The Photosmart eStation All-in-One printer with detachable 7-inch Android tablet / Image Source: Gizmag
HP’s web-connected all-in-one printers already feature touchscreen control panels and wireless printing but now the company is including a detachable 7-inch Android with its new Photosmart eStation All-in-One printer. The tablet will work with all HP wireless printers; however, the company didn’t say whether it had plans to sell the tablet independently.
However, the offer has some limitations with it as there’s no access to the Android Market with apps and widgets limited to customised print-focused offerings from the likes of Yahoo, Facebook and Snapfish. Though it’s possible to browse and print online content using the device’s web browser.
“Users will be able to download additional applications through HP’s own application store. The company has partnered with 45 companies, who will develop print-centric applications for the device for printing specialised content such as weather reports, news, sports and finance info, recipes, maps and eBooks. Applications from the likes of Delta Airlines for printing boarding passes, Barnes & Noble for downloading and printing eBooks and NBA.com for accessing game schedules and information were just a few of examples named by HP.”
No word on the shipping date for the Photosmart eStation All-in-One printer but it would cost US$399 (£252.45).
(Via Gizmag)
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April 7th, 2011 at 1:55 am
My HP all-in-one printer causes so many different driver problems, I can install it and then when I restart my computer I have to reinstall it just to use it