reghardware.co.uk - 10/24/2008
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Dell Vostro A90 Dell's Vostro A90: rebranded Inspiron Mini 9
blog.laptopmag.com - 10/27/2008
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blog.laptopmag.com —
A few months ago, even before Dell released
its Inspiron Mini 9, I got a chance to...
take a peek at the Inspiron Mini line, including the Mini 12. At a meeting in San Fransisco with SightSpeed , a LAPTOP Editor’s Choice video calling service which also ...
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Dell Inspiron Mini 12 First Impressions; The $600 ...
businesswire.com - 10/27/2008
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businesswire.com —
ROUND ROCK, Texas--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Dell today introduced
the Inspiron™ Mini 12, a small, easy-to-carry Internet companion...
that you can fine tune to fit your specific needs and deeds. Like its counterpart the Inspiron Mini 9 , the Mini 12 is ideal ...
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Slim, Stylish and Well-Connected: Introducing the Dell ...
dellbatteryprogram.com - 10/31/2008
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dellbatteryprogram.com —
Dear Dell Customer, Dell has identified a potential
issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™,...
Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...
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Dell Battery Return Program
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Dell Vostro A90: rebadged Inspiron Mini 9 netbook for business
SlashGear —
... x 600 display, and will be offered solely with Windows XP as OS, rather than the Mini 9’s Ubuntu Linux configuration. The usual three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, memory card reader and audio in/out are there, together with ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR.
Currently announced in Japan only, the Dell Vostro A90 is priced at ¥92,830 ($999). That’s considerably higher than the Inspiron Mini 9, which is currently retailing for ¥57,079 ($614) in Japan.
[via Register Hardware]
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Dell Vostro A90: a netbook for the suits
CrunchGear —
Dell has taken the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook and dressed it up for the business types. The innards are exactly the same as the pedestrian counterpart with an Intel 1.6 Atom CPU, 8GB SSD, 1GB of RAM and a 8.9-inch screen. So far the stark black netbook is announced only for the Japanese market and carries an astonishing high price of ¥92,830 ($999 USD), and unless this netbook fad takes off here in the States, chances are the Vostro A90 will stay over in Tomorrow Land. We don’t need another netbook here anyway.
Dell price gouges Japanese business market for spray painted Mini Inspiron
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... black and white as it of course does, Dell has opted to rebrand the Mini Inspiron as the Vostro A90 in Japan.
Everything else is the same. It still comes in black (although it's a blacker, more businessy black). It still has the same 1.6GHz Atom, the same 8GB storage drive, the same whatever.
But price? Close to a thousand dollars.For a machine that, short of a spray of paint, goes for less than 400 in the same configuration. Ha! lolwhut?
Dell readies small, cheap computer for small biz [Reg Hardware]
Dell rebrands its own Mini 9 as the Vostro A90, jacks the price to absurd levels
Engadget —
... We're no strangers to rebranded netbooks, but we're a little bufuddled as to why Dell's rebranding its own Inspiron Mini 9 as the Vostro A90. Sure, we're digging the stealth looks, but the specs haven't changed at all, and we don't think the Vostro brand really has any ...
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Dell mini 12 Vista Netbook officially announced
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Dell Drivers and Downloads
support.dell.com 10/16/2008 — This is a legal agreement between you, the user, and Dell Products, L.P ("Dell"). This agreement covers all software that is distributed with the Dell computer, for which there is no separate license agreement between you and the manufacturer or owner ...
Q + A: Dell Shares Plans for Inspiron Mini 12
blog.laptopmag.com 10/27/2008 — The last time we caught up with Dell senior product manager John New in early September, the world’s No. 2 PC manufacturer was busy launching the Inspiron Mini 9. Nearly two months later, Dell isn’t jumping on the 10-inch bandwagon with ASUS, HP, ...
Dell Ships Computers with movies and Music Pre-Installed —
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New Apple Mac mini coming Rumor renewed —
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HP Mini 1000 Netbook leaks —
I4U News 10/27/2008
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Dell mini 12 very early Review —
I4U News 10/27/2008
Dell officially announced the new 12 inch Dell Inspiron mini 12 netbook today. LaptopMag actually had very early on a chance to play wit the mini 12 and they published a first impressions review of the new large netbook running Vista.
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Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is official at last —
T3.com News 10/27/2008
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 must be one of the worst kept secrets in the tech world since the iPhone 3G. Even before the Mini 9 had reached shelves, Tesco had already blown the whistle by accidentally announcing it on its website.
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