Everyday that passes by, we get to check out a new netbook as next generation netbooks are being released and shipped by retailers left and right. We knew about HP Mini 210 since a few months ago. The HP netbooks have been somewhat disappointing so far, so it was not too hard to imagine that the company was going to address some of the issues that older HP netbooks were suffering from in HP Mini 210. HP Mini 210 not only takes advantage of N450 Intel processor, which is faster than its predecessor, it also provides with you up to 9.75 of battery life on the go. Battery life has been a big issue for HP netbooks, but that’s about to change with HP Mini 210.

HP Mini 210 comes in many flavors. Depending on you sub-model, you may get more hard drive, but you won’t get more RAM or features. Not at this point anyway. It’s disappointing to see HP use Windows 7 Starter on these machines as it’s truly an awful operating system, but you can always add an additional 1 GB RAM and put Windows Home Premium on your machine.

In case you are wondering, here is how HP Mini 210 stacks up against other top HP netbooks:

As you can see in the above table, the new HP netbooks are more energy efficient and pack more punch. They are pretty portable as well. While it’s not known whether we can get any close to 9.75 hours of battery life on HP Mini 210, it’s still an improvement over the other HP netbooks on the market. HP Mini 210 netbooks are currently available in store and up for sale. Let’s hope the price drops a bit in the near future.