Looks like HP and Adobe are turning out to be pretty good friends… unlike Adobe’s…sour… relationship with a certain fruit company. HP feat. Adobe have recently put on a new video about the HP Slate and its support for flash (among other things). Perfect timing eh? Just as the first Apple iPad ad made its appearance at the Oscars earlier today…
Here’s HP + Adobe’s 5 minute 26 second video on the HP Slate!
The new, upcoming HP Elitebook 2540p!
In another one of those obsessive visits to HP’s website, I’ve spotted that they seem to have slipped up (or maybe they’re updating the page) with the wrong set of pictures the Elitebook 2530p page. They’ve posted pictures of the unannounced 2010 Elitebook 2540p ultra-portable instead! Hurrah for the world! The HP Elitebook 2540p looks a whole lot like its predecessor with the silver + black aluminium/metal design…
But there are several cues that makes it definitely the upcoming Elitebook 2540p – check out those partial chiclet keys, that round HP logo (instead of square) and low-profile, “blended” fingerprint reader – these are design elements found on HP’s new 2010 Elitebook models (check out my review of the Elitebook 8440w and you’ll notice a striking similarity, save for color). Unfortunately, one thing HP didn’t slip up/update yet are the features: the specifications are still that of the old Elitebook 2530p.
For the record, here’s the picture of the 2008 Elitebook 2530p (that used to be in place of the leaked pictures). Compare it to the pictures of the 2010 Elitebook 2540p above and you CAN spot the differences between the two.
Qualcomm has just posted a press release that HP is coming out with a new smartbook that runs Google’s Android OS and is powered by their 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor! Pictures and more details soon…
Right, like a lot of other HP iPAQ hw6915 users at the time, I wasn’t too happy when HP announced that they would NOT offer a Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade for hw6915 Pocket PCs a few years ago. But now, those days have passed – I’d say HP should now leave their current Pocket PCs as they are, and start out fresh with some new devices this fall (Just remember HP has had a history of announcing new Windows Mobile devices around September/October). Phones like the iPAQ 600 and Data Messenger were already outdated at their release compared to competitors.
With the flurry of Windows Mobile 6.5 devices/upgrade announcements just starting to pour in, HP should take the opportunity and announce some solid-sounding devices (of course, prompt delivery on proposed availability dates is crucial as well). HP has been lagging behind the competition in the mobile device arena for the past two to three years and they really need to take action – how about some iPAQs with Snapdragon and Tegra processors? Larger screens, multi-touch/gestures and perhaps a “Touchsmart Mobile” UI? Oh, I mind as well mention that my iPAQ Data Messenger’s keyboard is already starting to wear out and is very unresponsive to presses nowadays; so how about better button designs (ala Nokia N97)?
One of HP’s to-be-announced Windows Mobile phones is the iPAQ K3, which looks to be the successor of the iPAQ 900. They just need to get their phone positioning and prices right this time – no more ‘mid-range’ phones for $500 please!
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