ReadWrite reports HP is going to drop Windows for its next take on non-PC devices-- instead the next generation of HP tablets will make use of the Android operating system.

According to a pair of anonymous sources, the first HP Android device will be "a high-end tablet powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 chip."

The sources also claim HP is "exploring" Android-powered smartphones-- even if back in November 2012 at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo CEO Meg Whitman said the company will only take on smartphones from 2014 onward, due to its being "more concerned about the pads."

At the ITxpo Whitman confirmed HP tablet plans, if with devices aiming for the (perhaps) more lucrative enterprise market. 

American low-cost HDTV maker Vizio may soon enter the smarpthone market through to a partnership with Foxconn, Chinatechnews reports. 

Such a device will apparently be first launched in the Chinese market in 2013, and will be produced by Foxconn subsidiary Fujiconn. Foxconn already makes HDTVs for Vizio, who has over 60% share of the over 60-inch HDTV market in N. America.

The company presented an 11.6-inch Windows 8 tablet at CES 2013.

The Vizio story is best described as stranger than fiction-- founded in 2003 by plane crash survivor William Wang, the company is one of the largest sellers of HDTVs in N. America, with over $2.5 billion in revenue. It also started making PCs in 2012, with hopes to disrupt a business dominated by the likes of HP, Lenovo and Dell. 

Go Vizio May Cooperate with Foxconn for Smartphone Production (Chinatechnews.com)

More rumours on supposed Apple experiments in wearable electronics emerge-- the New York Times reports an "iWatch" might soon emerge in form of a curved glass device.

The Wall Street Journal has a similar report mentioning Foxconn as a potential manufacturing partner.

According to the NYT's sources such a smartwatch will run on iOS and "stand apart from competitors based on the company’s understanding of how such glass can curve around the human body."

The technology allowing one to make such a device already exists-- Corning Willow Glass promises the strength, thinness and flexibility ideal for wristwatch-style devices.

According to Pacific Crest Nvidia is about to lose a big client-- the next generation Google Nexus 7 tablet will carry a Qualcomm chip, rather than the next generation of Tegra processors. 

“We believe NVIDIA has lost the application processor socket to Qualcomm's Snapdragon APQ8064 chipset (S4 Pro) in the next-generation Google Nexus 7 tablet, which is scheduled to begin shipment in Q2 2013,” Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell writes. 

Apparently Google is going for cost savings, since Qualcomm provides both more competitive pricing while being a single source for both processors and 3G/4G radios, providing a fully pin-compatible platform interface. 

As a result the analyst slashes Nvidia fiscal 2013 revenue forecasts from $750 million to $520m, since even if Nvidia still has decent workstation business with the Quadro GPU lineup, Tegra is its real best seller.