Hewlett-Packard wants to return to the tablet market with win 8

Computer store news HP has announced that it will restart the production of consumer tablets, and HP's new tablet will use Microsoft Windows8 system.

Due to poor sales, HP stopped production of the webOS tablet TouchPad last year. Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg & Middot; Meg Whitman said at the 2012 Global Impact Summit this week that restarting tablet production is an important strategic move for HP in the tablet market.

HP is planning to merge printers and PCs. Whitman said the value of the combined business will reach $65 billion. By centralizing sales and marketing teams, unifying products, and reducing logistics costs, HP's business operations efficiency will improve.

Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP Printing & Personal Systems Group, said that HP's Windows 8 tablet will be equipped with cloud computing technology to help users share between different devices. Store content.

He also said that in both the consumer business and the business business, Ultrabook is HP's key product this year. HP has launched the Ebvy Ultrabook for the mass market, priced from $700 to $800. In addition, HP will also offer a high-end Envy Ultrabook with a price of $999.

HP is looking for a suitable location in the Asia Pacific region to build a $100 million printer factory. Thailand is currently a country that HP is considering. Bradley said that Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are the three fastest growing markets in the ASEAN region, and PC penetration rates in these countries are still not high.