HP's new gifts to the Road Warriors

Those who I work with or who have been following my publications online know that for years now I have been trying to find ways to optimize working mobile.

"Teleworking" as we call it in the Netherlands has increasingly been gaining intrest over the last few years. The ever increasing traffic jams in the Netherlands have only been fuelling the discussions around "Teleworking" both at governmental level and at corporate level.

Although over the last years we have made quamtum leaps in terms of mobilizing our working environment, my quest in that matter is far from over. We're only at the dawn of the Mobile area and the recent boost in popularity of the UMPC and the devices now known as Netbooks (unless Psion gets their way) clearly demonstrates that.

That is why you can understand that I was thrilled to take the new HP Mini Note 2140 and the new HP Elitebook 2530p for a short spin.



My first impressions: HP, could I take both devices home for a more thorough test, pretty please?!?!?!?!




The HP Mini Note 2140 ... do you notice the battery that doubles as stand? Err, it does not fold in with the screen ... ?? Other that that it looks and feels fantastic!


... and guess what, HP ditched the VIA 1.7 CPU in favor of the Intel Atom 1.6Ghz that recently has become the De Facto standard. Way to go HP! This machine feels snappy!


Performance in a small package. A tad bigger than the Mini Note, the Elite Book adds a great build quality to the mix as well as a keyboard light comparable to the excellent Thinklight that I have grown so fond of in the Thinkpads.


For me personally, the Elitebook 2530p at fist glance has the upper hand. Looks and feels more serious and still is small and light enough for real nomadic computing!

(And YESSS there is the 3G Mobile Broadband option with this one)