You could say that we're a bit "lappy happy" today (ugh, that was terrible), as we have two more notebooks -- and one convertible tablet -- from HP to show you, to join the Toshiba Qosmio, Sony VAIOs, and pair of Alienwares we brought you earlier. Both 14.1-inch laptops are replacements for previous HP models -- the redesigned dv2000 (pictured, left) replaces the dv1000 in the Digital Entertainment Center line and the Compaq Presario v3000 (pictured, right) puts the v2000 out to pasture -- with the main upgrades coming under the hood, where each model now offers you a choice of Celeron Duo or Core Duo processors from Intel or the Mobile Sempron or Turion 64 X2 from AMD. Also rocking Core Duo (in three flavors: 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz, or 2.16GHz) is the Compaq tc4400 tablet, which sports a 12.1-inch XGA display with digitizer, integrated graphics, 512MB to two gigs of RAM, 60GB, 80GB, or 100GB hard drive, WiFi, PC Type I/II and SD card slots, and the usual assortment of inputs and outputs. The tablet, which you can peep after the jump, will be available on May 22nd for an undisclosed sum of money (but it's safe to assume that it'll be more than the $1,550 Pentium M-sporting tc4200), while the Intel-based notebooks will ship this month -- with the AMD models following shortly after -- all starting at around $1,049 after rebates and junk.

Read- dv2000 and v3000
Read- tc4400

We've gotten a couple reports now of HP Compaq's supposedly internally delayed nc6400 series, but by the looks of the declaration of ISO conformity document outlining certain part numbers on their site, they're drawing close to launch. Supposedly to be equipped with a 14-inch widescreen (which is a departure from their 4:3 nc4200, pictured right), Core Duo processor, dual layer DVD burner, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g, EV-DO, Bluetooth, and media reader, it sounds like they might be onto something with this one. We'll keep you posted.

src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/displayport.jpg" alt="" />Ruh roh, just when you knew for a fact you
were all settled in with the latest generation of video interconnects for your laptops and peripherals, then VESA comes
along and gets three of the most influential companies in the PC business, href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=dell">Dell, HP, and href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=lenovo">Lenovo, to rally behind its new video interface: DisplayPort. Ok,
so it’s not that new (we wrote about it last
year), but it looks like it’s finally ready to rumble starting May 8th. We called up VESA to get the skinny on the
port, and they were kind enough to hit us up with that graphic and the following deets: it’ll not be backward
compatible with with DVI / VGA (ouch), it’ll have wire-line encryption developed by Philips — that’s not compatible
with HDCP (double ouch), but has a very small plug and scales well
(eh). So why create DisplayPort when we’ve all already settled into DVI / HDMI with or without HDCP for plugging in our
plasma or LCD TVs or monitors? Well, because VESA wanted the market to have a unified, license-free video interconnect
standard that did a few things current systems don’t do, like have a standard low power, low pin count, low profile
connector for use on portable device internals and external monitors alike, or scale indefinitely to resolutions, color
depths, and refresh rates possibly yet unthought of by systems integrators. Ok, fair enough, but where were these guys
in 2001, huh? You know how we feel about nascent standards trying to butt in once we’ve all finally gotten settled on
something decent.

It's still seems a bit silly to be shooting 8 megapixel shots out of such a compact camera, but we're not going to stand in your way, and neither will HP with their flagship compact offering, the Photosmart R927. Besides the 8 megapixel CCD, the camera has a 3-inch LCD, along with HP specific software enhancements to help you get the most out of those 8 million pixels. The reviewer found the image quality solid, with "controlled noise" at ISO 400, good low light focusing, and HP's adaptive lighting functionality, though there were purple fringing problems that are evident when making large prints. The interface is easy enough for a grandparent to use, along with being easy to see on the 3-inch LCD. HP's image undelete, in-camera panorama stitching, and automatic red eye reduction software enhancements were all easy to use and fairly functional. After a brisk startup, the camera is a bit sluggish shot to shot, which is worsened by the red eye processing, but if you can deal with that, and the lack of an optical viewfinder or optical image stabilisation, you might find this to be a pretty good cam for the roughly $400 price.

alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/cringely.jpg" />You’ve got to love the pundit on their soapbox,
don’t you? This week Cringely, whose previous insightful predictions have rung true in href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/10/cringely-predicts-intel-to-buy-apple-dethroning-microsoft/">Intel buying
Apple and Apple
quitting their iPod business, in his usual roundabout prose blames OEMs like Dell or HP for Vista’s delay. He
connects the two by asserting that Microsoft must not have anticipated the buffer / test period required by their
larger OEM partners to get the OS running stably on their boxes before release; thus, since Vista had to go gold long
before launch — and MS wasn’t ready for release to OEMs — they had to delay so as to give their partners the time
necessary to confidently release Vista boxes. (All of which kind of invokes the hysteron proteron fallacy of the
unproved premise supposing its conclusion). But Cringley’s not done: after we’re all integrated and settled with our
Macs with Boot Camp either as beta or in Leopard, he’d like us to believe Apple will become a Windows OEM and start
selling Macs with Vista and OS X out of box "if it will help sales." Um, ok, but there are lots of things
Apple could do to increase sales. And what’s more, he goes on to suppose Apple will again fork their processor platform
by going to 64-bit Intel chips, which they’ll use as a ploy to sell a standalone 32-bit version of OS X to Windows users
for installation on their non-Apple PCs (since you’ll no longer be able to get 32-bit Apple boxes). Whoa, Cringely,
you’re gonna have to slow things down next week, ok? So many absurd suppositions at once are making our heads hurt a
little.

hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/hpgesturekeybd.jpg" alt="" />HP just
let loose with some more info on href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/17/hp-indias-gesture-keyboard-for-pen-entry/">that gesture keyboard the
company showed off in India a couple of weeks ago.  According to HP, the keypad, which was developed by the
company’s Bangalore-based research team, can reproduce the script used in Hindi and other Indic languages, a process
that would require up to 1,000 keys using a traditional keyboard (though most keyboards designed for such languages
rely on keystroke combinations, rather than actual 1,000-key layouts). HP has begun selling the keypad in India for
about $45, including software. The device is being manufactured in India by a company HP declined to name. HP sees the
potential market for the keyboard as comprising up to 1.5 billion non-English speakers in India, Nepal and other South
Asian countries. At $45 a pop, that could make the keyboard a pretty lucrative product for HP.