To many of us may come as a surprise that a giant corporation like HP decided to hand over some of their projects to a “teen council”. This fall, they are planning to launch a line of PC products made by teens, for teens.

HP took some “drastic” measures for their 2133 mininotebook - they downgraded to Windows XP for their new models. It’s very hard for them to compete against Asus Eee PC and Intel Classmate PC therefore I think that there are many users who will welcome the XP and say goodbye to Vista. The latest configurations for 2133 Mini-Note will have a pricing range of $500 up to $820. Maybe they should consider cutting down the prices, but they probably know better.
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There many who are trying to design good laptop concepts and when I say good I mean attractive and practical lappies. Not many of them manage to do it, but today let’s take a look at one of the best. HP tried to develop a very thin laptop and for this prototype they prepared a folding screen, like the one of a tablet PC. The display features touchscreen and you can write with the help of a digital input pen. I know that I’m impressed by its thinness and so …

Latest reports suggest that the HP UMPC 2133 will feature VIA Inside, not Intel’s Penryn as previous reports were saying. If this is true, than it’s incredible news for VIA because this is the first time they could succeed with one of the big companies. The good news don’t stop here. It seems like the ultra portable could get an upgrade consisting of Isaiah 2.0Ghz/DX-10 performance. The HP 2133 has been a very popular device but more is expected from the device. We hope to get back to this soon …

HP seems to have dropped an information about an upcoming UMPC release, but they haven’t offered any details, like specifications, date or price. Probably it will be released at the end of Q2, but nothing’s sure. The UMPC is going to be handphone-like and it will see a major improvement in battery life and is headed both to youths and professionals.
If the news are true, we might get more details along with an official announcement soon.
via CNET

HP will use new-gen of Intel processors for updating the Pavilion laptops: the Penryn. An Intel T9300 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo with a 6MB l2 cache and a speed boost of 10% over the Intel T7500 will sport the Pavilion dv2700t, dv6700t and dv9700t. If you don’t want to spend $100 on RAM or other parts, you should try the speed boost offered by the T9300 processor.

HP has just unveiled it’s Blackbird 002, being their best system ever sold, that features an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650. Also they have plans to release a model with the processor we’re all waiting for, the QX9770. But currently, the Blackbird features a Dual 1GB CrossFire ATI Radeon XT graphics card, a PhysX card. It comes with Home Premium and 2Gb of RAM standard and can be upgraded to 4GB and Vista Ultimate, but actually everything is upgradeable in it. If you already fell in love, prepare to get …