The HP Mini 1000 was set to get it’s 3G option in December but it would seem that HP surprised us by releasing it early. dplxy of Pocketables forum managed to get 3G up and running by contacting customer support from both HP and AT&T. All that needs to be be done is to get the hp driver from here unzip it with 7zip or winzip, double click swisetup to install, insert the sim and away you go.

 

Laptop Mag has a story and pictures of a new mininote with a 10 inch screen, their isd still no word on the internal specs. I really hope that they ship this with the Nano that we Have been hearing / reading so much about. It’s the same form factor but the screen takes up the entire bezel, I would guess that it’s the same resolution but that is just a guess.

hpmininotepc.com is reporting his/her experiences with googles’ new chrome browser, here is an excerpt from the article;

I downloaded and ran it on my hp mini-note and was very impressed with the performance and the simplicity of the interface. On Google Chrome, I was happily browsing with 10 open tabs and no performance degradation.

The google chrome browser is not available for linux yet but you can get the windows download here;

Google Chrome

Sorry I couldn’t post more but I could read the article myself as I only have access to IE6 (which crashes when trying to open that page).

Read More Here

Do you cheer for the underdog? Would you love to see VIA unseat Intel in the battle for the hearts and minds of netbook market share just because Intel’s, well, Intel? Good, then you’ll love this highly emotive video produced by VIA showing its meager 1.3GHz Nano processor kicking Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom to the curb in a 1080p HD video test. We’d be more suspect of the results had we not already seen VIA clean Intel’s house in the head-to-head benchmarks. Now pull up a seat ringside and get ready to sputter along with the Atom-based netbook

 

Nano vs Atom Video

Netbooks based on VIA’s Nano mobile processor aren’t nearly as common as those based on Intel’s Atom, but based on the benchmarking that’s been going on recently, that’s a shame, since the Nano appears to be much faster than the Atom 230. PC Perspective, Eee PC News, and Hot Hardware all ran some tests recently, and a 1.8GHz Nano L2100 with Chrome9 graphics was usually able to outperform a 1.6GHz Atom 230 with GMA950 graphics at everything from MP3 ripping to 3D benchmarking. Of course, that’s not without a tradeoff — the Nano was a bit more power-hungry, and the Atom’s memory and graphics systems were occasionally faster than the Nano’s. Still, it seems like the Nano has more raw horsepower than the Atom — and it’s pin-compatible with VIA’s popular C7M, so hopefully we’ll be seeing machines like HP’s Mini-Note make the jump relatively soon.

Bad news, Atom fans. That dual-core nugget of netbook-powering goodness that you were so looking forward to seeing in Q3 won’t begin shipping until Q4. According to some data picked up by Fudzilla, the Atom 330 will only be debuting in Q3 (September 21st, to be precise), but it isn’t scheduled to get a shipping label until a few months later. Also of note, we’re told that the chip will sell (at some place in the supply chain) for $43, but don’t count on those savings being completely passed onto you.

Misco.co.uk Delivered my hp 2133 mini-note KX872AA today over a month early (compaired to the june rumors)! As you’ll have to understand I’m eager to mess around with it. It’s also available and listed as in stock on other online retailers. I’ll leave you with the un-boxing pics;

First Impressions :

I don’t care about the cpu speed I just think this is a great machine, heres what I like most about it;

• Stunning High Resolution screen
• Best Keyboard that I have ever had on a laptop
• Looks better than in the photos I’ve seen
• It belongs to me

Thanks Misco.co.uk

lightweight has reported that The XP edition of the MiniNote will come with the media to install XP and the drivers but not with XP actually installed on it I think this is good news, as it ensures that you can do a fresh install if you need to. Installing windows is very easy and you get as many attempts at it as you want, so if you are unhappy just try installing again it will teach you a little more about computers if nothing else. XP runs very well on the mini note so this is something to look forward to.

Over the past few days, pcmag has been running some tests, to find out which one of the UMPCs out their is best for typing on and they have crowned the mini-note is the winner. With a nice big keyboard like that was their really any doubt? heres a short video;

UTube

So seems if you want to get reports or articles written on the move the mininote is the best tool for the job. So the mini-note might wind up being being popular with journalists given the keyboard and it’s connectivity options wifi /express card (3g, etc). Thats off course if they every release the mini-note into markets other than education, this test shows that the hp2133 has some significant advantages in the education market.

Josh (themole) over at hp2133guide.com has recently been running all sorts of useful benchmarks on the mini. Here is his most recent video, which shows the 1600MHz model running wow3 and some high res videos. I think it looks playable even on vista (not much of a gamer myself);