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HP Design

Stacy Wolff from the HP notebook design team talks with Andru Edwards of Gear Live about the design philosophy behind the Fall '08 notebook lineup. From the HP Imprint finish on laptop cases and keyboards, to the concept behind choosing wallpapers and accessories that fit the overall asthetic, Stacy Wolff gives us an inside look at how notebook design decisions are made at HP.

HP Protectsmart - Airbag Protection for your har...

Kevin Wentzel from the HP notebook technical marketing team talks with Andru Edwards from Gear Live about HP Protectsmart. Basically, this is a feature that protects your data by parking your hard drive if your notebook detects it's falling or taking unnecessary abuse. If you've ever knocked a computer off your desk or had it fall from your hands as you were walking across the room you'll be thankful for this feature.

HP Makes it Easy to... Watch HDTV

Andru Edwards from Gear Live talks with Kevin Wentzel from the HP notebook team about the HD experience built in to the Fall '08 lineup of HP notebook computers. Key components of the high definition experience are HDMI out on most of the Pavilion line and HDTV tuners built-in on some configure-to-order notebooks.

HP Makes it Easy to...Enjoy Extreme Entertainmen...

Andru Edwards from Gear Live talks with HP about new entertainment features in the Fall '08 HP notebook lineup. The HDX includes entertainment focused features like built-in sub-woofer, HDMI out, 1920x1080 resolution, and built-in HDTV tuners on configure-to-order systems.

Express Yourself with YouCam

Andru Edwards from Gear Live meets with Suzanne Stillings from the HP Consumer Notebook team to learn about YouCam, a Webcam software application bundled with the Fall lineup of HP consumer notebooks.My own take on YouCam is that it's the Windows answer to Apple's Photo Booth.

Power Management Tips

Kevin Wentzel from the HP Notebook technical marketing team walks through power management options that help extend your laptop battery life, allowing you to easily use your laptop longer when you're away from a power connection. Additional tips on extending battery life.

HP Accessories for Fall 2008

Andru Edwards from Gear Live meets with the HP Consumer Notebook team to learn about the lineup of new accessories customers can expect to see this Fall and during the 2008 Holiday season, with particular attention to two new Bluetooth stereo headphone options, mice, notebook bags, and a long life notebook battery with some helpful features.

HP Makes it easy to... Get a Better Desktop Expe...

Andru Edwards from Gear Live meets with the HP Consumer Notebook team to learn about the lineup of products and features customers can expect to see this Fall and during the 2008 Holiday season.The new HP notebook docking stations offer a single connection to better ergonomics on your desktop, port replication, better desktop speakers, and additional storage with a built-in port for a HP Personal Media Drive.

HP MediaSmart

HP introduced MediaSmart as part of their TouchSmart computers. As part of their fall line up for the Holiday 2008 shopping season, MediaSmart is now shipping with every HP HDX Notebook PC. This video is a quick walkthrough of the features in the five feature areas: DVD and Blu-Ray playback, Photos, Music, Internet TV and HDTV, and Videos.

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