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A new model of the HP Mini 1000 will be available in January, according to Liliputing and the HP store.
The current Mini 1000, which was released last week, runs Windows XP and is priced shy of $400 by a cent at $399.99 however, HP were also advertising a Linux version of their new netbook. There was no release date stated for the Linux version but, now we have a date of January for the Linux Mini 1000, which is priced at ’starting from’ $379.99.
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Posted by: QueenB in 10-inch, 9inch, HP, MSI Wind, Netbook, asus, competitor, eeepc, tags: asus, Eee PC, HP, mini-note, msi, wind, windows 7
The Asus Eee PC has already had the Windows 7 treatment and it ran pretty well on the new Microsoft operating system, the pre-beta version anyway. Next netbook up to take the Windows 7 test was the MSI Wind and sure enough, it ran the OS well and passed the test with flying stars. Of course, feeling a little left out and sure that it could compete with it’s Atom based netbook cousins, the HP 2133 Mini-Note came along shortly after and has also been tested running Windows 7. Unfortunately the results aren’t quite so impressive for the HP netbook.
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Following on from the HP Mini 1000 and HP Vivenne announcements, HP are also to release the Compaq Mini 700.
The Compaq Mini 700 will feature a 10.2 inch screen with flush glass panel and a resolution of 1024×600, an Intel Atom processor, wi-fi, bluetooth and an SD card slot. The Mini 700 comes in both a hard drive and SSD variant. The hard drive will have 60GB of space, while the SSD option will provide you with 8GB or 16GB of space.
The Compaq Mini will retail for £299, giving it a lower price tag than HP’s other recently announced netbooks. The Mini 700 will be available from mid December.
Via: Pocket-Lint
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Aside from releasing the basic model of the HP Mini 1000, HP has also announced two upcoming variants of the said netbook which are already in the works. These are the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition and the HP Mini 1000 MIE.
Similar to the HP Mini 1000, these two variants would feature Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, Brightview widescreen display, flush glass and LED backlight, built-in webcam and microphone. In addition, the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition will come in vibrant red accentuated by peony-flower designs, 10.2-inch display, runs on Windows XP Home, and comes packed with Ethernet Jack, USB ports, Wifi and soon 3G capabilities.
Meanwhile, the HP Mini 1000 with Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) also supports similar specs as the other HP Mini variants. But for the MIE model, HP has made mobile Internet more easily accesible, and packed the netbook with Instant Messaging, email and Skype for online communications. These applications sit on the Mini 1000 with MIE’s dashboard and could included users’ favorite websites.
The HP Mini 1000 with MIE runs on Linux OS and also comes packed with Ethernet jack, USB ports, Wifi and Bluetooth capabilities.
The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition will be available sometime in December 2008 for $699, while the HP Mini 1000 with MIE will be available sometime in January for $379.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ms Kitagawa, an anaylst from the research company Gartner, predicts that worldwide PC shipments will grow by 14% in Q4, but much of that is predicted to come from netbooks.
HP have already joined the netbook world and yesterday reduced the price of their Mini-Note 2133. Many hoped this would pave way for a newer netbook from HP. And it looks like this could be the case. WSJ also reports, that HP is planning to release a 10 inch netbook later this year to capitalize on the netbook growth. It won’t however feature a touch screen.
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jkOnTheRun have received a promotional email from HP showing that their Mini-Note netbook has now been reduced in price.
The base model is now available for $399, a whopping $100 off the original price. The base model of the Mini-Note comes with a Via processor, 4GB SSD, SUSE Linux and 512MB RAM. The next model up from the base is fitted with a 120GB hard drive, 1GB RAM and Windows XP, and this ‘top’ model of netbook from HP now sells at the reduced price of $499.
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If the worldwide growth in the PC market was not due to the resurging sales and popularity of netbooks, then what else could have propel such growth? According to reports, PC shipments during the last quarter grew by 15% as compared to the sales in the same quarter last year.
PC Manufacturer HP was able to ship around 14.7m units which is equivalent to 18.4% market share. Following HP was Dell with 10.9 million units sold equivalent to 13.6% market share. Lastly we have Acer in third place with 10.3 million units sold for a market share of 12.5%.
But despite topping the worldwide sales chart, HP however lost its position in the European PC market. Well, anyone can attribute this to the lackluster performance of HP’s entry into the netbook market - the HP Mini Note 2133. In the US PC market, Dell is dominating the chart with 29.5% market share, HP at second with 25.7 market share and Apple landed on number 3 with 9.5% market share. Sales of netbooks accounted for around .
One doesn’t have to think too deeply to know that Acer’s position was somehow propelled by its netbook the ACER Aspire One which is growing more popular among netbook users.
If HP pushed their netbook a little farther, they might have taken a bigger percentage of the PC market.
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 In a special fashion week presentation, some keen observers have caught a glipmse of an HP mini-notebook in all its shining fire red color. According to those who were lucky enough to have seen it, the mini-notebook closely resembles HP’s netbook, the Mini-Note 2133. But this sexy looking mini-beast has a larger 10-inch screen and was developed in collaboration with fashion designer Vivanne Tam. Said notebook is also being branded as a “Digital Clutch.”
Looking closely at the “Digital Clutch” mini-notebook, it’s LCD panel now occupies most of the machine’s bezel. It also got the same touchpad. While the mouse buttons are place to the right and the left of the touchpad.
HP has not officially announced anything about this mini-notebook or whether it will be marketed as a netbook, or an upgrade of the Mini-Note 2133. But we certainly do hope so that HP would go towards this direction.
If pushed into production and marketed at a reasonable prices, tech guys would have something to be glad about come Christmas day because that HP Mini Note would be a great gift for our lady love. My not-so geek girlfriend would definitely love to have that mini-notebook.
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JkOnTheRun have posted up a flyer from the press in Japan which gives details of the subsidized 3G service for both the HP 2133 Mini-note netbooks and the Inspiron Mini 9 from Dell. According to their source, the subsidy is worth around $370 if users subscribe to a 2 year deal with EMobile.
Looks like Japan are getting a really good deal on these 3G data plans with their purchases of one of these two desirable netbooks. Hopefully this kind of service will roll out to the rest of the world sooner rather than later.
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If you are the owner of an HP Mini-Note 2133 then you might want to read this news on your netbook.
Despite it’s popularity and good reviews, it seems there could be a problem with the HP. There have been reports of the Mini Note simply going black and not booting back up. The advice being given is that the issue is being caused by a motherboard failure of some kind. Time will tell if the problem is going to effect more than a handful of Mini Note’s, hopefully not.
Via: Engadget
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