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HP to Launch Laptops With Integrated Projectors
Rumor has it mini projectors will soon show up in HP notebooks.
Digitimes cites Monty Wong, vice president and manager of personal computing systems group at HP Taiwan, who says the company has plans to launch both tablets and notebooks PCs with integrated mini projectors.
Miniature projectors placed prominently at CES in 2009 and in 2010 and it seems HP has finally figured out a way to market them to consumers. HP is said to be considering placing the projector on top of the notebook screen, where the webcam is normally located. While integrating a mini projector into a notebook might seem like the perfect way to sneak them into consumer’s homes, Wong said the company first plans to launch several stand-alone mini-projector products as an introduction to the notebook-integrated designs.
According to Digitimes, the projector notebooks will be produced mainly by Quanta Computer.
HP Launches New All-in-one PCs
Hewlett-Packard India has announced high-end consumer desktop solutions for technology enthusiasts looking for performance, design and innovation, including new touch and non-touch all-in-one PCs.
The products announced are HP TouchSmart300 All-in-One Desktop PC, HP TouchSmart600 All-in-One Desktop PC and HP Pavilion MS200 All-in-One desktop PC.
The MS200 is a fully featured PC in a one-piece solution. Everything is integrated inside the 18.5-inch diagonal 16:9 widescreen display, and the PC features AMD dual-core processors while optional NVIDIA discrete graphics offer optimal video experience. HP Media Smart software enables simple access to music, movies and digital photos from one interface. The all-in-one also features front firing stereo speakers, a built-in webcam and microphone.
The MS200 has also been designed with the environment in mind, using less metal and plastic than standard PCs and monitors and 100% recyclable packaging. Additionally, all models are ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified and feature HP Power Management Technology to cut power, saving energy and money.
The MS200 is available at a recommended price of Rs. 36,990.
The new TouchSmart300 and TouchSmart600 are equipped with Microsoft Windows 7 feature enhanced multi-touch technology, including gestures such as pinch, rotate, arc, flick and press and drag, enabling users to move, modify and share all digital content with intuitive movements.
The new HP TouchSmart 3.0 software features a customizable interface and interactive tiles that put favourite content at fingertips.
The TouchSmart600 features a 23-inch, 16:9, 1080p full HD widescreen, game console connectivity and Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
The smaller Touchsmart300 offers a 20-inch, 16:9, 720p widescreen and AMD Athlon dual-core processor.
The new swivel stand and tilt Web cam also increase the ability to share and collaborate around the HP TouchSmart PC and all models meet Energy Star 5.0 requirements.
The TouchSmart300 and TouchSmart600 are available at recommended prices of Rs. 59,990 and Rs. 89,990 respectively.
HP Launches External Hard Drive Series
HP has announced its SimpleSave external hard drive series for customers needing simple and automatic backup.
With SimpleSave, once connected, backup is automatic and virtually hands-free,” said Jason Zajac, vice president and general manager, Personal Systems Attach Group, HP. “As the worldwide leader in personal computing, our goal is to make technology simple and useful, ensuring no learning curve and no complicated choices to make.”
The new SimpleSave hard drive family consists of two products: SimpleSave Portable, available in 320- and 500-gigabyte capacities, and SimpleSave Desktop, available in 1- and 2-terabyte capacities. Both devices feature preinstalled backup software. SimpleSave software automatically finds and backs up the data on the PC, and after the first backup, automatically updates the backup with file changes whenever the computer is idle.
A single SimpleSave drive can be used to back up all the PCs in the home, with data from each PC clearly identified by name on the drive to make finding and restoring a specific PC’s data easy.
The SimpleSave hard drives are designed with heat-dissipating cases that stay cool and run quietly without a fan. The SimpleSave Portable is powered by the PC’s USB 2.0 port and does not require an external power supply. In addition, the 2.5-inch portable model is designed with a shock-resistant case to protect the drive from the bumps and jolts of everyday usage.
Other features include:
- Hundreds of file formats supported: Supports the most common file types for photo, music and documents including AAC, BMP, DOC, GDF, GIF, JPG, MP3, MPEG, PPT, PDF, TAX, TIFF and XLS.
- Frequent backup update: Backs up new and changed files every time the PC is idle for five minutes.
- Plug-and-play storage: Ready to use when connected to a USB port.
- Support for large files: NTFS file system offers improved support for metadata and use of advanced data structures, improving performance, reliability and disk space.
- Two-year warranty.
SimpleSave external hard drives are distributed by Ingram Micro India Ltd. and will be available in August. Manufacturers suggested list prices are -
SimpleSave Portable: Rs. 5,510 for 320GB; Rs. 7,450 for 500GB.
SimpleSave Desktop: Rs. 7,500 for 1TB; Rs. 15,700 for 2TB hard drive.
Google’s Chrome Tablet Concept Revealed
After last week’s iPad announcement by Apple, Google has been playing around with a similar web-tablet concept for Chrome OS. It went up on Google’s development site Chromium last Monday, two days before Apple unveiled iPad. Google’s User interface designer for Chrome OS, Glen Murphy, blogged about the tablet concept on his personal blog yesterday.
So far, this is just a concept of Chrome OS’s touch interface, but Telegraph claims that Google is already in talks with HTC, the handset manufacturer behind Google branded Nexus One and countless other Android powered handsets.
“Although Chromium is not an official Google website, the concept video has been put together by Glen Murphy, one of Google’s Chrome OS designers. Google is also reportedly in discussions with Taiwanese consumer electronics giant HTC about making a touch-screen tablet computer. HTC already makes many of the mobile phones that run Google’s Android operating system, and designed and built Google’s own-brand handset, the Nexus One.”
Chrome OS was initially meant for the netbooks and this concept could very well mean they could be considering the possibility of scaling their new operating system to touch input based tablet computers as well. Meanwhile, companies like HP are already working on their own tablet computers.
Chrome OS tablet actually sounds like a neat idea, if at all it ever sees the light of the day. Since hardware manufacturers like Dell and HP would very soon be rolling out their own iPad killers, it makes sense for Google to support touch input devices for Chrome OS.