Following hot on the footsteps of Sony, HP are also releasing their own pink netbook to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Like Sony, the netbook is available in pink with a matching carry case and USB mouse. With the HP netbook though, you can purchase the accessories on their own, or the netbook on it’s own. Adding the accessories to the netbook is $10 more, which is a pretty good price for a case and mouse. The netbook has been dubbed the HP Mini Pink Chic, which features a 10.1 inch display, 1GB of RAM, 3 cell battery, 160GB hard drive and comes installed with Windows XP. The bundle is available now from Best Buy for $379.99 and is available to purchase until the end of October. HP will donate $1 from every sale.
In conjunction with Notebooks.com and 24 other websites, HP are running a back to school promotion dubbed “Better Together”. Readers of the blogs will have the chance to win a HP Mini 110. The actual prize is a bundle, which consists of the netbook, the Pavillion DV6 notebook and a Timbuk2 bag. There are 25 bundles up for grabs and the sites are running the promotions at different times of the month, with some overlapping, but one ending each day up until September 6th.
The Mini 110 features a 10.1 inch display, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, Intel Atom processor and a six cell battery, where as the notebook offers a 16 inch display. You can view the list of sites taking part in the promotion along with the dates after the jump.
Well it’s taken a while, but the high priced netbook has been cloned in China for a lot less. The original HP Mini 100 Vivienne Tam edition netbook features a 10 inch display, 1.8 inch HDD along with a selling price of $700. HP are now phasing out the HP Mini 1000, which includes the Vivienne Tam model, so it’s not surprising to see that it’s been cloned. From the photo, the colors look less vibrant, but it’s not clear if they are, or if it’s due to the photo light. Again, the clone model features a 10 inch display along with a HDD storage. The HDD on the clone however is a 2.5 inch HDD. It’s not clear if this affects the size of the netbook though. Whether it does or not though, pretty much becomes irrelevant when the price is considered. The Vivienne Tam clone is retailing for $300, making it less than half the price of the genuine model. The clone is created by Qifang Electronics and appears to only be available in China.
HP have recently released the high resolution version of the HP Mini 2140. MyHP Mini Forums member Inconnu has grabbed the netbook and posted several photos up of the netbook, including photos showing off the high resolution 10 inch display.As expected the 1366 x 768 resolution gives the screen a lot more room for web browsing, photo editing etc. You can view Inconnu’s photos after the jump.
The 6 cell battery version of the HP Mini Note 2140 has been photographed by HP 2133 Guide, as well as comparison pictures of the 3 cell model. The 3 cell model is as you’d expect, sleek, slim and sexy. The 3 cell battery only runs for about 4 hours, where as the 6 cell battery can considerable increase this time by more than twice as much. Liliputing reports that the 6 cell can run for 10 hours if the 2140 has an SSD, but is reduced to 8.5 hours with a HDD instead, but either option provides more battery life.
Unfortunately the extra life comes at the costs of it’s look. With the 6 cell battery in place, the 2140 is no longer as sleek or slim, but rather bulks the netbook up and adds a bit of weight to the netbook. Fortunately though, it isn’t too unsightly unlike other increased battery life batteries and more than makes up for the extra bulk with the extra hours unplugged usage.
Both the 2133 and 2140 share the aluminium finish, giving the netbook a professional look, as well as providing an excellent keyboard, which is very easy to use with it’s wide keys. Specifications wise though, the 2140 shares the features found on the 1000, including an Intel Atom N270 processor, giving the 2140 more power than the 2133.
The HP Mini 2140 is described as being the “business class” version of the Mini 1000, owing to it’s looks, unparalleled build quality and fantastic keyboard. The 2140 takes portability to a new level with Drive Guard technology, meaning if you drop it while travelling, the hard drive will be shut down, reducing the risk level of lost data. While portability is a high priority of the 2140, with it’s glossy screen, the netbook is hard to use outside and suited more to indoor use.
Other differences in the netbooks include a full sized VGA port on the 2140, as well as the Mini 2140 being slightly heavier and thicker. Unfortunately the number of USB ports on the netbook hasn’t been increased and remains at 2.
Over at HP 2133 Guide, the lucky folks have received the newer HP 2140 and have taken several comparison photos. At first glance, the HP Mini 2140 appears very similar to the 2133 but once opened up and in use, a few changes have been noticed.
The 8.9 inch screen has been replaced with a 10.1 inch display, which has a brighter screen compared to the 2133. The speakers on the other hand aren’t quite as good on the HP Mini 2140 and are described as being about 25% quieter. The casing also appears to be slightly darker on the 2140. Other changes in the netbook include the processor being replaced with the Intel Atom N270, found on most netbooks and vents moved around.
If you’ve been expecting the HP Mini 1000 6-cell battery to become available for quite a while now, you’ll be glad to know that this power-extending accessory is now available, albeit unofficially. What we mean is, a 6-Cell battery that’s not officially stated as for the HP Mini 1000 can be bought directly from HP’s web site, and it works, as confirmed by one forum poster who has probably used the battery himself. This 6-Cell battery is said to be for the “HP Mini 1000 CTO PC” but apparently those last few letters don’t make a difference and this battery will indeed work with models like the HP Mini 1000. It is in stock and costs $153.90 plus $11.25 for standard shipping. Check out our source below for more details.
It looks like HP are to expand their line of netbooks by even more than we previously reported. Found on the HP website is a support page for the HP Mini 1100 series. The HP Mini 1100 series of netbooks features five models, 1130NR, 1133CL, 1135NR, 1141NR and a 1100 Vivienne Tam edition. At the moment there isn’t any information on what sets the netbooks apart and how they’re different from the HP Mini 1000. Rumour has it though that these 1100 series netbooks will have an ExpressCard slot installed.
It looks like HP are to expand their line of netbooks by even more than we 
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