This is first time HP is trying to put all the elements together.

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Is this the beginning of another patent battle, this time with HP over its similarly illuminated dv5?

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Either way, it looks like HP pulled this off in the nick of time.

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Meanwhile, HP after all this time told us nothing about pricing of the tablet, there was no mention of carrier partners and there are no assurances that the platform is going to attract robust support from developers.

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