Hewlett-Packard has introduced at IFA 2012 in Berlin its Windows 8-running Envy X2, an 11.6-inch tablet that transforms to a solid notebook when the keyboard is connected via a magnetic latch. The device has an aluminum build quality, a 400-nit, IPS 1,366 x 768 resolution display that enables ultrawide viewing angles, and is powered by Intel's "Clover Trail" Atom Z2760 chipset that will allow a full Windows 8 experience. Despite its high-end features, the device is thin at 8.5 mm and light at 1.5 pounds (excluding the dock). It will be available in the UK starting at £799 ($1,262) in October. The device will be available in the U.S. in time for the holiday season.
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- Other specs include 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, an 8MP camera rear camera, an HD webcam in front, a microSD slot, and battery life of up to 14 hours.
- Extras include Beats Audio enhancement, NFC for contactless data transfers and payments, and pen support.
- The keyboard dock has a built-in battery of its own, plus two USB ports, HDMI output and a full-size SD slot.
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All told, we were impressed by how surprisingly light the tablet and dock feel -- given the metal armor encasing it all, it's easy to assume otherwise.- Dana Wollman, Engadget
This device uses its seamless magnetic latch to work as a perfectly solid notebook or as a tablet, both in one device.- Chris Burns, SlashGear
- Gizmodo
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HP Envy X2: This Windows 8 Hybrid Tablet Can Adapt to Any Circumstance
We won't say the Envy X2 is the most beautiful looking creature in the world when it's docked.
- Engadget
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HP unveils Envy x2 laptop / tablet hybrid: 11-inch IPS screen, NFC and pen support, arriving later this year
Right now, it's unknown how much the x2 will cost, or when, exactly, it will go on sale, except that it's expected to arrive in time for the holiday shopping season. For now, feel free to poke around our hands-on photo gallery, and avail yourselves of our walk-through, embedded just past the break.
- SlashGear
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HP ENVY x2 brings Windows 8 hybrid PC power
HP is making sure consumers do not lump it in with the mobile transforming tablet universe by calling the HP ENVY x2 a hybrid PC first and foremost.
- Mashable
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HP Ventures Back Into Tablets With Envy x2 Hybrid
Detach the 11.6-inch monitor, and suddenly you're holding a Windows tablet that's begging to be touched.
- PCWorld
- HP Announces Envy X2 Tablet-laptop Hybrid Device With Windows 8
- GottaBeMobile
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HP ENVY x2 Convertible Windows 8 Tablet Feels Premium (Video)
Rather than requiring a lot of manual effort from the user to guide the tablet into the locking mechanism on the keyboard dock, the locking mechanism is activated by magnets, which draws the tablet in and latches the slate into place.
- Pocket-lint
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HP Envy x2 is latest entry to the Windows 8 hybrid PC world
Not wishing to be left behind by equivalents from Samsung, Sony, et al, is HP. It's announced the HP Envy x2, an 11.6-inch device that runs the latest operating system from Microsoft and features Beats Audio system that the manufacturer hopes will give it that extra edge over the rest.
- TN
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HP Envy x2 Convertible Windows 8 Tablet Has Optional Keyboard Dock, Premium Feeling (Video)
Separating this product from its rivals is an unique hinge, activated by magnets.
- Other
- HP announces first Windows 8 laptops and Envy x2 hybrid tablet
- Tech Radar
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IFA 2012: HP joins the convertible notebook-tablet fray with Envy x2
If there's a computing theme at IFA 2012 this year, it's laptops that can become tablets and vice-versa.
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