HP has just refreshed their lineup of All in Ones and Desktops with the new Intel IVY-Bridge Chipsets, featuring a total of six new quad-core models that’ll be available directly from HP in June. 

The three All-in -Ones include   Omni 220qd Ivy Bridge platform Beats Audio  cantilever design  $999 starting Omni 27qd 27-inch display Ivy Bridge platform  $1,199 starting  TouchSmart 520xt touch-enabled 23-inch display  $999 starting Ivy Bridge platform

The Three desktops include HPE h8t, available for $699, and the HPE h8xt starting $799 and HPE Phoenix h9t starting at $1,149. 

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lusModders are getting it on with inductive charging mods using hardware from old PALM PREs. First it is a Samsung Galaxy S Plus. German IT student Qian Qin ripped apart a palm pre back cover and installed it on his device. The result is a physically indifferent device which now charges wirelessly. check out the video below.

 

 

Next it is the new Samsung Galaxy S2 variant Epic 4G Touch . This modder hacked his 3 day old device to charge via the dock using bolder moves. cutting open the back cover and soldering [...]

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s largest PC maker, after ending WebOS, is considering spinning off its massive PC manufacturing business. 

According to HP, its Personal Systems Group (PSG) is worth $40 billion in annual revenues. The PSG includes personal computers, technical workstations, WebOS-powered tablets and smart phones, as well as personal storage solutions.

The quick and steady growth of tablets, particularly Apple’s iPad, is not good for companies that have invested billions of dollars in building and selling PCs.

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About 8 months ago HP acquired Palm including PalmOS for a deal of 1.2 billion US dollars. Merely months after acquisition and a couple months after launching the WebOS based Mobile devices including Touchpad and Pre 3, HP today in its press release stated that it will abandon WebOS Devices including Touchpad and Pre 3.

In addition, HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.“

Expect these devices to drop to bargain prices [...]

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Look at this thin piece of display for your Desktop wonders.

23-inch LED-backlit 1080p 9.8mm (0.39 inches) thick brushed aluminum and glossy black screen 3ms response time 8,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio Price $280, Approx INR 14,000

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Hewlett Packard just filed for a trademark on “HP Touchpad” across a wide variety of products and services ranging from memory cards to “tablet computers.

It also looks like HP is dropping Palm from the picture as it does not even mention it for the Feb WebOS event, where this tablet might be introduced. HP’s already invested heavily in branding its laptop trackpads with the ClickPad name.

HP could possibly be looking to hedge its bets by getting into the Android game as well, or it may be pushing out a consumer-oriented version of the Slate.

Via : PocketNow