HP's Android 'PC' has arrived. It packs Nvidia's latest Tegra 4 processor and can be used as either a tablet or a laptop.
HP SlateBook x2. HP is branding the SlateBook as an Android 'PC.'
The SlateBook x2, Hewlett-Packard's foray into the Android convertible market, is now available on the company's sales site.
The
tablet-laptop
hybrid was slated to be available in August but has arrived early on
HP's U.S. sales site. HP also launched the SlateBook in Japan on Monday.
Listed as the HP SlateBook 10-h010nr x2, it is branded as a "PC," even though it runs
Android Jelly Bean -- not
Windows 8.
The specs are pretty impressive. A 10.1-inch 1,920x1,200-pixel
display (with a respectable 224 pixels per inch pixel density), a Tegra 4
quad-core processor (Nvidia's latest ARM processor), a 16GB SATA solid-state drive, and 2GB of system memory.
Other
specs include Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, a magnetic docking mechanism to switch
from tablet to laptop mode, and a full-size keyboard.
It sells for $480 and runs Android 4.2. (Full PDF spec sheet here).
HP confirmed with CNET that the SlateBook 10 is now available and shipping to customers.
Note that HP has been selling a similar -- but more expensive ($649) -- hybrid, the Envy x2, for a while. That is an 11.6-inch model that runs Windows 8 on top of an Intel Atom processor.

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