HP has unveiled three new 12-inch notebooks Monday based on Intel’s new Centrino 2 platform HP has announced three new ultra-portable notebooks Monday with the introduction of their HP EliteBook 2530p, HP EliteBook 2730p, and HP Compaq 2230s. First up is the slim HP Elitebook 2530p, featuring a 12.1-inch widescreen LED display, military grade build quality, and a slew of storage options including SSD, dual hard drives, and optical drive. The HP EliteBook 2730p has a bit of a twist to it, as it’s a pen-based tablet PC with a 12.1-inch widescreen display and 1.11-inch thickness. It weighs in at 3.74 pounds, with many of the same options as the HP Elitebook 2530p. The HP EliteBook 2530p and HP EliteBook 2730p should be available early September, fashionably late for the back-to-school shopper, and priced starting at $1,499 and $1,670, respectively....

Topping the list of new HP products is the HP EliteBook 8730w. Joining this laptop are the HP EliteBook 8530w and HP EliteBook 8530p, both of which include a 15.4" diagonal display, Intel Core 2 Duo processors and 8 GB of memory. Pricing and release dates for these products, as spelled out by HP, are that the HP EliteBook 8730w Mobile Workstation is expected to be available later this month at the starting price of $1699. The HP EliteBook 8530 series is expected to be available in September starting at $1499....

24-Hour Battery Life Laptop from HP. hp elitebook laptop. HP announced Monday its EliteBook notebook can achieve up to 24-hours of battery life. HP announced Monday its EliteBook laptop can achieve up to 24-hours of battery life. On Monday, HP announced it had reached an astounding 24-hours of battery life with its EliteBook 6930p laptop. The 14.1-inch EliteBook 6930p has been designed to a military standard supposedly helping to defend it against bumps, drops, spills, vibrations, extreme temperatures and high humidity....

Each OEM appealed to a different aspect of the potential market, starting with HP showing off an Elitebook 2530 equipped with an SSD drive. The SSD-based Elitebook finished the tasks in about 31 seconds, while the magnetic drive still wasn’t finished when the presentation ended....

HP claims that choosing the LED option on its Elitebook 6930p notebook can push the battery life beyond 24 hours....