screen spotted in the wild, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 8:28pm by Richard Lai
Topics: Europe, Hp, Multi-touch, UK, Windows7, european, features, hewlett packard, laptop, multitouch, notebook, pavilion, touch screen, touchscreen, win 7, win7, windows 7
HP’s Pavilion dv3 and dm1 wash ashore on European land
As one of the last two Vista holdouts on HP’s online laptop store (the other being HDX16), we were wondering what was going on with the Pavilion dv3. Well, it’s still not stateside, but Germany and the UK can apparently pick up the Windows 7-equipped touchscreen dv3-2200 now for £799.99 / €899 (somewhere between $1,305 and $1,350, respectively, in comparable US currency), with difference of pricing based on the separate listings. Additionally, we spotted the 11.6-inch dm1-1000 — which was also leaked alongside the dv3 — with a 1.2GHz Celeron processor and that hot new OS from Redmond. We’re sure it’ll come to the US eventually, but for now we’re just gonna have to wait ever, ever so patiently.
[Thanks, Adam and everyone]
Read – Official HP dm1-1000 page
Read – Official HP dv3-2200 page
Read – PC World UK listing for dv3
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HP’s Pavilion dv3 and dm1 wash ashore on European land originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
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Topics: Dm11000, Dv32200, Europe, Hp, HpPavilion, HpPavilionDm1, HpPavilionDv3, PavilionDm1, PavilionDv3, UK, UnitedKingdom, britain, british, dm1, dm1 1000, dv3, dv3 2200, germany, hp pavilion, hp pavilion dm1, hp pavilion dv3, pavilion, pavilion dm1, pavilion dv3, united kingdom
HP Pavillion dm3t and its terrible touchpad get reviewed
The dm3 series of laptops might be HP’s biggest potential seller. Hitting that 13-inch sweet spot, they are neither too small, nor too big, neither underpowered, nor overly encumbered, and — unlike the Envy 13 — they’re actually priced within reach. Laptop Magazine had a $839 configuration in for review, and were immediately impressed with the ultrathin aluminum-clad body, describing it as “one of the best looking notebooks of the year.” Opening it up, they found a “thoughtfully designed” keyboard, above-average display and speakers, and a stonking 9 hours of battery life under a WiFi-enabled web browsing test. Their gripes related to a heat issue on the bottom left side and, more significantly, an overly glossy touchpad that refused to play nice and left the reviewers feeling like they were fighting, rather than using, it. Read link shall enlighten you on the full spec and relative performance of the ULV processor inside.
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HP Pavillion dm3t and its terrible touchpad get reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 5:13am by Vladislav Savov
Topics: Hp, HpDm3, PavillionDm3, PavillionDm3t, ThinAndLight, UltraThin, culv, dm3, dm3t, hp dm3, laptop, laptops, pavillion, pavillion dm3, pavillion dm3t, review, thin and light, ulv
