Android Tablet PC is Likely to be the New Device for HP to Against Microsoft

The diversity of Operating System increased the difficulty for PC makers to choose. Recently, a number of analysts expressed that HP may launch Cheap Android Tablets , due to the worry that Microsoft will be its competitor.

A analyst of Creative Strategies, Ben Bajarin said that it is not difficult to understand why HP chose this route rather than unconditionally adhere to cooperate with Microsoft. While Roger Kay said that it is a general view that PC manufacturers angered by Microsoft, in view of the action that Microsoft enter into the PC and Tablet PC business.

Due to the presence of Microsoft Surface Tablet PC, HP is unlikely to launch tablet PCs based on ARM processors and Windows RT system. Currently, many Android Tablet PC uses ARM processor. In fact, Hewlett-Packard abandoned plans to launch Windows RT Tablet PC last year, and stated that Surface Tablet PC runs slow, and the price is too high.

However, this is not the only reason why HP intends to introduce Android tablet PC. Ben Bajarin said that HP hopes to become the leading provider of enterprise Android tablet PC. He believes that HP can promote Android in corporate marketing, which will be a huge opportunity.

It may be late for HP to enter the Android market now, but this is not exactly a bad thing. Roger Kay said that Android developers have a certain accumulation, and they no longer need to engage in a lot of development work independently. Two years ago, Hewlett-Packard announced that it would no longer sell webOS Tablet PC. In August of 2011, a month and a half after the listing of TouchPad, HP discontinued this product. HP was also terminated the plan to develop webOS phone.

Currently, HP has launched ElitePad 900 Tablet PC based on Windows 8 system, as well as the deformation of Envy X2. These products both adopt Intel's low-power Atom processor. In addition, HP has also launched a device with Google system, which is Chromebook notebook priced at $ 330