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The EliteBook 2740p (pictured on the previous page) has a 12.1 inch swivel touchscreen. It comes with the latest Intel mobile Core i5 and Core i7 processors, but will rely in Intel integrated graphics.
It comes with a six-cell battery that HP reckons provides five hours of ‘uptime' but there's also an additional lightweight battery that you can add to take the total battery life to more like 11 hours. The 2740p offers integrated mobile broadband via an HP module that uses Qualcomm's Gobi technology.
"The HP business touch tablet is the latest addition to the broad mix of choices that HP offers business customers to best improve manageability, productivity and mobility," said Dan Forlenza, VP, business notebooks, personal systems group, HP. "HP continues to implement the latest innovations to help large companies and SMBs exceed productivity expectations."
Among HP's other launches today are what appears to be the non-tablet version of the 2740p - the HP EliteBook 2540p. It's a bit lighter in its base configuration than the 2740p at 3.3 pounds compared to 3.8 pounds. This one also gives the option of the full-fat Intel mobile CPUs or their ULV equivalents.
There were also a bunch of other - more incremental - business notebook launches, including the HP ProBook s series, which is aimed at the SMB market and comes with some novel, brushed aluminium chassis designs.
