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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 41 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Saturday, Oct 10th 2009 No Comments

After spending most of Friday curled in a ball twitching and drooling after losing power and Internet access for almost 12 hours, I am glad to be back online and in the 21st century again. Just in time to hunker down and dose myself with a nice helping of week in review for your perusal. Chris reviewed the GSM Palm Pre and found the camera wasn't as good as some of its peers but found plenty to like in the end. The webOS operating system stands apart from rival OS'. Buffalo announced the HD-HU3 USB 3.0 drive and controller that will be shipping in Japan this month. The drive isn’t even that expensive; I hope it comes to America too.

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Dell unveils new colors for Dell Design Studio based on nail polish

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments

Dell long ago determined that the way to get consumers to buy laptops was to offer them lots of options for not only the hardware inside the computers, but the colors on the outside. Out of that was born the Dell Design Studio where you can choose custom colors and artwork to sit on the top of your notebook. While Dell only teased that sexy Adamo XPS machine today, it spent much more time showing off the new colors for its notebooks based on nail polish colors from OPI.

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Dell Adamo XPS gets teased again, details as thin as its profile

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 1 Comment

You may remember last month when the numerical oddity that was 9-9-09 came rolling around, Dell teased us with a shot of the corner and profile for the Adamo XPS notebook. The machine was really thin, and that’s about all we could glean from the teaser. Dell is back with more tease and no more information about the Adamo XPS today.

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Dell Mini 3i Android phone confirmed for US launch?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments

Dell swore blind that their first Android device – the Dell Mini 3i – was a China-only device that was more proof-of-concept than anything else, but according to CrunchGear they’ve been telling us porkies. Their source has apparently confirmed that Dell are working on a US version of the Mini 3i, with boosted hardware, a better quality casing and more megapixels than the China Mobile version’s 3MP shooter.

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Dell computers come with Napster for a year

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

Dell and Napster announced today that certain Dell consumer laptops and desktops would be offered with a year of free Napster service included. The machines are set to start shipping later this month in the UK, US, and Germany.

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Dell reveals powerful Vostro 430 desktop

By Shane McGlaun on Thursday, Oct 1st 2009 No Comments

Dell has so many different desktop and notebook computers that it can be hard to keep up. The company has been adding lots of lower cost machines to its line of Vostro business notebooks and desktops. Today Dell has unveiled a new Vostro 430 desktop computer that starts at a low price and can be optioned with powerful components.

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Dell Latitude Z 600 up for order: $1,799 with online discount

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 1st 2009 No Comments

Dell’s new flagship business notebook, the Latitude Z 600, has gone on sale, and thanks to an online discount its eye-watering $2k sticker has already taken a tumble to $1,799. That’s still pretty darned high, but in this case it gets you Intel’s Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD and GMA 4500MHD graphics. Figure on spending close to $400 more if you want Dell’s nifty wireless charging system, however.

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Dell Latitude Z 600 arrives: wireless charging & dock

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 29th 2009 No Comments

Dell have finally outed their new flagship business notebook, the Dell Latitude Z 600, a 16-inch machine that’s packed full of wireless technologies. The Latitude Z 600 has a matte-finish 1,600 x 900 display, backlit keyboard, choice of Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz SU9400 or 1.6GHz SU9600 processors, up to 4GB of RAM and up to dual SSD drives for storage, as well as an optional wireless charging stand (around $200 each for the stand and the notebooks’ wireless module) and optional UWB-based wireless dock with USB, DVI and other connections.

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Dell launch Mini 10v Moblin Edition netbook for devs [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Dell have announced their first netbook running Intel’s Moblin platform, and it’s available for developers to buy now. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v Ubuntu Moblin Remix Edition is priced at $299 and comes with the usual Mini 10v specification – Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard-drive – but uses Canonical’s combination of the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, and applications with the internals of Ubuntu Linux 9.04.

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Video demo after the cut

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Novatel WWAN/WiFi card to bring embedded MiFi to Dell notebook?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Are Novatel planning to put a MiFi module inside Dell’s Latitude E4300? That’s one interpretation of the company’s recent FCC filing, which shows a dual-mode WiFi and WWAN module capable of concurrently using both wireless radios, and with antenna connections for the E-series notebook.

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