HP launches voicetabs Slate6, Slate7

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <img alt="HP launches voice tabs Slate 6, Slate 7" src="http://media2.intoday.in/btmt/images/stories/voicetab_505_021414030021.jpg" style="border: none; color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; text-align: center; width: 448px;" title="HP launches voice tabs Slate 6, Slate 7" width="448" /><span style="background-color: #d3d1d1; color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; text-align: center;"></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> HP Slate6 VoiceTab</div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>Tech firm Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday launched two voice-calling tablets and appointed actor Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador in a fresh bid to strengthen its position in the Indian market.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>HP India launched its 'Slate6' and 'Slate7" VoiceTabs, along with four other new mobile devices, targeted at young Indians. The Slate6 is priced at about Rs 23,700, while Slate7 is priced at about Rs 17,300.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>"India is a unique market. There is a huge population of young people who are demanding and aware of the latest technology. They want fast performance, long battery life and multi-tasking, all of which are addressed by these new devices," HP India VP and GM (Printing and Personal Systems) Rajiv Srivastava told PTI.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>The tablets are being launched only in India at the moment, he added.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>According to research firm CMR, about 12.04 lakh tablets were sold in the July-September 2013 quarter, a growth of nine per cent year-on-year.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>This was led by Samsung (15 per cent share), followed by Lenovo (13.3 per cent) and Datawind (12.4 per cent).</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>India is a big market for handheld smart devices.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>According to Gartner, smartphone sales in India grew 166.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, the highest growth among the countries it tracks.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>Worldwide smartphone sales grew 36 per cent to 282 million units in the October-December quarter of 2013, accounting for 57.6 per cent of the overall phone sales.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>The HP Slate VoiceTab series is powered by a quad-core processor running on Android 4.2.2 (Jellybean) operating system and offer 3G connectivity with dual SIM.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>HP six-inch phablet 'Slate6 VoiceTab' and seven-inch 'Slate7 VoiceTab' also feature dual front firing stereo speakers, front and rear HD cameras. The VoiceTabs have 16GB built in storage expandable to 32GB via MicroSD card.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>The company has also roped in Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone as its first brand ambassador in the country.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>HP also unveiled its Omni10, a 10-inch Windows 8.1 Full HD tablet. Its price will be announced soon.</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>Besides, it also launched its notebooks-HP Envy17 Leap Motion Special Edition (SE) (priced Rs 1.18 lakh), HP Pavilion 15 TouchSmart Notebook (Rs 51,825) and HP 15 Notebook (Rs 29,995).</b></span></span></div> <div class="storyKickerImageCaption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14px;"><b>"Our new line up represents the focus that we have on the Indian market. The requirements and aspirations of the young Indians is changing and our future lineup will also reflect that," he said.</b></span></span></div> </div> </div>

HP launches voicetabs Slate6, Slate7

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