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Upgrade your netbook to a 128GB 1.8-Inch PATA ZIF SSD

Active Media Products announced a new SSD to their line up, a 128GB member of the SaberTooth ZX family. Quieter and faster than a HDD, the Active Media Products drive will add more storage and speed to applications. The drive is available now for $379 at Amazon. The SaberTooth fits slots for 1.8-inch HDDs. It more »

AT&T finally announces Android phones

We all knew it was coming eventually, and today AT&T made it official. The cell carrier will soon start carrying Android phones. The announcement came today at the AT&T Developer Summit at CES. With the exception of the Dell Mini 3, there are no announcements as to what phones specifically will be coming to the more »

Dell Mini 9 tries to burn down house

As a sit here with my laptop nearly burning my leg, it’s stories like this that scare me. A one year old Dell Mini proceeded to growl like an angry chihuahua as its owner unplugged it and placed in on the wooden floor. For only a few minutes the Mini would hiss, sizzle, and smoke more »

Dell Mini 10 netbook gets the Pine Trail treatment, to be available in January

Dell has officially announced the first of what will most likely be a long line of Pine Trail processor based netbooks. The first is the Mini 10 and it will be available sometime in “early January.” Price wise, it will start at $299. In terms of features, of course we have the new processor, which more »

Moblin shown off at Intel Developer Conference

Today, at the Intel Developer Forum, Dell announced the new Dell Mini 10v as the first netbook to use Intel’s Moblin operating system. Moblin is Intel’s idea of what a netbook OS should be and with the coming version 2.1, Moblin is designed for smartphones and Mobile Internet Devices as well. With the OS receiving more »

Dell Mini 10v netbook now available, priced from $299

Dell has recently made another Inspiron series netbook available here in the US. This time it is the Inspiron Mini10v which is priced from $299 and up depending on your configuration. As far as colors, the Mini 10v has more than a few available to choose from. You can opt for the standard black as more »

Dell Mini 10 netbook limited to 1GB of RAM, no upgrading possible

According to the Direct2Dell blog, the Dell Mini 10 “packs a punch” but that is not going to be in terms of maximum allowed RAM. It turns out that the Mini 10 will ship with “1GB fixed RAM” which means that you cannot decide to upgrade it at a later time. The reason behind the more »

AT&T to bring wireless to Dell Mini 9

In an effort to be a part of the current netbook craze, AT&T has partnered with Dell to offer a special deal. Until the end of the month, customers can purchase a Dell Mini with built in mobile broadband for just $99 (after a $350 mail in rebate).

The special price is available only with the purchase of a 2 year AT&T LaptopConnect plan, which is about $60 per month.

Dell’s Inspiron 910 netbook coming this week, possibly Thursday

A specific release date still has not been announced, but based on confirmation from none other than Dell and Box.net we should be seeing the Inspiron 910 within just a few days. To begin with, Dell has confirmed that they would be unveiling their Inspiron 910 netbook this week, with an announcement possibly coming as more »

Dell’s Inspiron 910 support docs showing online, looks like an official release is coming

It looks like those leaked images of the “no function key” Dell Inspiron 910 were indeed accurate, the latest image (pictured above) comes courtesy of some newly released Dell support pages for the upcoming Inspiron 910.

Based on the image, and the docs we can now confirm that the Inspiron 910 will have just two LED’s, one for power and one for battery status. We can also confirm, with some disappointment that the keyboard will be slightly different than most are currently used to seeing, as it will not have the dedicated function keys. Of course, looking on the bright side, it could make for a nicer typing experience with the possibility of slightly larger keys.