HP launches Android-based SlateBook 'PC'

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The SlateBook x2, Hewlett-Packard's foray into the Android convertible market, is now available on the company's sales site.

The tablet-laptop hybrid was slated to be available in August but has arrived early on HP's U.S. sales site. HP also launched the SlateBook in Japan on Monday.

Listed as the HP SlateBook 10-h010nr x2, it is branded as a "PC," even though it runs Android Jelly Bean -- not Windows 8.