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CES 2016: HP and HTC partner for VR ready desktop PC, HP ENVY Phoenix
Leap Motion sensor comes built into latest HP Envy17 laptop
HP have pulled a surprising laptop out of the bag today, announcing the launch of the HP Envy17 Leap Motion Special Edition with Leap Motion gesture controls built-in. Rather than using a separate external unit, HP's machine is the first…
HP considering re-entering the smartphone market
HP are once again looking to take on the smartphone market, according to a key executive in Asia. Looking to offer a "differentiated experience", Yam Su Yin, HP's senior director of consumer PCs and tablets, Asia-Pacific, told The Indian Express…
HP unveil SlateBook x2 Android and Split x2 Windows hybrid touchscreen laptops
HP have revealed two convertible touchscreen successors to their Envy x2 hybrid laptop/tablet mashup, one a standard Windows 8 machine, the other running Android. Looking first at the HP Split x2, pictured above, it's a Windows 8 touchscreen PC with…
Apple Mac computers account for 45% of profits in entire PC market
The worldwide PC market may be shrinking, but just one company controls almost half the profits for the entire industry. It's not market leader HP, and it's not even Dell. It's Apple, whose range of MacBooks, iMacs and Mac computers…
PC shipments continue to slide as tablets and smartphone sales soar
PC shipments worldwide continue to slide in the wake of the tablet and smartphone revolution, with the first quarter of 2013 seeing only 76.3 million machines ship, resulting in the PC market's biggest ever decline. IDC, which has tracked PC…
MWC 2013: HP Slate 7 tablet ditches webOS for Android
Following the failure of the HP TouchPad, HP are ditching their webOS operating system in favour of Android for their new HP Slate 7 tablet, revealed at this week's MWC 2013 conference. A 7-inch tablet, its display runs at 1024×600…
HP Pavilion Chromebook hits stores today for $329.99
Following last month's leak, HP have officially lifted the covers off their Pavilion Chromebook. However, rather than being released on February 17 as the inadvertent reveal of the computer suggested last month, the Pavilion Chromebook will in fact go on…
webOS resurrected as an Android app
webOS, Palm's ill-fated operating system behind the equally ill-fated HP TouchPad, may soon get a new lease of life as an Android app. A company called Phoenix International Communications has been working on getting Open webOS running on Android hardware,…
HP ElitePad 900 revealed: Business focussed Windows 8 tablet set for January 2013 release
After a summer's worth of teases, HP have finally lifted the lid on their business focussed Windows 8 tablet, the HP ElitePad 900. Initially popping up in an advert in July, and glimpsed on the HP official blog, it's now…