Google and HP recall overheating Chromebook 11 chargers
Google and HP may have already put the brakes on Chromebook 11 sales due to overheating chargers, but there are many Americans who still own the risky equipment. Accordingly, the two companies have just issued an official recall for all 145,000 adapters in the US; owners now have to contact Google for a free replacement and stop using the flawed gear. There’s still no word on just when Chromebook 11 sales will resume, although the existence of a fixed charger suggests that the 11-inch system will return to shelves in the near future.
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HP intros EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 business Ultrabook, refreshes its Revolve convertible with LTE
Now that HP’s unveiled its holiday lineup, it can turn its attention back to more evergreen products — you know, like business laptops. Today, the company announced the EliteBook Folio 1040 G1, the successor to its current enterprise Ultrabook, a…
HP adds Leap Motion control to select PCs just in time for the holidays
HP’s adding more Leap Motion to its PC arsenal. After refreshing its Envy 17 with inbuilt Leap Motion control, HP’s now expanding that partnership to select products in its desktop and all-in-one lines. The 11 devices, which encompass HP’s Envy Re…
HP’s new Android Slate tablets sneak onto market just after curfew
Hewlett Packard’s Slate line of Android tablets just barely missed their November deadline for hitting retail. However, the good news is that if you’ve been itching to try company’s latest takes on tabs, all you have to do is head over to its prod…
Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Laptops
Welcome to Engadget’s holiday gift guide! Head back to our hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month.
Chances are you stick with a laptop longer than a smartphone — not everyone can afford to upgrade machine…
HP TouchPad review
As things get older they tend to get bigger. It’s the same for people, corporations, models of cars, budget deficits… and so it is for webOS. As Palm was in the process of being subsumed its great mobile operating system was being eyed for much broader things, far bigger than the little phones it had previously been flashed on. Things like printers and desktops and laptops, but for its first proper foray outside of a phone it has a tall task: compete in the brutally vicious tablet space.
Its weapon is the TouchPad, a 9.7-inch tablet from HP that got official back in February and will be available July 1st (if you don’t manage to find it earlier) — $499.99 for the 16GB model, $599.99 for 32GB. That’s exactly on parity with the WiFi iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, current kings of the tablet court. Does this plus-sized Palm progeny really have what it takes to hang at that price point, or is this just a chubby pretender that’s outgrown its britches? Read on to find out.
Official: HP TouchPad ships July 1st in US, 3G model coming to AT&T ‘this summer’
Amazon may not be shipping HP’s first webOS tablet until July 17th, but why wait? The outfit itself just affirmed that the long-awaited TouchPad will go on sale to eager Americans on July 1st, with the UK, Ireland, France and Germany a few days later (and Canada in mid-July). Following that, a phased rollout will take it to Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain “later this year.” It’ll be on sale pretty much everywhere for $499.99 (16GB) / $599.99 (32GB) — or £399 / £479 across the pond — with pre-orders starting at your favorite e-tailer just ten days from today. For those looking for a highly connected version HP also made clear that it’ll be partnering with AT&T for a 3G (or will it be “4G?”) edition later in the summer. Head on past the break for a look at the full retail partner list, and yeah, yesterday would be a great time to start saving up.
via Official: HP TouchPad ships July 1st in US, 3G model coming to AT&T ‘this summer’ — Engadget.
HP Slate 500, rings up at $799
Nope, you’re not dreaming, but feel free to pinch yourself, rub your eyes or take a cold shower! You’ve read right — the HP Slate is finally official, and after all the teasing, back and forth, and (very recent) leaks, the Atom-powered, Windows 7 Slate will finally see the light of day — though in a different way than originally intended. While the first videos released by HP may have made it seem like it would be for consumers, HP’s tactfully changed its tune (don’t forget it’s got Palm / WebOS tablets on the way) and is now aiming the Slate at the enterprise and business market. Still, it will be available on HP’s site for $799 to anyone who wishes to purchase one.
So, what does $800 of your hard earned cash buy you? Well, in addition to the dock and case, which are included in the box, the tablet packs pretty much everything we’d heard over the last year — it’s powered by a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD and packs Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator for handling 1080p video. (The included dock has an HDMI-out port if you want to hook it up to the big screen.) Obviously, the 8.9-inch capacitive touch Slate runs Windows 7 Professional, but it’s got a Wacom active digitizer for taking notes, which certainly sets it apart from the other Win 7 tablets we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks. Oh, and don’t forget its front facing VGA cam and 3 megapixel camera on its back. We got a chance to finally grope the tablet earlier this week, so hit the break for our early impressions and a short video.
WebOS 2.0 review
When it comes to webOS 2.0 (now actually called HP webOS), it almost felt like we’d never see the version number, let alone get to review it. It’s been an intense few months for Palm: after floundering in the early part of the smartphone wars, it was scooped up by HP for a tidy sum of $1.2b. Though it seemed like the dream of webOS could fade away, the company made it clear that it had plans to not only continue the work Palm had done in the mobile world, but extend what the tiny company had created to other platforms as well (tablets, and yes, printers). We’ve heard a lot of talk from both parties since the acquisition, but have seen little in the way of proof that progress was indeed being made — but that’s all changed today. Palm has officially released its second generation OS into the wild, along with a new, beefed up version of the Pre (at least in France — North American handsets are coming soon). The company offered us an early developer phone to test out the new OS and see if the combination of tightened code and a significantly faster device (the Pre 2 clocks in with a 1GHz CPU) could make a difference between last place and a fighting chance. We’ve taken an extensive look at the new OS, so read on for our full take! Read more 
HP has webOS phones up its sleeve for 2011
One of the most anticipated and talked about aspects about HP acquiring Palm back in April was the prospect of HP branded webOS powered phones.
After all, despite not being the iPhone killer that it was talked up as, the Palm Pre enjoyed some relative success, with much of the praise heaped on the revolutionary OS.
But, 6 months down the line and….nada. Not a HP webOS phone in sight.
But, all that could be set to change with a HP head-honcho stating that phones are definitely on the agenda for next year.
“You will see us coming early next year with new phones”, said HP senior vice president Eric Cador.
And whilst it’s not the most expressive statement we’ve ever heard, it does strongly suggest that the company has something special lined up.
And, it backs up what HP executive vice president Todd Bradley said back in July in an interview with CNBC, when he stated HP would opt for webOS rather than Windows Phone 7 or Android in the future.
HP has already confirmed that a webOS-based tablet was on its way for 2011, so could 2011 see webOS rivalling iOS and Android as a serious contender again?
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