HP has rolled out a budget Android tablet dubbed HP 8 1401 in the US.
The new Android tablet (Silver color) is available on the HP’s official US store for $169.99. The company hasn’t let out any information about the launch dates and prices for other regions/countries.
HP 8 tablet features 7.85-inch IPS multi-touch display with a resolution of 1,024 × 768 pixels. The device packs ARM-based Allwinner A31s quad-core CPU (unspecified clock speed), coupled with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage.
HP 8 comes with a 3,800mAh battery that the company claims is good for up to 7 hours of usage. The tablet also sports a VGA camera on the front and a fixed focus 2MP shooter on the rear.
The new budget tablet that runs of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, features a microSD card slot for external memory expansion up to 32GB as well as support for 802.11n Wi-Fi.
The official HP 8 tablet listing on the website also notes the following things –
- HP grants 25GB of free cloud storage for lifetime via Box app
- Kingsoft Office that allows the users to access, edit, and share files in the cloud
- HP Connected Photo powered by Snapfish that syncs photos allowing users to edit and share through social networks
- HP ePrint – Printing from virtually anywhere with tablet, smartphone or Internet-connected PC,
Back at the Mobile World Congress 2014 last month, Hewlett Packard revealed a set of new tablets, powered by Windows 8.1. But the company’s latest tablet – HP 8, which clearly didn’t make its way to the MWC 2014, has popped up inside HP’s own webstore quietly.
At about $170, the new HP 8 tablet may not have specifications to rival the most recent 7-inch tablets with a $200+ price tag from Amazon, Asus, Google, or Samsung, but it is comparatively cheaper in the market.
Why can’t they make the venue 8 pro dual boot into android instead.