HP Split x2 has a battery in both the screen/tablet portion of the laptop computer and in the keyboard. This new model joins a rapidly growing hybrid market.
The Split x2 is a detachable PC, meaning that the screen can be removed and used separately as a tablet. HP also announced the Android-based SlateBook x2 on Wednesday.
The screen-cum-tablet half of the Split x2 incorporates the HP ClickPad for gesture and multifinger navigation.
Android Gets a Laptop You Can Use
The HP Slatebook x2, coming this summer for $479.99, is a 10.1-inch Android tablet that becomes a laptop when attached to its keyboard dock. The dock has a touchpad that directs a mouse cursor — something not often found on Android laptop devices.
The screen is a bright 1,920 x 1,200 IPS display. The default background screen prominently displays your remaining HP 468816-001 Laptop Battery life for both the tablet and base.
The Split x2 and SlateBook x2 “join the HP Envy x2 as part of HP’s detachable PC portfolio,” HP spokesperson Sheila Watson told TechNewsWorld.
“With its price and performance, the Split x2 fits into the high end of the hybrid line, almost on par with Ultrabooks,” said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. “I’m glad they’re using full-sized keyboards; nothing’s worse than trying to use a small keyboard.”
