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May 18 2013 8:58PM EST | Source: CNET Android Atlas
HP SlateBook x2 is both an Android tablet and laptop. The laptop part is an Android first for HP.
(Credit: Hewlett-Packard)Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google.
On Tuesday, the largest PC maker in the world -- a dubious distinction these days -- added a laptop-tablet hybrid to its growing stable of products based on Google operating systems.
The $479 HP SlateBook x2 is an Android first for HP. It's "powered by Android, the world's most popular mobile operating system...100 percent tablet, 100 percent notebook, 100 percent Android," according to the company's ad copy.
The operative phrase is "most popular mobile operating system." HP knows that mobile, not desktop, OSes are where things are headed.
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