HP launched a number of new netbooks today including the HP Envy 14, Envy 16, Pavilion dm4, dv5, dv6, and dv7. You can find more details in the press release, but I’m going to focus on the least exciting new announcements because let’s face it, I’m just not that interested in $1000 notebooks with 14 […]
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More computers with next-gen Atom chips spotted
Yesterday we spotted an upcoming version of the Toshiba NB305 netbook with a new Intel Atom N455 processor. The CPU is virtually identical to the Atom N450 powering most netbooks released so far this year, with one exception: It supports DDR3 1066MHz memory. But it looks like the Toshiba NB305 isn’t alone. Lenovo, HP, and […]
Pink HP Mini 210 stops by the FCC
There’s no telling whether HP actually plans to release a netbook looking quite like this in the US… but Wireless Goodness spotted a new pink HP Mini 210 at the FCC web site. And it doesn’t just have a pink keyboard and chassis… it also has plaid lid and touchpad with multiple shades of pink […]
German HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition gets Atom N470 upgrade
There are a few ways to get people to spend unusually large amounts of money on netbooks. You can soup it up with premium features such as touchscreen displays, spill-resistant keyboards, or 7200rpm hard drives. Or you can give the netbook a fashion makeover and slap a designer label on it. HP appears to be […]
HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition to launch March 19th for $600
HP’s latest designer edition netbook is scheduled to ship on March 19th, with pre-orders starting today. The netbook features a butterfly motif which was designed by Vivienne Tam, the same fashion designer that partnered with HP on one of the first ever designer edition netbooks. HP has been teasing us with the new new “Butterfly […]
HP Mini 210 HD reviewed
Hewlett Packard’s HP Mini 210 comes in a variety of attractive colors, and features a slim new design with a removable access panel making RAM and hard drive upgrades ridiculously easy. The base mdoel is just $280, but for $330 you can get the netbook with a high definition, 1366 x 768 pixel display. And […]
Quick start software on the HP Mini 210 – Video
Like many netbooks, the HP Mini 210 ships with both Windows 7 Starter Edition and a quick-boot operating system. The quick boot option in this case is based on DeviceVM’s Splashtop, but it’s designed to look a lot like the Mi Edition Linux environment that HP designed for the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition. HP […]
HP Mini 210 benchmarked, battery tested
While the netbooks of 2010 so far seem to wear a pretty standard uniform (1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, and at least an optional 6 cell battery), subtle differences can lead to differences performance. I mean, not so much in the CPU performance, but definitely in the battery life department. Case in […]
Acer, HP Pine Trail netbooks unboxed – Videos
You know all those new Pine Trail-based netbooks that were announced over the past few weeks? Yeah, they’re all starting to ship now. And you know what that means… videos of computer geeks early adopters taking computers out of boxes are flooding the web. This weekend NDevil posted the first unboxing video I’ve seen of […]
More Pine Trail netbooks up for order
Another day, another set of recently announced netbooks that are now available for order. The HP Mini 210 and the MSI Wind U135 are both ready to go. Both of these netbooks run Windows 7 Starter Edition and have 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processors. The Compaq Mini CQ10 (which I think may be […]