“Customers want to access and share content anywhere, anytime, on any internet connected device – and they expect those connections to be seamless,” said Ron Coughlin, senior vice president and general manager, Consumer PCs, HP. “The HP SlateBook x2 and the HP Split x2 f4809a are next-generation devices and the latest examples of our continued commitment to evolving the computing experience by providing the flexibility necessary for customers to be productive at home, at the office or on the go.”
The HP SlateBook x2 hstnn-lb42 shares many of the qualities of the Windows based HP Split x2, detailed above. It shares the magnetic screen attaching dock mechanism and the philosophy behind the system design. However this is an ARM powered device, employing an Nvidia Tegra 4, which runs Android Jelly Bean to provide a hybrid combination of laptop and tablet, work and play.
HP today announced the introduction of two new ‘detachable PCs’ – devices that HP considers to be both notebook and tablet. The Split x2 484171-001 is basically a larger version of the first convertible notebook running Windows 8 that HP introduced last year, while the SlateBook x2 is another beast entirely.
The latest version, called the Split x2, is a bold reworking, moving more firmly into the laptop category, with a thin, 13-inch body and hardware closer to what you’d find in a full-time laptop.
I got a chance to get my hands on a nonfunctioning demo unit of the Split x2 hstnn-db42 , and it certainly looked and felt a lot more like a standard laptop than nearly any other hybrid I’ve tried, similar to Lenovo’s Yoga 13, another hybrid that scored by not compromising the laptop form. The matte-black body also brings to mind the classic black polycarbonate MacBook, although the x2 is thinner and lighter, with edge-to-edge glass over a touch screen.
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