The HP Mini 2140 is set to become one of the few netbooks with a screen resolution higher than 1024 x 600. When HP first announced the laptop in January, the company promised that a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display would be an option. But so far only the 10.1 inch, 1024 x 576 pixel screen has been available.

A few weeks ago an HP product manager told me the higher resolution display would be available in early April and that it would only add $25 to the price of the HP Mini 2140. Now Digifitti has uncovered a firmer date: April 6th. I’d take this information with a grain of salt for two reasons. First, the news comes from a sales rep, not HP HQ, and second the article lists the launch date as April 6, 2006. But as someone who’s been guilty of writing a few typos from time to tome, I’m inclined to give Digifitti the benefit of the doubt here.

Anyway, the news does seem to line up with what I’d heard. So I wouldn’t be surprised to see the new screen resolution available as an option on or around the 6th.

You can read more about the HP Mini 2140 in the Liliputing Product Database, or check out my full review of this computer (with the lower screen resolution).

via Netbook Choice