Hewlett-Packard has introduced ElitePad business tablet targeting the enterprise segment. Starting at a price range of Rs 43,500, the 10.1-inch tablet weighs 630 grams with a width of 9.2 mm.
Relatively a late entrant to this segment where BYOD (bring your own device) is becoming an important trend, HP said it has come out with a ElitePad Smart Jackets, which offers several add-ons such as a spare battery.
Priced a little over Rs 5,000, this spare battery provides an additional 11-hour back-up. The standalone tablet offers eight hours of battery life.
“The tablet can double as a PC if one gets a docking system and a keyboard. You can use an existing keyboard too. Virtually, it replaces a notebook and a desktop PC,” Sunish Raghavan, Country Category Head (Personal Systems – Commercial), HP’s Printing and Personal Systems, said.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday after showcasing the tablet, he said the ElitePad ecosystem would also include an Executive Tablet Pen that lets users write on the screen and save it as typed text. You can print a document remotely from anywhere in the world to a printer of your choice.