HP announces two new thin and ultra-light portable systems – the HP Pavilion dv2 and HP Pavilion dv3 – as well as the successor to the HP Blackbird 002 – the HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA.

The HP Pavilion dv2 is the first notebook announced to support the newly introduced AMD Athlon Neo processor platform. The dv2 features the following specs:

• Measures just under 1 inch thick
• Weighs starting at 3.8 pounds
• Athlon Neo processor with discrete graphics
• Up to 500GB storage
• Magnesium casing
• 12.1 inch diagonal LED BrightView display
• Nearly full size keyboard
• Available in two striking finishes with match HP Imprint designs on the palm rest – Espresso and Moonlight
• Optional built-in WWAN
• Built-in HP Webcam
• Microphone
• Optional lightweight external optical disc drive with Blu-ray support
• Available in April with starting prices at $699

Meanwhile, the HP Pavilion dv3 is powered by an AMD Turion Ultra X2 notebook platform, weighs just 4.35 pounds, and comes with a 13.3 inch diagonal LED BrightView backlit display. Other specs include:

• Built-in slot-loading SuperMulti DVD drive
• 5 in 1 media card reader
• HP Mobile Remote control
• SRS Premium Sound
• Optional solid state drive
• Magnesium casing
• Available starting today with starting prices at $799

Finally, the new HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA features:

• Intel Core 2 Quad processor
• Dual NVIDIA GeForce 9800S small form factor graphics cards in SLI configuration
• Hot-swappable 320GB dual hard drives
• Advanced thermal management system
• Windows Vista Home Premium OS 64 bit
• NVIDIA nForce 760S SLI MCP motherboard
• Up to 4GB RAM
• Two DIMM slots
• 350 watt external power adapter
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth
• Realtek 5.1 audio or Creative Audio Sound Blaster X-Fi Mini-PCIe module
• SPDIF out
• Microphone/headphone/line-out
• HDMI, dual link DVI
• 6x USB 2.0, 2x eSATA, 1x FireWire
• ExpressCard/54
• Available starting on Jan 9th with starting prices at $1799.

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