Fora long time HP has remained a strategic Microsoft partner , but the appearance of tablets and smartphones has enabled the company to wider choose of operating system for their products. For these purposes, the company bought Palm.
The new HP leadership Meg Whitman in the segment of tablets and convertible mobile devices for the consumer sector of the market has decided to bet on Android, as can be judged from the premiers tablet 7 Slate and hybrid devices SlateBook 10 x2 .
Speaking about the results of the quarter ended, HP head expressed confidence that the use of multiple platforms allow the company to quickly produce those devices that are in demand by buyers. It was not just about software platforms, but also the form factors and processor architectures.
The recently launched 7 Slate tablet running Android is in demand as a recognized HP leader. Good products with the right price will be demanded by the market, even if the concept does not really fit in with the traditional HP image . The Android platform in this sense helps the company.