Netbook Reviews

HP / Compaq have officially announced the Airlife 100 Smartbook. Although this announcement is new, we have known of it’s existence since it’s FCC filing, and shortly after, it’s appearance at CES in January.

The Airlife 100 Smartbook blends together a smartphone and a netbook, by using mostly smartphone hardware, and putting it in a netbook form factor.

The HP Mini 5102 netbook is HP’s latest business orientated netbook, which is a slight upgrade over their previous model, the 5102.

The HP 5102 is aimed at business professionals, and while this might be the case, an every day user who appreciates the professional design and high build quality of the 5102 should consider it.

HP have just announced their latest business orientated netbook, the HP Mini 5102.

They have built on the HP Mini 5101 model, updating the hardware and adding optional touchscreen. The HP 5102 has similar design to the 5101, which in my opinion looks great, and professional.

Very rarely is a netbook officially announced any more, as it is more often revealed by another means.

The upcoming HP Mini 210 netbook has been reveled by two sources, an Internet retailer which lists it as just $279, and HP’s very own support pages for the product.

The HP Mini 311 is currently one of the best netbooks on the market, and has received a great review.

But it looks like the HP 311 is only going to get better, with a number of optional upgrades becoming available soon.

The 11.6-inch HP Mini 311 netbook is currently available with Windows XP operating system and Nvidia Ion LE graphics.

The HP Mini 311 might not have been the first Nvidia Ion powered netbook be to announced by manufacturers, but it was the very first to actually hit the market and become available to purchase.

The HP 311 is an 11.6-inch netbook with Ion LE graphics / chipset, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 HD LCD, HDMI output, and a 160GB hard drive.

HP recently announced their 13.3-inch Pavilon DM3 laptop, but it appears that they have another new model on it’s way, with a smaller size.

The HP Pavilion DM1 is an 11.6-inch thin and light model, much more on the size of typical netbooks. The HP DM1 is expected to feature an Intel CULV (consumer ultra low voltage) Celeron Dual-Core SU2300 processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM (supports upto 5GB), Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, a 320GB / 500GB hard drive, and have an 11.6 inch LED backlit LCD with a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution.

The HP Mini 311 has made a very swift turn around from being announced to be available to purchase. So fast in fact that it has become the very first Ion powered netbook to become available.

Other Nvidia Ion powered netbooks, such as the Lenovo S12 and Samsung N510 (released in Europe), were announced before the HP Mini 311 series, but are still unavailable, as they have been delayed until the release of Windows 7 in late October.

The Compaq Mini 311 is the European version of the very impressive HP Mini 311 netbook (which is available in the U.S).

Although the Compaq Mini 311 has different branding the netbook is essentially exactly the same, featuring the highly anticipated Nvidia Ion LE graphics.

HP have announced two new “Designer Netbooks” in as many days.

HP seem to want to create a trend of “Digital Clutches”, fit for the catwalk. While these netbooks won’t be very appealing to the general audience, HP are hoping they will find their own niche with fashion lovers.