Google's typical mobile computing strategy employs Android for smartphones and tablets, and Chrome OS for laptops (and the occasional all-in-one), but it looks like HP is about to turn this paradigm on its ear.

If a leaked promotional video found by Notebook Italia (via 9to5Google) is to be believed, HP is working on an Android-powered laptop that has been blessed by Google. The device, called the HP Slatebook 14, has a touchscreen and is devoid of any convertible shenanigans.

If you hadn't guessed by the name, the Slatebook 14 has a 14-inch screen, which the video describes as "Full HD" (aka 1080p). The only other spec mentioned is a quad-core Nvidia processor.

The Slatebook appears to run a normal tablet version of Android, complete with a questionably useful set of Android's top and bottom system bars that stretch the full width of the screen. The version of Android is not specified, but the video shows it running either Android 4.2 or 4.3 with the full suite of Google Play apps.

The video is rather inconsistent when it comes to the system bars, as some parts of the video show them, and some do not. While some games and video apps have the ability to hide the system bars, the video shows Gmail running in full-screen mode, which is not currently possible. We'll chalk that up to sloppy video editing.





We grabbed a screenshot of the video's convenient pan over the keyboard. The typical Windows key has been replaced with keys for Recent Apps and Home, while Android's "Back" button takes the place of the Escape key and begins a row of typical laptop function keys. All of the ports are shown in the video, too. We spotted a power jack, three USB ports, a full-sized HDMI connector, a headphone jack, and, interestingly, MicroSD and SIM slots. The latter implies that this laptop will pack its own mobile data connection!

There's not much more information to be gleaned from the leak, but Android running on a non-convertible Tegra-powered laptop would definitely make this one of the weirder products out there. Almost every Android laptop in the past has converted into some kind of tablet mode. Will anyone want an Android device that is permanently a laptop?