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Tech T@lk

hP’s new 11-inch tablet apple lets users add

comes with flipping webcam Covid vaccination card to Wallet

P has announced a new merican tech giant Ap-
11-inch tablet that ap- ple is all set to bring
Hpears to be a more or Averifiable COVID-19
less direct competitor to Micro- vaccination cards to Wallet ap-
soft’s Surface Go with a couple plication as part of a future iP-
of interesting tricks. hone software update. Accord-
According to The Verge, its ing to TechCrunch, the latest
13-megapixel rear-facing cam- feature will take advantage of the
era can flip around the short as well as charging, alongside a international SMART Health
edge of the display to work as microSD card slot and a finger- Cards standard (already in use in
a webcam, which HP claims print reader built into its power several states) to produce proof will be strict privacy for the us-
is a first for a tablet, and also button. Internally, the tablet is of vaccination, sign it with a pri- er’s data. Apple would not have
makes it the highest resolution available with an Intel Pentium vate key and create a public key any access to the imported or
front-facing camera to boot. Silver N6000 processor, 4GB to verify your information. Also, shared records of the users, and
It is also able to work with its of RAM, and 128GB of NVMe the just-released iOS 15 already users have also been told that all
keyboard accessory in either storage. Its modest specs mean allows users to store verifiable information must be encrypted
portrait or landscape modes that it is running Windows 11’s vaccination and test results in and it should be securely stored
which come in handy since in lightweight S mode. HP plans the Health app using the same when transferred elsewhere.
landscape mode its webcam is to eventually sell the tablet both standard. One will receive their Apple also would not be
on the wrong edge of its 2160 with and without the keyboard records through QR codes, able to see vaccination cards or
x 1440 IPS display. The tablet when it goes on sale in Decem- downloadable files or health- how the users have used them.
also works with HP’s Tilt Pen, ber, as per The Verge. It will care providers who use Health However, the company has not
and there is a USB-C port for start at USD 499 alone or USD Records on iPhone. The compa- revealed when it will release the
plugging in more accessories 599 with the keyboard. ny has also promised that there card update.

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