Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s second-largest computer maker, will pay more attention to its consumer tablet and hybrid notebook business to capitalise on large market potential for those devices.
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Bangkok Post
The move is aimed at offsetting sagging desktop or personal computer (PC) sales.
Thitaphon Boonprasit, HP Thailand’s business director for printing and personal systems, said the company is set to roll out Slate 7, an Android-based consumer tablet priced at about 5,300 baht next month.
The move is part of the group’s strategy to make gadgets using different operating systems instead of only Windows, he said.
IDC Thailand, the global research firm, said the country’s tablet market is expected to increase by 94% this year, with 5.3 million devices including those earmarked for the government’s One Tablet per Child scheme.