{"wikiid":33928,"langid":"en","namespace":"CATEGORY","title":"HP Android Phone","revisionid":1152354,"contents_raw":"== Background and Identification ==\n\nHewlett-Packard is an information technology company known as the \u2018birthplace of Silicon Valley,\u2019 as it got its roots manufacturing electrical testing equipment out of a Palo Alto garage in 1938. The company has produced a range of phones including flip phones, phones with physical keypads, slide phones, and smartphones with touchscreens. HP mobile phone lines include the iPAQ line, which consists of flip and slide phones that generally have physical keypads. HP\u2019s Slate family consists of smartphones and tablets with touchscreens.\n\nThe range of HP mobile phones runs wide, but they almost universally share the encircled \u2018''hp''\u2019 logo on the back center of the phone\u2019s body. Older flip and slide phones often include the HP logo on the front of their body, either in the top left corner or in the center of the phone\u2019s top bezel. In 2011, HP announced it would discontinue its web operating system after mobile phone and tablet computer business declined. In 2012 HP announced its plans to lay off 27,000 employees after a profit decline related to the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices that has slowed the sale of personal computers, which is generally regarded as HP\u2019s main business.\n\nOver the years, Hewlett-Packard has owned several computer hardware and software companies and integrated their technology with their own mobile phone lines.\n\n***Relevant Acquisitions:***\n\n* Apollo Computer 1989\n* ABB CADE 1991\n* Computer Systems from Texas Instruments 1992\n* EEsof Inc. 1993\n* Convex Computer 1995\n* ElseWare Corp. 1995\n* Division Inc. 1996\n* Compaq 2002\n* Peregrine Systems 2005\n* VooDooPC 2006\n* Palm Inc. 2010\n\n== Additional Information ==\n\n* [https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hewlett-Packard|Wikipedia: Hewlett-Packard]\n* [https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_acquisitions_by_Hewlett-Packard|List of HP Acquisitions]\n* [https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/hp-phones-41.php|GSMarena: All HP Phones]","contents_json":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Background and Identification"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Hewlett-Packard is an information technology company known as the \u2018birthplace of Silicon Valley,\u2019 as it got its roots manufacturing electrical testing equipment out of a Palo Alto garage in 1938. 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In 2012 HP announced its plans to lay off 27,000 employees after a profit decline related to the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices that has slowed the sale of personal computers, which is generally regarded as HP\u2019s main business."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Over the years, Hewlett-Packard has owned several computer hardware and software companies and integrated their technology with their own mobile phone lines."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Relevant Acquisitions:","marks":[{"type":"bold"}]}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apollo Computer 1989"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ABB CADE 1991"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Computer Systems from Texas Instruments 1992"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"EEsof Inc. 1993"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Convex Computer 1995"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ElseWare Corp. 1995"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Division Inc. 1996"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Compaq 2002"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Peregrine Systems 2005"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"VooDooPC 2006"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Palm Inc. 2010"}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Additional Information"}]},{"type":"bulletList","attrs":[],"content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hewlett-Packard","target":false}}],"text":"Wikipedia: Hewlett-Packard"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_acquisitions_by_Hewlett-Packard","target":false}}],"text":"List of HP Acquisitions"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/hp-phones-41.php","target":false}}],"text":"GSMarena: All HP Phones"}]}]}]}]},"contents_rendered":"
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Background and Identification<\/h2><\/div>\n\n

Hewlett-Packard is an information technology company known as the \u2018birthplace of Silicon Valley,\u2019 as it got its roots manufacturing electrical testing equipment out of a Palo Alto garage in 1938. The company has produced a range of phones including flip phones, phones with physical keypads, slide phones, and smartphones with touchscreens. HP mobile phone lines include the iPAQ line, which consists of flip and slide phones that generally have physical keypads. HP\u2019s Slate family consists of smartphones and tablets with touchscreens.<\/p>\n\n

The range of HP mobile phones runs wide, but they almost universally share the encircled \u2018hp<\/em>\u2019 logo on the back center of the phone\u2019s body. Older flip and slide phones often include the HP logo on the front of their body, either in the top left corner or in the center of the phone\u2019s top bezel. In 2011, HP announced it would discontinue its web operating system after mobile phone and tablet computer business declined. In 2012 HP announced its plans to lay off 27,000 employees after a profit decline related to the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices that has slowed the sale of personal computers, which is generally regarded as HP\u2019s main business.<\/p>\n\n

Over the years, Hewlett-Packard has owned several computer hardware and software companies and integrated their technology with their own mobile phone lines.<\/p>\n\n

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