HP tx1000 Tablet for Consumers
HP officially announced the Pavilion tx1000, its first Tablet PC notebook today at CES 2007. The tablet is the first consumer notebook to feature a touch screen display, a feature that’s been reserved for high-end notebooks until now. HP let us play with the tx1000 and we were impressed overall and excited another mainstream manufacturer will be pushing tablets.
HP’s tx1000 is a sleek tablet that’s been optimized for consumers both in price and features. Its lid has the familiar black imprint design, borrowed from the dv models from last year. The HP tx1000 wills start at $1,099, and top out at about $1,500.
Top of the tx1000 with extended batteries
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Weighing in at 4.23 pounds, it is easy to carry and operate as a true tablet. The keyboard is responsive, and features full sized alpha-numeric keys, with the function keys shrunken down a bit. The trackpad is textured with little holes and is much easier to use than last year’s Pavillion dv models, which were glossy like the rest of the case.
HP tx1000 Textured Track Pad
The 12.1-inch WXGA display, along with its built-in display swivels 180-degrees and folds down flat. The media controls are also built into the display. This is a nice feature when watching movies and something other consumer tablets don’t have.
Tapping on the screen in either notebook or tablet mode allows users to control media controls or anything else a pointer can. The touchscreen feature is nice, but nowhere near as easy to use as the one found on the Thinkpad x60, but then again the Lenovo tablet is about twice the price.
HP Pavilion tx1000 in tablet mode
The digital inking system needs some improvement and it is difficult to write legibly on the screen. Current TabletPC users will be sorely disappointed that HP decided to go with a pressure-sensitive stylus that requires the user to apply even force while writing.
It is powered exclusively by AMD processors for the time being, the model we saw was equipped with a Turion 64 X2 TL-56. Graphics are served up by an integrated NVIDIA GeForce Go6150 GPU. The tx1000us (the first model HP will sell) comes with 2 gigs of memory and 160GB hard drive. An 8x double layer DVDRW is also included.
It comfortably runs Vista Home Premium, with all the graphical goodies like Aero working just fine. There is an improved QuickPlay that lets you put music behind slideshows or use it as a Karaoke machine. The QuickPlay utility also provides access to the built-in webcam so you can record pics and video.
Power is provided by a tiny 4-cell battery that will playback DVDs for only two hours, with the display at half brightness. An extended 6-cell battery will be available shortly after launch. The extended battery is pretty much a must-have for the tx1000 if you want a truly mobile experience.
Left Side of the tx1000 features a Verizon wireless antenna
There are plenty of ports for such a small machine, including three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot and dual headphone jacks. There is an external antenna for Verizon wireless broadband, a feature that’s trickled down from HP’s business notebooks. While this is a nice option, Verizon wireless broadband is still too pricey for most students and consumers.This is a nice machine for home users and students that want to experience tablet computing for the first time. The tx1000 will probably be a top seller in the Tablet category this year.
HP tx1000 Specs
-Processor- AMD Turion â„¢ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-56
At 1.8 GHz
-512KB+512KB L2 Cache
-Up to 1600MHz system bus running at AC/DC Mode 35 watt
-2048MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
-NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA) with up to 128MB (shared)
-160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
-HP Imprint Finish, HP Webcam with Integrated Microphone & Finger
-Finger print reader
-Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support ÂÂÂ
-12.1″ WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Touch-screen
-Touch-screen Display (1280 x 800)
-Network Card
-Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)ÂÂÂ
-802.11b/g WLAN
-5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
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-High speed 56k modem
-Altec Lansing speakers
-Keyboard-101-key compatible & 4 Quick Launch Buttons
-Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down
-ExpressCard/34 Slot
-3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
-2 Headphone out - 1 w/SPDIF Digital Audio & 1 stereo
-1 microphone-in
-1 VGA (15-pin)
-1 TV-Out (S-video)
-1 RJ-11 (modem)
-1 RJ -45 (LAN)
-1 notebook expansion port 3
-2 Consumer IR
-5-way navigation stick
Dimensions
8.82″(L) x 12.05″(W) x 1.23″ (min H)/1.52″ (max H)
Weight-4.23lbs.
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I have had the TX 1016 for about 4 weeks now, and I am beginning to enjoy my purchase. The initial days were a bit sticky primarily because I had to upgrade all my software to the Vista platform (Earlier I was on XP Home). It is a design stunner and fun to use. The tablet is a BIG failure and it is primarily for snob value now.
we have a 3-wk old brand new unit purchased from Best Buy in vancouver that suddenly showed a blue screen message: “system shut down to avoid crash”! I am alarmed that this message pops up on a brand new unit. isnt this alarming?
Cecile, not sure what’s going on with your 2710p. What happened when you tried to restart?
how it works this computer? I would like to know more about this computer. can u send me pictures how it works please
I would like to buy this machine, please can you forward me the quotation for it and how soon I can get delivered here in Kigali - Rwanda.
Thank you
Arthur Murara
I wants to purchases this laptop, can u send me more pics of this laptop and tell me the coast of this in Indian currency.
Manoj
WinXP NOT supported.
THIS LAPTOP SUCKS!! I hate it. I regret buying it
this notebook makes so much sense
I hate it to! It just SUX
noo…
it SSSSSUUUUUUUXXXXXXXXX
I have this for 8 month and its the worst laptop out of 5 laptops I had.
Hey. Bought a brand new Pavilion XP1000 and guess what… BLUE SCREEN after I downloaded the CS3 Adobe Package… Is there anybody outthere who can tell me why what the hell and because of what? do I change the RAM chips? or I tell the seller GO GET ME ANOTHER!!!…HURRY!!”…:) yea it’s not funny!…anyways…hope someone’d help me and reply before monday
HP Tx1000 - Worst laptop I had out of 4.
The other 3 were all IBM and this is miles and miles behind the others -
1)Wireless drops off intermitently
2)Constant Overheating .. no no.. not keeping this on my lap..
3)Finally it would sleep and bot restart after pressing the restart button for about 50 times.. if lucky..
and these 3 issues are the ones mentioned by hundreds of other owners of TX1000.
Im dissapointed with this laptop. I didnt get a warranty because I believe in the product of HP. However, after a year the problem in my computer show. It didnt open and the monitors computer faded.
I called HP they said Im already over the warranty so they cant fix it for free. However, the problem is the laptops defect itself.
I check the website and i found this link with problems with HP tx1000 also
http://www.gottabemobile.com/forum/printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=2236
ALL those with problem with there HP TX1000 please go to this website andwrite your laptops problems so we can show this to HP and ask for RECALL!!!
http://hptx1000.multiply.com
If you own an HP Pavilion tx1000 tablet, and have experienced:
-WiFi Failure
-Blank Screen on Startup
-System does not boot up
And…
-Warranty has expired
-Have been told its a problem with the motherboard
-Are not willing to pay $400-$500 for a new motherboard
-Want HP to issue a recall
join our group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Recalltx1000/
OH my..They told me the same thing!
Okay I might buy this laptop today for only 250 do you think its worth it based on all the problems people say they have.
I hope you didn’t get it. You’ll be in for a big big disappointment.
Please don’t buy this laptop like I did. It died a couple months after the warranty expired. It didn’t work well during the time I spent with it and it was a total waste of money. HP, please recall this horrible contraption.
This laptop is not worth it at all!!…needs to be on the recall list…Stopped working after my warranty also…
Mine too. HP is a big joke. They said there is no problem with them. They really need sued and big time. I think I am going to the Better Business Bureau. Too much money for something to work only a year. HP SUCKS!!!!
Same deal - black screen. DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE.
DO NOT BUY THIS LAPTOP!!! I’ve had it for a little over a year and now it’s DEAD like many others:
http://www.diarydot.com/my-woes-with-hp-tx1000-tx1320us-series-laptop-57.html/comment-page-1#comment-13986
Hey all,
I just wanted to let you know that after having my notebook sit in the corner of my room for about a month now (b/c it’s useless/ won’t turn on!) I got a response from HP, by contacting the Better Business Bureau to complain about the TX1000Z notebook.
I contacted the BBB about a month ago, in hopes of getting HP’s attention about the issues w/ this notebook. Early this morning, I got a call from a case manager at HP (Mr. James McArthur). He asked me to tell him what was going on, clearly he already knew b/c he had the letter I wrote to the BBB right in front of him. Right from the start, this guy sounded cold/heartless and he didn’t seem to give a damn if I got it fixed or not… What he basically told me was, the repair is approximately $400 and he’s willing to lower the repair costs on my part by 50%, making my out of pocket cost $200. This $200 repair will also come w/ a one year warranty. I told him that was very steep still, so he gave me another option. The second option I have is paying $150 out of pocket, and I would get NO warranty.(so at this point I assume he knows there are major issues w/ the tx1000’s motherboards to assume that the cost is that much, without even asking me to send it in for an ‘inspection’ . Or he’s taking my word for it that the motherboard is an issue.)
The repair cost is outrageous, seeing that it wasn’t even MY FAULT that it’s broken! I paid $850 for this tablet…putting in another $200 is ridiculous. All my documents, songs, and pictures were on this notebook. Not to mention, my hard drive has the same issue I had experienced when I first purchased it. The hard drive still has a bad sector on it! This notebook has so many issues and Mr. McArthur claims that there hasn’t been many complaints coming in about this notebook. (THAT MADE ME ANGRY, and I told him I don’t believe him!)
I’m kind of backed into the corner here… What should I DO?? I have his #, should I call him back and take him up on this offer? I’ve already purchased a Dell Mini-desktop because of this tablet failure. What to do…what to do.