It is getting increasingly clear that tiny notebooks are "in" this year. As a friend of mine would say, "it seems that every man and his dog is out to release one of these".
Since yesterday news and rumors have been going around that HP is going to release an ultra-portable notebook to compete with Asus' EEE PC. These rumors now seem to be firming up since Engadget received some pictures and even got a model number for it: 2133.
Though the HP 2133 looks very sexy it is a bit worrisome that it is said to have not visible screws. Unless it comes with 2GB like the MacBook Air, this is a bad move. Tons of people that have purchased the EEE PC have done memory upgrades, storage upgrades and all sorts of hacks to it. That is one of the things that make the EEE so attractive. You can get one with 512MB or RAM and on the way home stop by any shop and get a new 2GB board for spare change as memory is priced now.
One of the interesting items about the HP 2133 is that it is supposed to have a screen resolution of 1366x768. This would make it much better to use than the EEE PC, but would probably make it a lot more expensive. A new post, today, on Engadget mentions a price over $630, which in itself might not be too bad, depending on the amount of built-in RAM and storage.
This new ultra-portable looks very good and with this rumored screen resolution it may become an attractive alternative in this market.
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