If you wish to buy notebooks of Dell and Acer at a discounted price, all you need to do is get into multi-year contract of wireless broadband service from AT&T. Yes! That is the deal between AT&T with partners Dell and Acer.
Similarly, it has been confirmed that Verizon is also coming into the market by selling HP mini 1000 notebooks at prices much lower if and only if the customers sign on the dotted lines of a 2-year wireless service contract.
There is much speculation on the pricing of the notebook as well as on the release date. Expected to be launched sometime in a weeks’ time from now, (rumored that it is due to be launched by May 17, 2009) it will not be a surprise if the notebook is made available at less than 200 bucks ($199) price (the pricing is yet to be confirmed though), but of course with a contract for 2 years and that’s not sickish considering the price advantage.
The model will be actually HP 1151NR, with a slight variation from its predecessor HP mini 1000. The notebook will sport a 10.1-inch monitor, and the tech specifications include: 1GB of RAM, 80GB Hard drive and a 1024×576 pixel clarity display with an integrated 3G modem.
The notebook is available with 3-cell battery. So, Verizon makes your HP mini notebook available to you at a cheaper price or else you need to buy a HP mini notebook starting from $350 and get that configured with 3G modem.
All said it is not one I would love to buy, I rather invest in a USB drive than spending 200 bucks even if someone yells its low on a netbook and why should I take the 2-year contract. Its so sicking, I hated this arrangement, maybe even if the netbook comes for free; a 6 month contract could be sensible.
It doesn’t make any sense to hang around with same netbook for over 24 months, at least me. The netbook will become obsolete by then. Doesn’t it?
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