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The HP Portable: HP’s First Laptop
The 110, also known simply as the HP Portable and codenamed “Nomad,” was Hewlett-Packard’s first true portable computer. In contrast to earlier “luggable” Hewlett-Packard machines that were transporta ...
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The HP TouchPad
The TouchPad was Hewlett-Packard’s first product for the burgeoning tablet market. Though technologically strong, it struggled to gain market share as users embraced alternative operating systems. Sti ...
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The Need for Cellular: HP OmniGo 700LX
The OmniGo 700LX was an early attempt to create a cellular-networked computing device. The 700 could be hooked up to a Nokia cellular phone to wirelessly send and receive data, foretelling the potenti ...
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The OmniGo 100: An Iconic Model
The OmniGo 100 was Hewlett-Packard’s first PDA to feature a graphical user interface, allowing users to navigate through icons and pictures instead of text-only instructions.
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Tough Tech: HP 3081 Workstation Terminal
The HP 3081A industrial workstation terminal was one of the earliest personal computing devices made to function in tough environments. Built to allow industrial workers the ability to monitor materia ...
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Via Viso Cardiette: HP and Sanborn
Hewlett-Packard entered the line for medical instruments — and acquired its first East Coast division — with the acquisition of Sanborn Company of Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1961. Founded in 1917, one ...
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We’re Talking Tablets: HP 9111A
Long before the modern tablet and 2-in-1 boom, Hewlett-Packard was a pioneer in devices that allowed people to interface with their computer in new ways, including early graphics tablets, or “digitize ...
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What Popped Up: HP Vectra’s Drives
Hewlett-Packard’s popular Vectra computer became available as a laptop in 1987. To conserve space, it used pop-up memory drives, either dual pop-up 3.5″ floppy disk drives or one pop-up disk drive and ...