Hey, did you hear? It’s true! Now you can stop dreaming and really have your WebOS slate/tablet in the “near future”, thanks to confirmation directly from HP via a press release reporting their Q2 2010 financial results and also their Twitter feed (they have a habit of placing the most exciting things in the oddest of places, don’t they? Like listing new processors in service manuals). HP has also mentioned that we should also expect WebOS (or some sort of variation/edition) to make its way into printers (huh?!) as well – I presume these will be all-in-one printers as well as high end business printers where using a dedicated OS would come in handy the most.
Strange enough, they haven’t mentioned anything about stuffing WebOS into digital picture frames yet… I was kinda expecting that one.
Qualcomm has just posted a press release that HP is coming out with a new smartbook that runs Google’s Android OS and is powered by their 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor! Pictures and more details soon…
Well, HP didn’t make any announcement or press release of the HP Mini 210 consumer netbook but it’s almost everywhere on the net already, even some online stores are taking orders. What’s funny is HP also has had a support page for the Mini 210 for a few days now. I wonder what’s up. Anyhow, here are the specifictions of HP’s Atom N450 running, buttonless trackpad sporting netbook for 2010:
- Intel Atom N450 AKA Pine Trail processor (Single core running at 1.66 GHz)
- Built in graphics (Integrated)
- 10.1 inch display
- 1 DDR2 RAM slot for either 1 GB or 2 GB sticks; model variations supporting DDR3 RAM unconfirmed
- 2.5 inch notebook hard disk with capacities up to 250 GB
- Chiclet keyboard first seen on the HP Mini 5101 business netbook; now with super-sized arrow keys
- Built-in front-facing stereo speakers
- Button-less trackpad ala HP Envy 13/Envy 15 and Apple’s Macbooks
The HP Mini 210 also has a variety of ports you’ll commonly find on netbooks: including a VGA port, 3 USB 2.0 ports (no powered USB like the Mini 5101 though), audio out port for your headphones/speakers, SD slot and LAN port.
