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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HP brings their multi-touch technology to the convertible notebook market with the introduction of the HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC. Featuring “capacitive multi-touch technology, you’ll be able to interact with the tx2 using gestures such as pinch, rotate, arc, flick, press and drag, and single/double tap. Since it’s a convertible notebook, you’ll be able to interact with the tx2 in three different modes – PC, display, and tablet. Specs include the following:

• AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual Core Mobile Processor or AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Mobile Processor
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• 12.1 inch BrightView LED display
• HP Imprint “Reaction” design
• Features HP MediaSmart digital entertainment software suite which allows users to “more naturally select, organize, and manipulate digital files”
• ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics
• LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+-R/RW with DL support
• 250GB  to 400GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD
• 3GB to 8GB of DDR2 memory
• Webcam
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth
• Altec Lansing stereo speakers
• ExpressCard/34 slot
• 6 or 8 cell lithium ion battery
• Measures 8.82 x 12.05 x 1.23 inches and weighs 4.65 lbs

You can order the HP TouchSmart tx2 convertible notebook either at HP shopping or at Amazon.com wit a starting price of $1149.

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AMD has announced the availability of their next generation notebook platform which features a new notebook processor in the form of the AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile processor, and a new chipset in the form of the AMD 7-series chipset, AMD M780G, and AMD SB700 (which features an integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics). The integrated graphics supposedly delivers three times the 3D graphics performance of competitors and features ATI Avivo HD technology for HD video playback.

The new Turion X2 Ulta Dual-Core Mobile processor features enhancements such as AMD’s Independent Dynamic Core Technology, a new mobile-optimized memory controller, and power-optimized HyperTransport 3.0.

If you want discrete graphics, you can also pair the new processor/chipset with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series GPU. The series includes the previously announced Mobility Radeon 3400 and 3600 Series as well as the new ATI Mobility Radeon 3800 Series graphics. The 3800 features:

• Support for PCI Express 2.0
• DirectX 10.1
• Integrated digital output support for HDMI, DVI, and DisplayPort
• Native support for up to 4 monitors

New notebook designs featuring the new processor/chipset from AMD will be coming out from the likes of Acer, ASUS, Clevo, Fujitsu, HP, MSI, NEC, and Toshiba.

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