On the first day of the BETT show, HP launched a variety of new mobile devices, which we detailed in Mobile Display Monitor in Vol 22 No 4 (HP Focuses on Business for Mobility). Two of these were education models: the Pro Slate 10 EE Education Edition and Pro Tablet 10 EE Education Edition.
The Pro Slate and Pro Tablet are identical, aside from one key difference: the first runs Android while the second runs Windows. As students tend to be rough-and-ready with the devices, both are IP52-compliant, with a rubber border to protect them from shocks. They also feature an optional keyboard dock and stylus.
The tablets support WiDi and Miracast and feature micro-HDMI and micro-USB connections. They run on 1.33GHz quad-core Intel Atom processors, with 1GB or 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (16GB option available for Slate 10 EE and 64B option for Tablet 10 EE). They are available now, starting at $280 (Slate 10 EE) or $300 (Tablet 10 EE). Consumers are also able to purchase the Pro Tablet 10 EE, for $350.
HP was also showing some more familiar products, such as the Elite X2 convertible (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36); HP was demonstrating the laptop’s ability to establish a high-bandwidth (7Gbps) WiGig connection to a wireless docking station. The dock, an Intel device, expanded the available ports on the laptop by adding DisplayPort (x2), VGA and USB (x4) connections.
The Elitebook Folio 1020 G2 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 48) is said to be the thinnest and lightest 12.5″ laptop in the world (15.7mm and 1.1kg) – largely thanks to the Broadwell processor. The 1020 can be considered the ‘little brother’ to the Folio 2040, which will also see a G2 model launched this year, with Broadwell.
The Sprout (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), Zvr 3D monitor and Z640 widescreen workstation (Display Monitor Vol 22 No 3) were also on the stand.
