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The first Always Connected PCs are here and they deliver practically 24 Hour battery life

By Helena Stone / December 5, 2017 / News / always connected pc, amd, asus, HP, qualcomm / 3 Comments

An ultra thin laptop with LTE connectivity and nearly 24-hour battery life might seem like a pipe-dream, but that is all about to change. Today at the Qualcomm Summit, both Asus and HP unveiled their first Always Connected PCs which are both powered by the Qualcomm 835 mobile PC platform. The concept behind the Always […]

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HP Matter guides you to thrive in today’s Idea Economy

By Janet Cloninger / June 16, 2015 / News / HP / Leave a Comment

This post brought to you by HP Matter. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Gadgeteer. For years, the adage in the academic world was “publish or perish”, meaning that you need to research in your field and periodically publish a paper or book to prove to the university that you are

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The HP Sprout is a designer’s dream workstation

By Janet Cloninger / May 11, 2015 / News / Computer Gear, HP / 2 Comments

The HP Sprout is an all-in-one desktop computer with the power to set your mind and hands free to design. The Sprout runs Windows 8.1 on a machine with a 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790S processor, 8 GB DDR3-1600 memory (expandable to 16 GB), NVIDIA™ GeForce GT 745A graphics with 2GB DDR3 dedicated memory, and a 1TB SATA

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New HP Chromebook 11 released

By Liz Rodriguez / October 10, 2013 / News / Computer Gear, Google, HP, Laptops and Gear / 2 Comments

Google and HP have partnered up and released a new Chromebook in the lineup. The HP Chromebook 11 features include an 11.6″ IPS display, Exynos 5250 GAIA CPU, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 6 hours of battery life, and weighs only 2.3 lbs. A nice new feature is that it will use a microUSB port for charging,

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HP updates the Slate 500 and names it Slate 2

By Jackie Cheng / November 3, 2011 / News / HP, Tablet, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 2 Comments

HP has just released an update for their Windows 7 based slate tablet. The newer Slate 2 has a faster Atom processor at 1.5 GHz, Swype input support and 32GB SSD to start. They also changed the backing of their Slate 2 to be flat instead of the diamond style they had in the previous

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Fusion Garage Drops Price of Grid10 by $200

By Ken Schoenberg / September 12, 2011 / News / Apple, HP, iPad, tablets, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 10 Comments

Well, it appears that someone in the tablet industry watched what happened last month with the HP TouchPad and may have taken notes. Engadget is reporting, and Fusion Garage has confirmed, that the Grid10’s previously announced prices of $499 for their 16-gigabyte WiFi model, and $599 for the 16-gigabyte 3G/WiFi models were reduced to $299

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Samsung Galaxy Note – Boldly Going Where Tablets Were Meant To Go

By Ken Schoenberg / September 2, 2011 / Reviews / Android, HP, PDA, Samsung, Tablet, webOS / 16 Comments

Lately, most of the tablet talk has centered on HP and the TouchPad/webOS soap opera. The drama continued today when various tech news outlets reported that HP may be making as many as 1,000,000 more TouchPads to fulfill commitments with their supply-side vendors. At an estimated loss of almost $200 per unit I’ve got to

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HP TouchPad Now Edits Office Docs and More Free Apps

By Ken Schoenberg / August 30, 2011 / News / HP / Leave a Comment

About a week ago when I wrote a review of the HP TouchPad I mentioned that while HP had positioned the tablet as a “professional” device it lacked the capability to edit Microsoft Office documents. Well, that appears to have been corrected as HP announced an update to Quickoffice that will allow for the editing

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HP Offering TouchPad Owners Six Free Apps

By Ken Schoenberg / August 27, 2011 / News / contest, HP / 18 Comments

UPDATE: The HP App Catalog is reporting that the current inventory of free apps has been depleted. Hewlett-Packard is offering six free apps to owners of its recently discontinued HP TouchPad. If you were lucky enough to grab one of the heavily discounted tablets you can now download the following apps at no charge from

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HP’s TouchPad & webOS – Losing the Fight (A Review of Sorts)

By Ken Schoenberg / August 21, 2011 / Reviews / HP, Palm, webOS / 17 Comments

As I finish this article I learned that Hewlett-Packard, Inc. has decided to discontinue operations for webOS devices specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. What this means for current owners has yet to be announced. It’s a shame that yet another nice operating system is going to end up in the tech graveyard, but while

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HP Kills TouchPad, Pre and WebOS

By Ken Schoenberg / August 18, 2011 / News / HP, Tablets, Ultra Portables, webOS / 18 Comments

HP announced Thursday that it is discontinuing webOS operations specifically the TouchPad and webOS based phones like the Veer and Pre. HP had taken control of webOS a little over a year ago when the purchased Palm, Inc. for $1.2 billion.

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HP Touch Pad $100 Price Reduction Now Permanent

By Ken Schoenberg / August 11, 2011 / News / HP, Tablets, Ultra Portables, webOS / Leave a Comment

HP must have liked the results of this weekend’s $100 discount to their WebOS-based tablet because they’re making it permanent. The 16-gigabyte model will now sell for $399 and the 32-gigabyte unit will go for $499. Rumor has it they’ll be releasing a 4G/WiFi model in the coming months that will also feature a faster

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New Competition For iPad 2 – The HP TouchPad

By Karen Nelson / June 30, 2011 / News / HP, Tablet, webOS / 6 Comments

HP has created a new competitor for the iPad 2, the TouchPad. The TouchPad comes in 16GB and 32 GB for internal storage space and is priced similarly to the iPad2, $499.99 and $599.99, respectively. It features webOS 3, has Adobe Flash-enabled web browsing, 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon, WiFi, and features BeatsAudio. With webOS, TouchPad

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HP Buys Palm

By Julie Strietelmeier / April 28, 2010 / News / HP, Palm, Palm OS related, webOS / 6 Comments

Wow, I sure didn’t see this one coming… It was announced today that HP will purchase Palm at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. HP is not a company that even sprang to my mind when we heard that Palm were

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New HP Multi-touch tablet is on the way!

By James Branch / March 2, 2010 / News / HP, Laptops and Gear, Spotlight Gadgets / 8 Comments

Hewlett Packard have recently been shouting about their new Elitebook, the 2740p. It’s an ultrathin, convertible tablet which also supports multi-touch and input from a pen. The 2740p will have a 12.1″ LED screen and will be powered by the Intel’s new Core i7/i5 processors, and with up to 8Gb of DDR3 memory stacked inside, an Intel HD graphics card and a choice

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HP Offers Customers Free Upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 26, 2009 / Uncategorized / Gear Diary, HP / 17 Comments

HP announced it would offer its customers a free upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7. HP customers can visit www.hp.com/go/windows7upgrade to check for upgrade eligibility, register and get answers about their PCs and current operating systems. The full press release is included after the jump.

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3 Months with the HP Mini 1000xp

By Mark Adkins / April 25, 2009 / Uncategorized / HP, Laptops and Gear, Netbook, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 22 Comments

I have now carried the HP Mini 1000xp with me daily for three months. This is a short article on the lessons I have learned about the Mini, netbooks, and me.

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Windows XP Pro, Vista, & 7 Performance Comparisons on a HP DV2715nr Notebook

By David Flowers / April 20, 2009 / Articles / HP / 27 Comments

I wish I could say that this was a labor of love for readers, but I recently became so disgusted with the poor performance of my HP laptop, that I was determined to gain some of the spec performance promised me when I bought it. What I wound up with is 3 different operating systems installed

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Netbook Face-Off: Acer Aspire One versus HP Mini 1000

By Claire Davis / April 8, 2009 / Uncategorized / HP, Netbook, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 35 Comments

I was excited when Julie told her main article contributors that she was sending us HP Mini 1000 netbooks in December, but for an entirely different reason. See, I’d already purchased an Acer Aspire One only a few months earlier, and I was quite interested in seeing how the HP Mini stood up against the

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HP Mini 1000 Netbook – Running Linux

By Rob Tillotson / March 17, 2009 / Uncategorized / HP, Linux, Netbook, Tablets, Ultra Portables / 31 Comments

I’ve wanted something like a netbook for a long time — and I’ve gone through a lot of PDAs, phones, and other portable devices without quite finding it — so when Julie decided to do a team review of the HP Mini 1000 I was excited to give it a try.

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