HP is updating its Pavilion 14.1-inch, 15.4-inch and 17-inch notebook lines and offering Blu-Ray ROM drives in its consumer line for the first tme. The new dv2700, dv6700 and dv9700 are very similar to the previous models and will accomodoate future components that will be announced in the coming months. 
It's not too late to order an a MacBook or MacBook Pro in time to sneak it under the Christmas tree. It's too late to order custom-configured Macs for Christmas, but Apple has several popular configurations that will make it to your door by Christmas eve. 
Toshiba is the first notebook OEM to introduce rewritable HD DVD optical drives. The new drives will be available to Japanese consumers as early as the end of this week. 
Apparently there's not that much demand for Lenovo's ThinkPad Reserve, the leather-bound X Series ThinkPad with a limited production run of only 5,000 units. Earlier this year the ThinkPad Reserve got a fancy web site and Lenovo promised three years of 24/7 support for the princely sum of $5,000. But if you're willing to forgo the 'Executive-class service' you can pick one up for the bargain basement price of $3,000. 
Dell officially launched the Latitude XT Tablet PC, its first foray into tablet computing. The Latitude XT has a 12.1-inch touchscreen display and is tailored for mobile professionals. The Latitude XT can be configured with a 64GB solid state drive and an extended battery that provides up to 9.5 hours of runtime. 
Toshiba announced the Portege M700, a 12.1-inch convertible notebook with a backlit LED display. Users can touch the screen to navigate menus and launch applications, or use the active digitizer to take notes and draft documents. Built for professionals, the M700 is loaded with features and has a reasonable base price of $1,449. 
If you participated in the OLPC Give 1 Get 1 campaign on its first day, your XO laptop is in the mail. The XO laptops should arrive in time for Christmas. 
Toshiba plans on ramping up production on 128GB solid state drives for notebooks starting next year. The new drives will be available in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors. 
Jet Blue is set to announce free in-flight WiFi with limited access to email and messaging. The service will be available on only one of the airliner's jets as an experiment and users will only have access to Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo Messenger. BlackBerry users with WiFi-enabled handsets will also be able to send and receive email. 
Best Buy will begin selling Dell Inspiron and XPS notebooks at more than 900 U.S. stores over the next few weeks. It's about time Dell established a serious retail presence, but the timing is really off. It would have been great for Dell and shoppers to have these notebooks on display for the entire holiday season. 
Google's built a custom interface for iPhone users to make it easier to access all of its services, including Gmail, Docs, Blogger and Calendar. The new interface is much a huge improvement compared to Google's mobile site, which is still accessible on other mobile devices. 
Super Talent announced two 256GB solid state drives, unfortunately they're too big to cram in a notebook, but these larger capacities are a good thing and should trickle down to notebooks. 
Booq announced the Folee 2 Hybrid Travel Bag. The Folee 2 has an updated look and a larger capacity than its processor. Booq's bags are some of the best designed and manufactured notebook cases on the market, but their sky-high prices keep them out of the hands of many users. 
Sony's NW-E013 MP3 player is tiny, stylish and cheap. The 1GB mp3 player only weighs an ounce and will sell for about $100. The NE-E013 has a color LCD that displays track info, settings, time and more. 
The 'juice pack' extended battery is Mophie's latest iPhone accessory. The juice pack doubles your iPhone's runtime, providing an extra 8 hours of talk time or 24 hours of music playback. 
Dell's teamed up with Blizzard to build two special edition World of Warcraft notebooks. Both the Horde and Alliance WoW make the perfect Christmas gift for anyone that's really into the game. They feature custom designs and beefier specs than standard XPS M1730s. The Dell World of Warcraft notebooks come with a ton of goodies including a WoW backpack, Blizzard Beta Club Card and a figurine of your WoW character. 
Western Digital doubled the capacity of its Passport portable drive to 320GB. The USB-powered external 2.5-inch drive is available in several colors and priced at $199.
HP's offering 25% off Pavilion notebooks with coupon coupon code NB2570. This coupon is good for any HP Pavilion notebook configured at $999 or more and valid through 12/18 or while supplies last.