Asus launched the first netbooks and other followed. Now Asus launched its Eee Top and others have started following. HP for one has a new mini-Q nettop ready to be launched.

The nettop will pack an Atom 330/230 CPU,2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD writer, a 6-in-1 card reader and your choice of Vista or XP. So where’s the touch support?

We have no idea when the HP mini-Q will be out, but pricing is going to be somewhere from $300 to $400.

via Electronista

Tags: HP, Laptops, mini-Q, Mobile News, nettop, Portable Devices

The first multi-touch laptop was bound to be released sooner or later, especially with Windows Mobile 7 being developed to support multi-touch. And it was HP, not Apple, that managed to pull it off. The TouchSmart tx2 will get you multi-touch two-finger control but there’s a catch to it. The whole multi-touch thing works only with the HP MediaSmart suite of applications.

The TouchSmart tx2 is a 12.1 inch laptop which can get you up to 8GB of RAM. An AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core processor will power it all up and you can opt for storage space anywhere from 160 to 500GB. The WXGA screen has an embedded N-trig digitizer which will help you do all that multi-touching. No word on availability and pricing yet, but we’ll keep you posted!

With the first multi-touch laptop already out, we’re going to wait for the rest of them to appear.

Tags: 12.1 inch, HP, laptop, Laptops, multi-touch, Portable Devices

While Asus is working on a $200 entry-level netbook for sometime in the near future, we might see even cheaper netbooks from HP, Dell and Asus too. How’s that even possible? Well as you might have already guessed it, a 2-year broadband contract will get your chosen netbook to cost only $99. Is it worth it? Well I partly rely on an USB modem to get me online, so getting a cheap netbook with that might prove to be a pretty smart investment.

via WSJ

Tags: ASUS, broadband, Dell, HP, Mobile News, netbooks, Portable Devices

We have definitely warned you about this netbook. The HP Mini 1000 was launched today which means you can go ahead an choose yours. HP has three different versions for you: the consumer oriented Mini 1000, the Linux-based Mobile Internet Experience edition and the Vivienne Tam edition.

All those models will share the same features:

• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Processor
• 8.9 inch or 10 inch Brightview Backlight LED display with 1024×600 resolution. (Vivienne Tam is only available in 10″)
• up to 1GB DDR2 RAM
• black matte casing with a swirled imprint finish (Mini 1000 Standard and MIE version)
• vibrant red casing with a peony-flower inspired design (Vivienne Tam edition only)
• 92% full-size keyboard
• 8GB or 16GB SSD or a 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive
• expansion slot for a proprietary HP Mini Mobile flash drive (max of 8GB)
• 802.11b/g WLAN
• future mobile broadband/3G support
• 3-cell battery (3 hours run time)

The HP Mini 1000 will cost $379 if you chose the Linux version and $399 if you get the XP version. The XP netbook will be available starting Wednesday while the Linux version will arrive only later next year.

The Vivienne Tam edition comes with a floral design and a red keyboard. It has the same specs like the regular Mini 1000 but it will cost $699, although that price is subject to future changes. The Mini 1000 Mobile Internet Edition will get you the MIE OS built over the Ubuntu version. The MIE version comes with an Instant-On Dashboard Interface and there are various applications for web browsing, instant messaging and email. VoIP via Skype and video chat will be available too!

via Press

Tags: HP, Laptops, Laptops, Mini 1000, Mobile News, netbook, Portable Devices

Boy is this computer manufacturer working hard or what? HP is going to release guidelines for third-party developers in order for them to create TouchSmart applications. HP’s TouchSmart technology used in some of the latest PCs is waiting for more programs from developers. If you’re one heck of a good coder, maybe this is a possible future job for you.

HP won’t follow the Apple App Store model. All applications hosted on the TouchSmart Community will be free to download, although HP won’t block any developer to hos and charge for his or her application. Before getting all excited about this possibility you might want to kick back and wait for the multitouch Windows 7 to be unleashed. Multitouch applications will rock compared to single touch applications!

via Cnet

Tags: App Store, Desktop PCs, HP, Mobile News, multitouch, TouchSmart

When the HP2133 Mini-Note PC was first launched a few months ago, on April, the price range could go from $500 to $800 depending on your customization. But thanks to Amazon and their good will to make money, the HP netbook is now at sale with a price tag of $300 - less $200 than the original lowest price.

The model available at this price is entitled KR922UT, and the specifications can be a bit low-end, but in the end you get what you pay for. Which means that for $300 you get a VIA C7-M 1GHz processor, plus 512MB of memory RAM, and only 4GB on a built-in flash drive.

As you can imagine, Microsoft Windows would become a bit slow on this machine, and that is why it runs Linux.

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Tags: hewlett packard, HP, hp 2133, Laptops, mini note, netbook

HP has been involved in the netbook business for quite a while. After its 8.9 inch Mini-Note 2133 we’ve analyzed in the past, we have just seen the new HP Mini 1000. Well actually we haven’t really seen it, since it’s briefly shown on HP’s site (check image above). The link doesn’t point to anywhere yet but that’s going to change soon. We know the HP Mini 1000 is a 10 inch netbook and its starting price is $399. We’ll be waiting for the hot specs then! Maybe someone… cough… HP… cough… should write up a nice press release about it!

Tags: 1000, HP, Laptops, Mini, Mobile News, netbook, Ultra Mobile PCs

This isn’t the usual odd-looking USB stick which I tend to show you folks. This is an HP stick which secretly wants to be a floppy drive. But since practically no one uses floppy drives, HP decided to give this little USB drive some special abilities. Since some BIOS updates require a floppy disk, this HP might come in handy since it emulates the floppy disk all together. The device is available in 256MB for $49 or in 1GB for $79. I can’t understand the 256MB thing. Who’s still using such a stick?

Tags: floppy, HP, Portable Devices, stick, usb

Computers combined with style is a trend that is becoming more popular, and that is probably why HP decided to create Vivienne. While the netbook was presented in a fashion show a few months ago, in September, it will only hit the shelves later this year, during December.

Being a netbook, the Vivienne Tam Edition will most probably come with a smallish 10-inch display screen, and an Intel Atom processor with 1GB of memory RAM, a 80GB hard-drive, and a SD memory card reader. The specific details are scarce right now, but we’ll keep you updated.

Anyhow, this is definitely a good option for people that enjoy fashion, don’t you think?

Tags: hewlett packard, HP, laptop, Laptops, viviene

HP has launched new iPaq smarphones on Tuesday. They are available in Europe for now from Vodafone. The HP iPaq Data Messenger and the HP iPaq Voice Messenger will be available in the UK first and then in the rest of Europe. An official release for the USA hasn’t been announced yet, but that might happen later on.

The new iPaqs offer a new five-way optical navigation button, Windows Mobile 6.1, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and a 3 meagapixel camera.

The HP iPaq Voice Messanger is a phone which comes with a 2.4 inch QVGA non-touch display and a 20-button keypad. The HP iPaq Data Messenger comes both with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a touchsren display.

The Voice Messanger costs $521 while the Data Messenger costs $652. Check with your Vodafone dealer for availability dates and subsidized prices.

Tags: Europe, HP, HP, iPaq, Mobile News, Vodafone

It seems as if HP is joining in the touch screen bandwagon. After Asus announced their touch screen Eee PC, we now receive news that HP is aspiring for one of their own. The Wall Street Journal reported that HP plans to release a touch-screen-enabled laptop by year’s end. Price and exact release date are unavailable at this time.

Last year HP released the TouchSmart IQ770 and this year the IQ506. Both are touch-screen desktops that were HP’s first major forays into the technology. According to the article, the new laptop is only the latest in a series of touch-oriented devices, including an upcoming line of cell phones that will become a priority of HP’s consumer strategy.

HP is said to be working on a line of consumer cell phones that feature touch screens and the first such phone will be introduced in Europe this year. HP plans to start selling the phones through a U.S. cellular carrier within the next year or so.

Tags: HP, laptop, Laptops, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices, touch screen

HP is trying to reinvent itself or what? I guess all PC manufacturers should be getting their act together and come up with some new models right about now. The Mac special event is due to arrive and I’m sure a lot of people would want a new Mac no matter if they end up buying one or not.

HP has launched two new special edition laptops. The dv4t and the dv5t. The first has a 14.1 inch with WXGA panel, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9200M GS, a Core 2 Duo processor of your liking, up to 400GB of HDD space, WiFi and WWAN and an integrated HDTV hybrid tuner. The dv5t has a 15.4 inch LCD, GMA4500MHD integrated graphics, Blu-ray besides what you’ve already read about the dv4t.

What’s special about these two laptops? I guess it must be the fancy design, right? Pricing starts at $1,099.99 for the dv4t and at $949 for the dv5t.

Tags: HP, Laptops, Laptops, Notebooks, special edition

HP seems ready to develop their iPAQ smartphone line and adapt it for the consumer model. The Wall Street Journal reports that a future device is going to be very useful to both consumers and corporate users. The phone will apparently come with a touchscreen and a keypad and it will run on Windows Mobile 6.1.

There are no details about the future model. We don’t know the actual arrival date and how much it will cost. We’d like to have a picture for it too (the iPAQ above is a 500 series), and it looks we might get one soon. The new iPAQ might be available in Europe sometime within the next two months or so, while the rest of the world would get it soon after.

Tags: HP, HP, iPaq, Mobile News, Windows Mobile

The latest notebook announced by HP is the HDX18t, one of the biggest in terms on screen size because it measures exactly 18.4-inches. Besides being big it will most likely be heave as well when compared to the “normal” ones.

Sporting the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the HP laptop can be considered a real beast if the configuration is done right. Put 4GB of DDR2 RAM memory, two hard-drives of 320GB each making the total at 640GB and a HDTV tuner + remote control – there you have a good entertainment notebook.

As for the graphics drive, it is powered by a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT that has 512MB, therefore providing a HD resolution of 1920×1080 pixels.

Other details include:

- 4 speakers + subwoofer
- web camera
- fingerprint reader
- Ethernat LAN port
- WiFi

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Tags: hdx18t, hewlett packard, HP, Laptops

It seems as today is a good day to make announcements about small laptops, which means that on top of the Averatec AVN270N, there was another company presenting a new product – HP and the Pavilion dv3500t series.

Believe it or not, this is the first laptop made by HP that has a screen measuring 13.3-inches, and taking a look at the specs + price, it looks like they did a nice job. The computer is already available online, with a starting price of $1,000.

Besides the usual features, there are two details that stand out and will help the users: under-keyboard backlighting, and a LED backlight panel.

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Tags: dv3500t, HP, Laptops, Pavilion

Apple shares took a 17% tumble today. Everybody else who’s anybody saw their shares dropping valuable points today. No matter what business we are talking about, its shares took a smaller or bigger plunge following the Nasdaq and Dow Jones.

The $700 billion emergency bailout failed to pass the House today creating one of the worst trading days in Wall Street ever since 9/11. The Dow Jones lost 800 points which is its personal worst ever. (more…)

Tags: Alltel, Apple, Dell, Google, Google, HP, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Nokia, Nokia, Other Brands

Dell, Microsoft and now HP have each launched at least a new pair of keyboard and mouse. Some look better and some are definitely more efficient. Today we came across HP’s Wireless Comfort Keyboard and Mouse. (more…)

Tags: Desktop PCs, HP, keyboard, Laptops, Mouse, Portable Devices, wireless

I bet HP doesn’t like the new Microsoft commercials especially if they will end up promoting Vista as the perfect OS. From confirmed and unconfirmed sources it appears that HP has some of its money invested in two directions, both meant to cut Vista out of their current line and possible compete to a closer than ever Apple.

Let’s start with Vista. It sucks! That was easy! HP knows this and it is moving to Linux, or even better, it is building a replacement OS based on Linux. All that is being denied so far. The other rumor is that HP is developing a software which will modify Vista to bring out the best in it.

The chief technology officer of HP’s PC division, a Phil McKinny, is absolutely denying such nonsense. But he admits to such conversations which might have taken place below senior management levels. You know, in the dungeons of HP, where the true leaders are.

HP feels Apple breathing down their neck and knows for sure that as soon as Apple smartens to a point where it will lower PC and laptops prices, the Cupertino-based out of the box company will take a huge share of the market. Everyone would get a Mac if they were cheap enough right? Beware HP, that might actually happen in a little over a month from now.

Tags: Apple, Desktop PCs, HP, Laptops, Linux, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile Software, price cut, vista

Now this is very interesting. HP announced a new laptop featuring up to 24 hours of continuous operation on a single battery charge. The HP EliteBook 6930p, when configured with an ultra-capacity battery, delivered nearly a full day of performance. Of course, it goes without saying that this is an optional accessory.

The EliteBook combines several energy efficient components including Intel solid-state hard drive and mercury-free LED display. Being a launch customer for the Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA SSDs, the EliteBook will be available starting October.

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Tags: battery, EliteBook, HP, Laptops

Hewlett-Packard, the largest computer manufacturer in the world, has recently announced a 14% increase in their net profits for the third quarter. To be more specific, net income rose from $1.78 billion to $2.03 billion, with sales reaching as high as $28 billion.

HP attributes the recent profit increase to new notebook designs, saying it attracted more potential buyers to actually purchase HP machines.

Not too shabby considering all they did was splash some color and pretty designs onto their laptops. Good job HP!

Via: Bloomberg

Tags: hewlett packard, HP, HP, income, profits