The Pre 2 is available for pre-order tomorrow, so we aren’t sure why HP has announced this one now. It kind of kills sales of the Pre 2. Sucks for that model. The Pre 3 is HP’s new webOS phone, packing decent specs. The Pre 3 will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8x55 processor clocked to 1.4GHz, a 3.58″ touchscreen (480 x 800), 8 or 16 GB of internal storage, and Flash support.

It also features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5 megapixel rear camera with flash, 720p HD video recording, a VGA front facing camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and HP Touchstone support. Yeah, screw the Pre 2. You’ll want to wait for this one.

At HP’s webOS event today, the first webOS tablet called TouchPad was introduced. The TouchPad features a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a 9.7″ touchscreen (1024 x 768), 16 or 32GB of storage, Flash support, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, internal stereo speakers, Beats Audio, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, and HP Touchstone support.

That is one nice feature set. The iPad 2, PlayBook and Xoom just got some serious competition. Nothing on price yet, but it will be available this summer.

HP’s webOS event is going to unveil more than one webOS device. We know this thanks to HP’s online shopping page, which has leaked some product names, like the HP Veer, Pre 3 and the TouchPad. Looks like these devices will offer the webOS experience in “S, M and L” flavors.

The lineup sure looks interesting. In their excitement somebody must have published the info a tad early and leaked these devices. We will know more soon.

HP has announced some new consumer notebooks that are based on HP’s MUSE (materials, usability, sensory appeal and experience) design philosophy. The new notebooks can be personalized with your choice of 17 exclusive wallpapers designed by six artists.

The Pavilion dv6 and dv7 notebooks use design elements from the company’s ENVY line and feature sleek metal finishing, HP’s exclusive Beats Audio, USB 3.0, on-board quad speakers and the dv7 also includes a subwoofer. Screen sizes are 15.6 and 17.3 inches and are powered by Intel’s second-generation Core i5 and i7 processors and optional AMD Radeon 6000 graphics. You also have the option of a Blu-ray disc player and up to 1TB of storage on the dv6 and 2TB of storage on the dv7.

Hp’s TouchSmart 610 and 9300 Elite Business PCs feature displays that can recline up to 60 degrees, making sure that the surface is easier to use. The 23-inch displays feature a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and the TouchSmart 610 also has a TouchSmart software layer, for finger-friendly Hulu, Netflix and Twitter apps.

The 610 has Intel and AMD desktop processor options, up to 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, Blu-ray drive, 1.3-megapixel camera and Beats Audio speakers. The 9300 has Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge processors, a 160GB SSD option, 2-megapixel camera and facial recognition software. The 610 will cost $900 and be available on February 9th, while the 9300 will arrive in May for an unknown price.

A tipster sent some internal renders of HP / Palm’s “Topaz” webOS tablet to the folks over at Engadget, which is one of two tablets currently developed by HP/Palm. The two tablets are the 9-inch Topaz and a 7-inch model codnamed Opal. As you can see in the render, it sports the no-button design, a front-facing camera, a micro USB port on the bottom, and what looks like a three speaker arrangement.

Word is that units will start to arrive at Palm HQ in June, with a launch later this year. The WiFi-only, AT&T 3G, and Verizon LTE versions of the Opal should arrive in September 2011, and on AT&T LTE in July 2012. No info on pricing yet.

HP has been busy today having filed a trio of trademarks for devices that could represent Palm’s 2011 webOS lineup. The USPTO filings refer to the Gyst, Myte and Veer in generic terms but they could fit the description of a smartphone. These three could be the previously codenamed Mantaray, Stingray and Windsor, with the previously mentioned Broadway maybe being the Pixi 2.

We don’t know what these phones will do versus the Pre 2 and Pixi 2, but at least one will likely to be a touch-only model. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

Many of you are looking for a budget laptop this Christmas. Well, HP has something new to offer you. They have added the G62x to its previously released G62m and G62t models. The 15.6-inch laptop boasts an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU unlike the Core i3s that the G62m and G62t models pack.

Aside from that, all three are identical, featuring 16:9 aspect ratio panels, WiFi, an HDMI reader, three USB 2.0 ports, and a 6-cell battery. The G62x is the lowest end, budget laptop of the group. The price starts at $430 and it’s available now over at HP.

Many of you have been waiting to get your hands on the new Palm Pre 2 smartphone from HP Palm and for you folks, we have some great news. HP has just started selling a SIM free version of the Palm Pre 2 in the US.

The Palm Pre 2 is available from the HP website for $449.99 SIM free. It’s the first smartphone from HP Palm since they took over Palm and it’s also the first to feature the new webOS 2.0. The Palm Pre 2 features a 3.1 inch HVGA multitouch display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, along with a slide out QWERTY keyboard
and a five megapixel camera with an LED flash.

Walmart is now selling the HP Garden Dreams Pavilion dv5-2129wm Special Edition Laptop. This 14.5-inch laptop sports a spring look thanks to its floral design, despite winter coming soon. This is a Walmart exclusive, powered by an AMD Turion II P540 processor and the ATI Radeon HD 4250 integrated graphics chipset, 4GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD burner, and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.

Some other specs include Wi-Fi N, 3 USB 2.0 ports, HDMI output and a 5-in-1 media card reader. It will cost you $598.

Have you been waiting on the HP Envy 17 3D laptop? Well, it is here at long last. HP has officially put it up on its website. The Envy 17 3D packs in a 17.3-inch 3D Ultra BrightView display, has AMD’s 3D tech, and it even comes with active shutter glasses, so you won’t have to pay for those separately.

You get your choice of Intel Core i7 processors, ATI Mobility Radeon graphics, a range of hard drive options and Windows 7 operating systems. The base configuration starts at $1,599.

HP’s hybrid Android tablet with a printer attached is now available for sale for $400. It’s a printer with a detachable 7-inch tablet on board.

The company recently announced that it won’t be releasing any Windows Phone 7 or Android products, but they went ahead with the eStation C510 anyway as it was designed prior to HP’s acquisition of Palm. It’s available for purchase right this instant from HP.

HP has already announced that the company won’t be launching any Windows Phone 7 devices that would use Microsoft’s mobile OS and now today the company says that they will also be killing plans for Android devices from the company’s lineup.

HP will turn it’s focus on its own webOS mobile operating system instead, taking advantage of its acquisition of Palm. The one exemption to this new mandate seems to be the HP Photosmart eStation printer, which features an integrated Android tablet.

HP’s Pavilion Elite HPE-490t is the powerful desktop computer you’ve been looking for. It’s powered by the quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and is priced at only $1,075.

Other features include 9GB DDR3 memory, a 1TB hard drive, a 1GB Radeon HD 5450 graphics, an HDMI port, a 16X DVD+/-RW LightScribe, Gigabit Ethernet, a 15-in-1 card reader, a multimedia keyboard and mouse, and Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

HP has outed two new and attractive all-in-one desktop PCs in the TouchSmart 310 and Omni 100. The TouchSmart 310 features a 20-inch 1600 x 900 multitouch display, a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon II 240e dual-core processor, ATI Radeon HD 4270 integrated graphics, 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 1TB hard drive, webcam, DVD burner, TV tuner, a 6-in-1 card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, two built-in speakers and Windows 7 is running the show.

The Omni 100 has a 20-inch 1600 x 900 non-touchscreen display, a 1.8GHz AMD Athlon II 260u dual-core processor, ATI Radeon HD 4270 integrated graphics, 3GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a webcam, DVD burner, a 6-in-1 card reader, WiFi, two built-in speakers and Windows 7 as the OS.