Tag: hp
Laptop manufacture HP has issued a further recall of laptop batteries. This comes after the company recalled 50,000 batteries, and that came in the wake of a 101,000 battery recall during the previous year. This time it’s because of concerns over “fire and burn hazards.” The company had …
A number of writers here at Coolsmartphone Towers predominantly use a Chromebook as our main devices. I have been using an Asus Chromebook flip since its release a number of years ago, and it still runs as fast today as it did the day I bought it. This …
Just recently I had to admit to something. Somebody asked me to scan a document at work and email it. I was confronted by a very hi-tech printer, plumbed into our network and equipped with a keypad to navigate around the control panel. After a lot of random …
Those of you that are regular readers of this fantastic site, know that a number of the staff use Chromebooks, including my own self. I am currently using the Asus Chromebook Flip, which now allows me to use Play Store Apps natively, which I can only describe as …
Welcome to the Coolsmartphone Podcast Episode 166 – The Special MWC Road Trip Report. This is the first of this weeks special Mobile World Congress Podcasts and our roaming reporters Gary and Leigh have sent in their initial reports. In this episode along with their MWC thoughts, Leigh …
We posted the news yesterday that HP are re-entering the mobile market with a Windows 10 device. Now we’ve had some time to get hands on with one of the devices. I am very impressed with it but instead of reading my thoughts on it lets see what …
Long when we thought Windows 10 Mobile wasn’t going to see any support further than the Lumias and the Acer Jade Primo, HP has surprised quite a few people with the announcement of the Elite X3. Yes, that’s right – not only are HP going in on Windows …
Watch out everyone, because I’ve had a few days off. This usually means that I have a number of articles where I need to get something off my chest. This is the sort of blog post that usually ends up on my personal blog but I guess, as …
Designed in collaboration with fashion designer Michael Bastian and retailer Gilt, HP has announced the company is going to release its first smartwatch later this year. The watch features a circular face with a diameter of a 44m, making it far more smaller than the Moto 360 and puts it …
Following a very brief appearance on the HP website, the interwebs are now full of rumours of a upcoming 14 inch Android powered Laptop, named the Slatebook 14. The company hasn’t yet officially announced the SlateBook 14, but a video outlining the device’s key features and specs has …
The bar has been set. The Nexus 7 and the iPad mini are generally considered to be the two best 7″ tablets available but a new challenger is about to enter the ring. The HP Slate 7 is Hewlett Packard’s foray into the Android tablet world and is …
In some rather surprising news, yesterday we heard that LG are purchasing the WebOS platform from HP to use in their smart TV setup in the future. There are no plans to make mobile devices with this OS but it will be interesting to see what they can offer when …
Here at Coolsmartphone each of the writers goes through an inordinate amount of handsets and accessories that go with them. We each have our own favourite suppliers that we find to be reliable and prompt. We therefore thought that we would bring a profile of the ones that …
So what happens when you drop a couple of billion dollars on a fledgling smartphone operating system, make a couple of phones and a tablet with it and then fire sale the lot? Well if your name’s HP you might realise you made a little mistake! For HP, …
For those of you who have a HP Touchpad, the Open webOS project came one step closer to fruition this week. The Open webOS team have released a package for the Touchpad that allows users to “learn how the TouchPad works, modify your TouchPad experience and then apply …
Monday June 18, 3.30pm, A secret venue somewhere in Los Angeles. That is the time the Microsoft has set aside for a cloak and dagger operation where a big announcement is scheduled within which it is speculated that they will reveal their own branded tablet challenger to …
Dixons are currently showing the 16GB HP Touchpad as in stock and selling for just …£89.97. It might be a mistake, but it does seem to let me add it to the basket and go to checkout. Will we see these quickly snapped up and then resold on …
This morning a very early Alpha release of Android for the HP TouchPad has been released. It is from the Cyanogenmod team. It has many bugs in it and the developers recommend you DO NOT install it. A lot of people (me included) have been questioning as and …
If you’re still looking for a HP TouchPad then quickly check out dabs.com. They’ve just dropped prices down to £105.. although their site appears to have buckled under the load.. and, when it does load, shows a higher price. (Update – It’s now showing the new lower price) …
Prices on the HP TouchPad continue to tumble, with Dixons now knocking down the 16GB version to just £89, or £115 for the 32GB variant. This isn’t just a normal price cut, this is a massive price explosion. The 32GB TouchPad used to be a stonking £429.99, now …
So HP announced that they’re pulling out of the PC Market (via sell off like IBM did a few years back to Lenovo), and also killing off their WebOS devices. We’ll leave the why’s & wherefore’s to another Samsung/ Apple industry crushing debate another day… However – who …
Well this caught us all out! HP have just announced that they are to “discontinue operations for WebOS, specifically Touchpad and WebOS phones” – that’ll be the just about/to be launched Pre3. The handset is just about available but it rang alarm bells when the handset received an …
Platform wars, is Apples way the only way? With the enormous growth of the smartphone, and the never ending war between platform makers to be the dominant force, are we looking at a future dominated by the curated, closed platforms, and will Android have to become more regulated …
Vodafone have just made the HP Voice Messenger available on their business contracts. Prices start from nothing up to £85.11. The handset has a 528Mhz CPU, WiFi, 3.1 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and...
Those two HP iPAQ handsets we served up a few weeks back have now touched down on the Vodafone website. You can't buy them just yet, but you can at least have a snoop around the handsets and check out the specs. The HP Voice Messenger and the …
A few days ago you may have seen a mention of new HP handsets appearing soon. We haven't covered this yet, so to make up for it we've got the new HP phones showing up in the Vodafone magazine. Huzzar! First things first, Vodafone have bagged an exclus...
Today is October 1st, so it's surprising to see the HP Silver still alive and well in these sneak shots over at Engadget. We saw it at the very start of 2008 in a leaked Vodafone roadmap, but alas it never appeared in July as promised. There's GPS …
Back in early September last year we first heard about a new iPaq 900 handset from HP. Well, following the "available soon" announcement you should now be able to buy the thing, a full 9 months later. You can find it here in the "Handhelds and Calcula...
Back in September we told you of the HP iPaq 900 handset. It's equipped with a 3 megapixel camera with flash, Marvell PXA 270 520Mhz CPU, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0, 128Mb RAM / 256Mb ROM and microSD (SDHC) slot. Luckily the manual (along with a l...
This is the HP iPaq 614c. Packed with GPS, quadband EDGE/GPRS, 3G / HSDPA and WiFi it flies along on a 520Mhz CPU. This is a great device which is easy to navigate thanks to the touchwheel and pad, plus it's designed to have classic "phone" looks. The...
Kevin Osborne has just emailed in because he's spotted the HP iPaq 610 / 614 for sale. We spotted it some time back but, as of Monday, you'll be able to buy it off-contract for £389.99. The phone, which is called the "HP iPaq 614c" here, is powered …
Oh how we love QWERTY sliders. :) This HP handset is called the "Oak" and packs a massive spec-list into a slim and sexy phone. Scheduled for the Autumn line-up on Vodafone the HP Oak has quad-band GSM connectivity and HSDPA (plus, we presume, 3G too)...
HP are another big player who have popped up on the Vodafone 2008 line-up. This is the HP Silver, a Smartphone - yes, a real, Windows Mobile 6 non-touch-screen phone. It's packed with features and connectivity - HSPDA, GPS (sat-nav), WiFi and a Surety...
Why wait until January to get some good deals? Right now HP have a great discount on the HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger. It's been reduced from £175 to just £119. Running Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard (ignore the specs that says it's Pocket PC) and has a...
The HP iPaq 900 Series Business Messenger is a QWERTY-toting device designed to hook you into your office. A scroll-wheel, 3G, GPS, WiFi and quad-band technology give this handset definite power and the ability to work anywhere. Equipped with Windows...
Continuing with our look at the HP handsets we find the HP iPaq 600 Series. Following the 100, 200 and 300 series this is the first to include a radio stack, so you can actually make calls on a GSM network :) There's to be two versions - …
The HP iPAQ 300 Series is a Travel Companion and actually runs Windows CE 5.0. It's your personal navigation tour guide and gives you a unique 3D travel experience. Driven by a dual-core 600Mhz CPU there's an 800x480 touch-screen, Bluetooth, microSD s...
This is the HP iPaq 200 Series handset. This also runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Classic like its' smaller 100 Series brother. The 200 series gets a bigger screen but has a slightly thicker and heavier body. Running the Marvell PXA310 CPU at 624Mhz ...
HP did a huge push with several new devices just the other day, so we figured each one deserved a seperate news story. First up is the HP iPAQ 100 Series device. This is marketed as a Classic Handheld, and indeed comes with Windows Mobile 6 Classic on...
Here's the HP iPAQ 914c (left) and the HP iPAQ 614c (right). Both of these devices come with built-in GPS (sat-nav), 3 megapixel cameras, 3G, WiFi and run Windows Mobile 6 Professional. The iPAQ 914c has a QWERTY keyboard whilst the 614c has a numeri...
