March 12th 2010
The weekend draws near and that means it’s time to share the past week in Mobile Tech Manor with you. Mobile Tech Manor is my home office with the revolving door. That door is needed due to the constant stream of cool gadgets that come and go. A couple of new toys crossed the threshold [...]
March 11th 2010
HP spent $40 million on their new “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign. For those big bucks they managed to get Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords and Dr. Dre. And an odd sense of humor. More »
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Tags: Ad Campaign, Dr Dre, Flight Of The Conchords, Hp, Hp Hp, Odd Sense, Rhys [...]
March 10th 2010
An ad war between HP and Apple is looming on the horizon, just in time for the iPad’s April 3 US debut. Forget about Verizon’s nasty ad attacks on Apple and AT&T, the computer giant Hewlett-Packard has taken aim at Apple and its iPad. HP’s sales pitch? Their forthcoming Slate tablet runs Adobe’s Flash and [...]
March 10th 2010
TiVo might have posted a ten million dollar loss last quarter as their customers fled to other (better, less expensive) services, but that’s not to say that TiVo’s dead.
Not at all: in fact, HP just announced a new product for their MediaSmart Windows Home Servers called the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo. It’s basically [...]
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March 9th 2010
Not content with being an also-ran, HP released a new teaser for its forthcoming Slate device that looks a lot like the latest iPad commercial that Apple aired during the Oscars.
The commercial arrived just as Apple begun hyping up the iPad ahead of the official April 3rd US debut. The new HP Slate teaser, posted [...]
March 9th 2010
A new video released by Adobe shows HP’s upcoming Slate device running all the juicy Flash content thrown at its feet, including videos, games, and resource-hungry AIR applications.
HP has been unusually quiet following the CES 2010 keynote where Steve Ballmer showed off several tablet PC concepts powered by Windows 7. At the time, Ballmer described [...]
March 8th 2010
Adobe’s got a video out that proves the HP Slate can run Flash and AIR just fine, thankyouverymuch. To which we say: no kidding! It’s a Windows 7 device. What’s of some concern might be HP’s own marketing clip: More »
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Tags: Adobe, Flash, Hp, Own Marketing, Slate Run
March 1st 2010
HP wasn’t content with refreshing the 2740p Tablet PC, they have also updated the entire ProBook and EliteBook lines of business notebooks. Like the 2740p, the EliteBook 2540p gets new processor options to bring high power to the ultra-thin notebook for the first time. The 2540p is still just over 3 pounds, yet can be [...]
February 28th 2010
Tags: Capacitive Touch Screen, Elitebook, Goodness, Graduates, Hp, Mdash, Mil Std, Military Standards
February 28th 2010
Tags: Brushed Aluminum, Gap, Hp, Laptops, Processing Power
February 22nd 2010
Today at this year’s PMA 2010 camera expo, HP revealed its new compact twelve megapixel digital camera line-up, four models in all. These cameras are aimed at the low-end market, and when they are released in Spring will range from prices of $99 to $149.
Here’s what we’re looking at. The HP C2450 comes in two [...]
February 20th 2010
Yesterday HP announced the V1020h, a 720p-recording, SDHC card-reading pocketcam. It has a built-in USB plug and an HDMI port for sharing, but the real noteworthy tidbit here is the pricetag:…
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Tags: Card Reading, Hp, Peers, Pocketcam, Pricetag, Tidbit
February 17th 2010
Even if you hate Apple, you can’t deny they set the tone. The WSJ reports that while HP announced their Slate first, they waited for the iPad unveil to make changes, like the price—which they…
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Tags: Apple, Hp, Ipad, Slate, Wsj Reports
February 16th 2010
HP has developed an inertial accelerometer that’s so sensitive, it can detect a change in the position of its center chip of less than one-billionth the width of a human hair.
The sensor is part of…
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Tags: Accelerometer, Guts, Hp, Iphone, Width Of A Human Hair
February 15th 2010
Omnifone’s MusicStation music download store—which is pre-loaded on all HP laptops—is also getting an Android launch if you’re looking for another way to download music on your Nexus One….
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Tags: Hp, Hp Laptops, Launch, Mdash, Music Download, Music Store, Musicstation, Nexus, Omnifone
February 12th 2010
Not only the 10.1-inch HP Compaq Airlife 100 looks like an scaled-down MacBook Pro, but it runs Android and has a touchscreen and a webcam and an SD slot. In other words, an iPad for the Apple…
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Tags: Airlife, Apple, Hp, Hp 100, Hp Compaq, Ipad, Netbook, Touchscreen, Webcam
February 9th 2010
Get your spending cap on because today’s dealz features a fantastic bargain on a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, a nice discount on one of HP’s most portable offerings, and a free version of the…
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Tags: Bargain, Dealz, Free Version, Gadget, Hp, Offerings, Xbox, Xbox Live
February 9th 2010
HP’s relatively new iPAQ Glisten Windows phone recently landed on my desk and I’ve had some time to tinker with it. I’m not a Windows Mobile user, but I wanted to put down some thoughts on the device.
The Glisten runs Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, a topic that we’ve covered a number of times here on [...]
February 5th 2010
Sony just announced a few colorful Core i3/i5 notebooks, and now HP is following suit with its new G62t. Its design closely resembles HP’s $1300 Envy, but you’ll pay less than half of that for the…
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Tags: Hp, Hp Notebook, Notebooks, Pairs, Price Tag, Sony