Asus S56C Ultrabook. (Supplied)
An optical drive seems like a largely unnecessary accessory these days. You can easily download most programs or media you want from the Internet or transfer what you need from one computer to another with a USB key or memory card.
There’s a fine line between bravery and foolhardiness, between informed optimism and blind faith.
The HP TouchPad, a brand new Wi-Fi tablet computer from one of the most established names in PC hardware, is balancing on that line like a tightrope walker. A blindfolded, juggling tightrope walker, whose rivals are throwing rocks at him in the hopes he falls off.
Jesse Michaels - June 9th, 2011
If you thought the tablet market in the first half of 2011 was crowded, get ready to welcome one more – HP’s sparkly new TouchPad on July 15.
GetConnected - March 24th, 2011
Before the tech world was fawning over smartphones and tablets, the hot tech accessory was the PDA, an ultra-small, portable computer. Palm was far and away the leader in these devices, largely thanks to their Linux-based mobile OS called PalmOS. Last year Palm was acquired by HP, who has a firm foot planted in the hardware market and are now taking steps to be a dominant player in software.
