18 September 2010
HP and Beats by Dr. Dre Bring Premium Standard for Music Audio on Notebooks to Europe and Middle East

HP and Beats™ by Dr. Dre™, today announced the launch of the HP ENVY14 Beats Edition notebook PC with integrated Beats Audio.  HP formed the alliance with legendary artist and producer Dr. Dre, and chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, to achieve higher-quality sound from digital music through technology innovation.

HP ENVY14 Beats™ Edition is designed and engineered to offer power and performance along with state-of-the-art audio technology making it ideal for serious work and serious fun.

This premium edition notebook includes Beats Audio, a unique, high-performance technology developed by HP and Beats by Dr. Dre™ to provide the optimal sound experience - the way the artist intended it - when playing music or audio through headphones or external speakers. To enhance this premium sound experience, HP has included a set of Beats Solo™ Headphones from Monster with ControlTalk, with each HP ENVY14 Beats™ Edition. These have an advanced driver design for precise audio clarity.  
In a sleek and soft-touch, precision-crafted metal black finish, the HP ENVY14 Beats Edition maintains the signature Beats black and red design style and includes a red backlit keyboard and three custom Beats-themed wallpapers.

To take advantage of its powerful performance and entertainment capabilities, the HP ENVY14 Beats Edition includes Adobe Photoshop® Elements 8 and Adobe® Premiere Elements 8 software for photo and video editing on select models. Equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD(1) 5650 graphics card with 1GB of dedicated memory, a HP BrightView Infinity LED Display and HP TrueVision HD Webcam means it's ideal for creating or consuming music, film and photography content.  

Offering up to 6.5 hours of battery life with the standard battery, and up to 13 hours with the optional HP Slim Fit Extended-Life battery,(2) the HP ENVY14 Beats Edition includes powerful Intel processors. 

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About Beats Electronics LLC
Established in 2006, Beats Electronics is the brainchild of legendary artist and producer Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, who set out to develop a new type of headphone with the capability to reproduce the full spectrum of sound that musical artists and producers hear in professional recording studios. In January of 2008, Dre and Iovine announced a partnership with audio innovator Monster Cable to engineer "Beats by Dr. Dre," the most advanced headphones ever developed. Today, Beats Electronics continues to work with Monster to improve the quality of the portable audio experience and expand the Dr. Dre family of headphones to include in-ear speakers and artist branded products. For more information, please visit http://beatsbydre.com/.

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

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