Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced the launch of a range of new devices powered by Microsoft's Windows 8 platform in the Indian market.

The company launched the ENVY x2, which is a notebook with detachable screen and becomes a tablet when it is used separately from the keyboard via a magnetic latch. The devices comes with a 11.6-inch touch display with a resolution of 1366x768, Beats Audio, an HD webcam plus an 8-megapixel camera, and near field communication (NFC).

The ENVY x2offers upto seven hours of HD video playback on the tablet and up to 12.25 hours HD video playback then attacked to the magnetic latch. It is powered by a 1.8GHz Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor with 2GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The HP ENVY x2 will be launched from January 2013 and will be priced at of Rs. 59,990.

The company also launched its ENVY 23 TouchSmart All-in-One (AiO) with 23-inch 10-point multitouch full-HD display. The device is powered by 2.9GHz Intel Core i5 processor with 4GB RAM and 1TB storage. The device is now available for Rs. 71,990.

HP launched ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 with 14-inch multitouch HD 1366x768 display and is powered by 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 processor with 4GB RAM, 500GB hard disk and 32GB solid-state storage. The devices offers up to five hours of battery life and Beats Audio. The HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 will be launched from January 2013 for a price of Rs. 59,990.

HP India President Printing and Personal Systems Rajiv Srivastava said, "Windows 8 is a relatively new platform... if 25-30 per cent of the sales came from Windows 8, we would be very happy."