Hewlett-Packard on Thursday indicated its possible re-entry into the tablet market.
Mr Vinay Chandra Awasthi, Senior Director (Product and Marketing), told Business Line , “We continue to study the tablet market, when we are close to something, we will definitely share the information.”
HP launched its first WebOS powered tablet touchpad on July 1, 2011. Citing disappointing sales, HP announced discontinuation of the TouchPad tablet on August 18, just seven weeks after it hit the market.
On Thursday, HP launched Z1- a 27-inch all-in-one workstation. Priced at Rs 1 lakh, the device comes with a 3-year warranty.
“With this device we are creating a new category space for workstation targeting professionals in media and entertainment industry, architecture, engineering, construction, oil and gas and geographic information system,” said Mr Anurag Gupta, Category Head (Mobility PSG), HP.
The company claims a 53 per cent market share in the workstation space. “It is an approximately 70,000 unit annual market, of which we claim 53 per cent share,” added Mr Gupta.
HP also showcased its new line up of Z workstations – Z820, Z620 and Z420 starting at Rs 50, 000.