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HP has just unveiled a first for the company with the HP Pavilion dv3500t.  It is the company’s first 13.3-inch notebook.  Available now at the HP online store at $999.99, the HP Pavilion dv3500t is a 4.12-pound notebook that features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, an NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB video card, up to 8GB of RAM, up to a 400GB of HD, a 13.3 BrightView widescreen display with 16:10 aspect ratio.  The dv3500t also features a LED backlight panel and an under-keyboard backlighting as well.

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HP has come up with a pretty unique take on packaging. In fact they have won Wal-Mart’s Home Entertainment Design Challenge for coming up with their latest idea to reduce packaging.

HP has been able to reduce the packaging for their Pavilion dv692 laptop by an incredible 97% simply by cutting the box out of the picture. That’s right, HP will begin packaging the dv692 in its own messenger style bag. The laptop along with all of the accessories such as battery and power cable will still be wrapped in some bubble wrap to protect it while in shipping, but it will not come with any box.

So overall it sounds like a pretty good idea, not only cut out a lot of the packaging, but users will also get a nice bag included with the purchase. However their packaging savings does not stop there, HP is also able to ship three of these notebooks (pictured below) in a single box thanks to the reduced packaging, which according to Wal-Mart “requires a fourth fewer trucks to deliver to stores.”

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HP has just unveiled a new entertainment notebook PC called the HP Pavilion dv5z. Aside from an AMD Puma mobile platform, this powerful machine can also be configured with either an AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core, Turion X2 Dual-Core Ultra or Athlon mobile processor. You’ll also never end up short with it’s relatively large 15.4-inch LCD display which could very well answer your mobile entertainment needs.

The Pavilion dv5z is packed with 4GB of RAM, either an ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated or ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB graphics, up to 320GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner with an upgrade option to a Blu-ray ROM, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g/n, an optional Bluetooth module, built-in 56k modem, Ethernet, HDMI, VGA output, four USB ports, ExpressCard slot and integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers. You can also add an optional built-in web camera and fingerprint reader. And for its operating system, the machine comes pre-installed with Windows Vista.

If you’re in the market for a new laptop, you might want to consider getting one of these machines, they are currently available and retail beginning at $699.99.

Product [HP] Via [Laptoping]

We first saw the tx2000 back in early January with a nice video and full set of specs. So while there not much else to mention, the tx2000 is now available and is retailing for $1,299.99. As expected the tx2000 has a 12.1-inch touchscreen display, 2.1GHz AMD Turion processor, 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics card, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth and a LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW drive. There are also options to upgrade and add a 250GB hard drive, bump the RAM up to 4GB and also add a Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard. The tx2000 weighs in at just 4.35-pounds.

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HP has just announced the Pavillion tx2000, which is the latest, and best, of their tablet PC line. Features include:

• An active digitizer for improved hand-writing recognition.
• 12.1-inch display that rotates and folds flat.
• Powered by AMD processors.
• Graphics are provided by an integrated NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics card that shares up to 128MB of RAM.

The base model will have a 120GB drive, with 160, 250 and 320GB upgrades available. You get a chose of Vista Home Premium, Vista Business or Vista Ultimate and HP Imprint Finish with optional HP webcam, integrated microphone, and fingerprint reader. The tx2000 is expected to retail for $1299. At 4.5lbs it isn’t the lightest tablet on the market, but it is loaded up pretty well feature wise.

Via [Notebooks.com]