Hewlett-Packard (HP) has confirmed a new addition for their business tablet line-up for March of 2013 the HP Elitebook Revolve. The Revolve is set to feature a 11.6-inch HD touchscreen, Intel’s new third gen. Ivy Bridge Core processors, NFC, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, SSD storage, Windows 8 Pro, and more in an all-magnesium chassis that weighs 3.04 pounds.
The HP Elitebook Revolve will be a convertible style tablet, meaning the 11.6-inch computer will be able to be used as a standard laptop and as a tablet thanks to the displays hinge design. The 11.6-inch screen, which has a native resolution of 1366-by-68 pixels, can be rotated around to face any direction and by simply rotating the screen and laying flat over-top the keyboard and touchpad you turn the Elitebook Revolve into a Windows tablet.
The display is touch-enabled and HP does mention an optional stylus pen will be released for the Revolve, but the presence of a digitizer in the Revolve wasn’t mentioned by HP in their press release announcing the Revolve. A digitizer would allow the HP Elitebook Revolve to be used by artists or anyone interested in accurate stylus pen input. The inclusion of a digitizer would expand the potential customer base for the Revolve and make the model a worthy successor to the popular HP Elitebook 2760p.
HP says pricing will be announced sometime closer to the March 2013 release date.
In their press announcement HP listed the following features for the upcoming 11.6-inch HP Elitebook Revolve:
- Your choice of Windows 7 Pro or the new Metro UI inclusive Windows 8 Pro operating system
- Intel Core i processors from the Ivy Bridge family of mobile processors
- An 11.6-inch diagonal HD (1366-by-768 pixels) display with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla® Glass® 2. The display can automatically adjust the screen orientation, brightness and more based on how you position the Revolve.
- Full-sized and backlit chiclet keyboard
- Optional pen
- A 720p HD camera with a dual-microphone array and video chatting software CyberLink YouCam
- DTS Studio Sound
- All-magnesium chassis
- Dock support for attaching an additional display, keyboard, mouse, additional ports or printer.
- WWAN, USB 3.0, DisplayPort and NFC
- Up to a 256GB solid-state drive with Intel Rapid Start Technology for wake-from-sleep speeds as fast as 5 milliseconds.
- Enterprise IT tools such as Active Directory, domain join, PXE boot support and a range of HP Client Management solutions, allowing for secure deployment and effective fleet management.
- HP Client Security to provide protection at every layer, including HP BIOS Protection and Microsoft Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials; an embedded, certified TPM security chip for data encryption; and four years of HP Absolute Data Protect to help further protect the device, data and user identity.
- HP Global Series and HP Custom Integration Services for simple deployment across a global enterprise with consistent global configurations and customization options such as corporate image loading.
- Print directly to any ePrint-capable HP printer or to a networked HP printer without the need for downloading drivers. HP ePrint software also allows users to print remotely at more than 24,000 public locations such as hotels and business service retailers.
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