I think you are jumping to conclusions about the speaker, given that they have taken the time to include a camera that could only be intended for video calling it seems very unlikely that they won't include any kind of speaker, also if you intend watching it in a hotel then using the hdmi out and connecting it to the tv would seem a good option in any case.
Also, win7 is a lot better when it comes to being touch-enabled and it will presumably be using a newer version of the touchsmart ui hp uses on existing tablet pcs.
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