New releases
The tablet called Slate 7, it marks the release of HP again participate in the competition in the tablet PC market. In 2011, the company had launched the webOS-based TouchPad, but failed to succeed. Due to weak demand, HP announced this equipment listed seven weeks after the sale.
Slate 7 Android 4.1 jelly beans with the functionality of Google Search, YouTube and Gmail, as well as Beats Audio sound function. This product weighs about 13 ounces (about 369 grams), the built-in the Google Play applications and digital content purchase channels, comes with two cameras around.
Hewlett-Packard is expected, Slate will be listed in the United States in April of this year, and for users who want to buy a Tablet PC "attractive entry price. Google Nexus 7 is priced at $ 199 Amazon Kindle Fire HD from $ 199.
HP also for corporate users launch of the ElitePad Tablet PC, powered by Microsoft's Windows 8 system. Before using the webOS developed by Palm, the company was acquired by HP in 2010.
Slate 7 HP CEO Meg Whitman (Meg Whitman) revival of this iconic Silicon Valley as a strategic part of the enterprise.
HP trapped in the high cost of mergers and acquisitions, management turmoil, corporate governance issues, as well as PC sales and profit margins shrinking in recent years, but the company is still the largest PC manufacturer in the United States.
HP's stock price on Friday to close at $ 19.20 in New York Stock Exchange, rose 12.3%. The company a day after the announcement of quarterly results and forecast exceeded analysts' expectations. HP's market capitalization is still shrunk by nearly two-thirds compared to April 2010.
Hewlett-Packard is released Slate 7, the meeting will be held this week in this industry on the eve of the opening of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
Strategy beginning
The Slate 7 launch is just the beginning, but that HP began to face up to reality: the event will include the iPad, Apple will become the world's largest computer makers. In response to this negative trend, the company decided to launch a new tablet computer, in order to safeguard their own dominant position in the PC market.
Alberto Torres (Alberto Torres), the person in charge of the project, said: "HP is the world's largest PC makers, we hope to become the first major computer manufacturers this means that we must enter the field of Tablet PC."
HP 18 months ago, shut down the Tablet PC and smart phone business, but six months ago under the leadership of former executives of Nokia Torres re-planning the future of the company in the mobile market.
Currently, HP's mobile strategy has started slowly. Slate starts at just $ 169, so can not be considered a flagship device. "We aimed at consumers who truly desire entertainment solutions." Torres said, "than the Nexus 7 more competitive, but, compared with $ 300 in today's products, not competitive."
However, Torres said, this case will be able to change later this year. "We hope to launch a new range of products in the field of tablet PCs in order to cover more of the market, we need to introduce more products, we actively pursue this goal in the next few years." He said.
Although Torres did not explicitly disclose future development plans, but he hinted, will also introduce some "work and play" Tablet PC, in addition to the entertainment-based Slate 7 outside.
HP also hopes to launch the different price Android and Windows Tablet PC. Torres, the Slate and focused on the enterprise market ElitePad 900 will become the two extremes of the HP Tablet PC products, priced 169 and $ 699, respectively.
However, there are still people in the industry question: Since Apple can dominate the market by virtue of a device, why HP also launched a number of devices it?
"I firmly believe that we should focus on several great products, rather than expand carpet bombing ... but the winning products in the U.S. market may not be able to achieve the same success in India and China, we are a multinational company." Torres said, " you will certainly see us launch more products. 745TDBanty 130603
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