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HP Mini 1000 Already Supports 3G – Reports Indicate

Nerd Grind — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:42:51 +0000

HP indicated that a 3G WWAN-equipped version of their newest netbook, the HP Mini 1000, would be coming sometime in December. Christmas may be coming early this year folks. According to various sources, you can enable 3G on your Mini 1000s already via a simple hack.

All you have to do is download a driver and slide your SIM card in a hidden slot under the battery. Really, that’s it. This has been proven to work on model number #1033cl. No word on if every Mini 1000 has that mysterious SIM card slot. If you have one and you got this working, let us know.

HP Announces TouchSmart tx2 Convertible Tablet Multi-Touch Consumer Notebook

Nerd Grind — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:28:34 +0000

HP has finally formally announced the long-rumored multi-touch TouchSmart tx2 convertible tablet. The unit will be the world’s first multi-touch consumer notebook. It boasts a 12.1-inch swivel display which is LED-backlit. The tx2 comes pre-installed with Windows Vista. It also comes with a bezel-mounted fingerprint reader, an integrated webcam with microphone, Bluetooth, WiFi, stereo speakers, a multicard reader and a LightScribe SuperMulti DVD burner. HP has also loaded it with an AMD Turion X2 dual-core processor, MediaSmart 2.0 software, a VGA output, Ethernet, and at least one USB port. According to sources, they should be going on sale at the HP website any day now. The company has issued no word on pricing.

CNET Publishes Story on Which Computer Manufacterers Will Survive the Coming Recession

Nerd Grind — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:38:41 +0000

CNET published a story today on the sustainability of the big-time PC manufacturers. They postulate that there will be fewer people shopping for new PCs, and fewer businesses making the leap as well.

CNET decided that HP would be best to survive the coming digital recession, citing that a full third of their revenue comes from software and enterprise storage. These mediums won’t be taking as big of a hit as consumer hardware, apparantly.

Dell is also in clear, having recently made a large move to services and software. The company also recently moved to China and India to cut costs, which should also help them survive.

CNET claims that Lenovo is in dire shape, having recently reported a quarterly loss of 78%. The company is doing well in China but not so well in the United States.

Click here for the full story.

Sony Battery Recall Triples – Now Includes Acer and Lenovo

Nerd Grind — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:17:47 +0000

The Sony laptop battery recall has hit 100,000, tripling in size since yesterday’s announcement that 35,000 were being recalled due to overheating problems. The recall now includes Li-ion batteries used in some Lenovo and Acer laptops as well as the original list of Dells, HPs and Toshibas. All of the recalled models were sold between 2004 and 2005, with two-thirds being sold outside of the US. Sony also noted that the faulty batteries were made by the same factory that produced a batch of recalled batteries two years ago.

HP Releases Mini 1000 Netbook – To Offer Linux Option

Nerd Grind — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:25:28 +0000

HP is attempting to revive the sluggish netbook market with it’s Mini 1000 netbook. The Mini 1000 will offer an aggressive price point, a polished Linux OS and a skinny aesthetic. As rumored, the Mini 1000 will be ditching VIA an sticking with an Atom 1.6GHz N270 processor. The system will also offer a 10.2-inch display at 1024 x 600 resolution. HP is offering 512MB, 1GB and 2GB RAM configurations, but those with Windows XP will be limited to just 1GB. On the storage front, the company offers the choice of a 60GB 4200 rpm HDD or a 8GB or 16GB SSD. The Mini 1000 also has an SD slot, VGA webcam, 802.11b/g, optional Bluetooth, Ethernet and dual USB plugs.

The netbook also offers a competitive choice between Oses. You can stick with your standard XP, but for $20 dollars less you will be suited with a specialized version of the Ubuntu-based Linux OS, codenamed "MIE."

The XP version is available today for $399, and the Linux MIE version will drop in January for $379.

HP Confirms Rumor: Announces Two New iPaq Phones

Nerd Grind — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:32:44 +0000

HP confirm rumors of new smartphone devices with the announcement of the HP iPaq VoiceMessenger and the iPaq DataManager.

The DataManager is a touch screen phone with a slide out keyboard running Windows Mobile 6.1. It features a 2.8 inch QVGA screen, full 3G capabilites, A-GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth and 3.1 megapixel camera with LED flash.

The Ipaq VoiceMessenger has similar features to the DataManager but instead of the touchscreen and slide out keyboard features a 20 key suretype-style keyboard. It’s HP’s answer to the blackberry pearl.

Both phones will be available at the end of November in Europe.

HP / Compaq Woes

Nerd Grind — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:40:46 +0000

A Polish security researcher calling himself "porkythepig" is the one who exposed a whole host of vulnerabilities in 83 different HP and Compaq models ten days ago. Today he released an exploit that uses an ActiveX control in HP’s Software Update. It would ‘let an attacker corrupt Windows’ kernel files, making the laptop unbootable, or with a little more effort, allow hacks that would result in a PC hijack or malware infection.’

Sprint Mobile Laptops

Nerd Grind — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:55:53 +0000

HP has just announced new business laptops equipped with EV-DO. They include updated versions of the HP Compaq 2710p, the 6510b, the 6910p, and the 8510 series, along with some other yet-to-be-announced models.

Each will get a free month of Sprint’s mobile broadband service if you sign up for a one or two-year contract.

Sweet HP

Nerd Grind — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:09:17 +0000

Now I just got the 8510w and here is a beauty I would have considered. With a 14.1-inch WXGA BrightView display, your choice of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, up to 250GB of HDD space, and a dual-layer DVD burner — this is sweet!

You can order this for a mere $1,199.99 and will have it in 2 weeks.

HP iPAQs

Nerd Grind — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:47:18 +0000

HP bevy of new iPAQ handhelds, comprised of the 100 Series "Classic" and 200 Series "Enterprise" edition (pictured) are based around Windows Mobile 6 Classic, and sport 64MB of RAM, 256MB of ROM, a Marvell PXA310 624MHz CPU, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, and color touchscreens.

The 100 has a 3.5-inch, 240 x 320, RGB screen, Mini-USB, and SDIO card slot, while the 200 sports a 4-inch, 480 x 640, 260k screen, 24-pin and Mini-USB connectors, plus SDIO and CF card slots.

Nothing on pricing and availability yet.

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