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HP launches mini laptop, disses UMPC
HP at a company event in San Francisco launched an ultra light laptop computer.
The nc2400 (picture below) will start shipping later this month and retails at $1599. It weighs about 3 pounds (1.4 kg), boasts a 12.1 inch wide screen display and lasts for 3, 6 or 9 hours depending on the battery you're using.
Consumers looking for an ultra portable device with full Windows functionality will have to settle for devices like the nc2400 for now, and most certainly shouldn't look expect the company to launch a UMPC (aka: Origami) device.
HP's executive vice president for the personal Systems Group Todd Bradley called the UMPC a "tweener type of product".
"It's no laptop and no PDA," he complained. HP will monitor what its competitors are doing with the devices, but has no concrete plans to start developing any Origami devices.
Instead HP plans to hold on to its line of iPaq handheld computers. Never mind that Gartner yesterday unveiled that HP last quarter saw shipments of its iPaqs drop by over 30 per cent. Or maybe HP actually understands that the UMPC won't fly because of its experience with the iPaq.
Ted Clark, general manager HP's notebook business unit.
Tags: HP, ipaq, UMPC, origami, nc2400
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Well, UMPCs are pretty lame. I'm glad that HP has enough brains than to jump into those shark-infested waters. After all, sales of those devices haven't exactly been setting cash registers on fire, have they?
Posted-by: Poopmaster | 12 May 2006 21:38:48
HP should update their very successful and popular old Jornada 728 and find a way to run xp tablet or windows mobile? What everyone wants is a jacket pocket size laptop with a real touch type keyboard.
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Posted-by: san | 7 Mar 2008 03:54:39
I can not wait for a UMPC from HP. I have the HP tablet and many of my friends and myself travel a lot. It would be great to have a UMPC coming. I have noy buy one yet because I was waiting for HP to launch. We trust HP and really want a new product we trust totally.
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