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We first met the Dell XPS 11 back at Computex, but at the time Dell wasn’t ready to go into much detail on its Yoga-like foldable Ultrabook. At a press conference today in New York, however, we learned a little more about the XPS 11 — including the price. For starters — and this should surprise no one — the company’s offering Intel’s Haswell chips, and all-solid-state storage. We’re told the final product doesn’t look any different from the prototype we played with, which is to say it’s an amalgam of machined aluminum and carbon fiber, with a sheet of Gorilla Glass NBT covering the pixel-packed 2,560 x 1,440 “IGZO-based” touch display. That’s what you’ll be poking at when you’re in tablet mode, having folded the solid-surface keyboard back round the 180-degree hinge. Speaking of the keyboard, it will have 0.5mm travel and customizable feedback options. There will also be optional NFC and unspecified “voice options” available when the XPS 11 is finally up for grabs, but when that will be, and at what price, won’t be known for a few weeks yet. Look for it in November for $1,000 and up and in the meantime, we encourage you to revisit our hands-on from June.

Update: At last, Dell has announced pricing and availability for the XPS 11. We’ve just learned it will be available in November, starting at $1,000.

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Dana Wollman contributed to this report.

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Michael Dell, the founder of Dell, had put forward a proposal earlier this year to take the company private. The process to win the bid didn’t prove to be easy. Dell’s multi-billion offer received tough competition from activist investor Carl Icahn. A few weeks back, Ichan finally dropped out of the race, allowing Dell’s bid to go through. Last month, the company’s shareholders voted on the proposal and approved it. The company Dell will now be acquired by Michael Dell along with Silver Lake Partners, a global technology firm. The regulatory hurdles are finally out of the way, as regulators have cleared the $25 billion buyout plan.

Despite the fact that the deal has received regulatory approval, the transaction won’t be completed until the third quarter of 2014. Until the transaction closes, Dell’s shares will continue to be publicly traded. Under the new ownership struction, Michael Dell will own 75 percent of the company he founded back in 1984 in his dorm room at the University of Texas. The remaining will be owned by Silver Lake Partners. Microsoft has also contributed funds for this deal. For each share of Dell common stock that they own, the company’s shareholders will receive $13.75 in cash. They will also receive a special cash dividend of $0.13 per share.

Dell’s $25 Billion Buyout Receives Regulatory Approval original content from Ubergizmo.

We had heard that Dell was working on new Windows-based tablets, but it seems that Dell might have other platforms in mind, thanks to a brand new WiFi certification that has revealed the existence of a certain Dell Venue 8 tablet that will be powered by Android, which is according to the certification as seen in the screenshot above. As it stands not much is known about the Dell Venue 8 tablet running on Android, apart from the fact that it has WiFi b/g/n connectivity, and if the screenshot above is accurate, will run on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

While not confirmed, the “Venue 8” name might also imply that the tablet could come in an 8” form factor, although its exact size remains unknown. It has also been speculated that there is a good chance that Dell could choose to use the Intel Bay Trailer processor for this upcoming tablet, possibly the Atom Z3740 clocked at 1.33GHz, or the Atom Z3770 clocked at 1.5GHz. Either way we’re not sure if and when Dell will announce this device, but if you’ve been a fan of Dell’s products and wouldn’t mind see the company attempt to break into the Android tablet market, be sure to check back with us at a later date to see if there are any additional details that can be had.

Dell Venue 8 Android Tablet Spotted At WiFi Certification Website original content from Ubergizmo.

Dell has quietly axed its XPS 10 tablet, the Windows RT-based 10-inch slate that offered a keyboard dock and ARM processor architecture for longer battery life, though it’s not certain whether it’s a final shift for the company away from the ailing Windows 8 variant. Announced in August last year – in fact we first […]

If you’re dead-set on a Windows RT tablet, it’s increasingly looking like the Surface 2 will be your only option. After Samsung and Lenovo discontinued their respective devices, Dell is also apparently giving up on the beleaguered OS: the XPS 10 is no longer listed for sale on Dell’s site. What’s more, the company is pointedly suggesting that users buy the Latitude 10 instead (that’s a tablet running full Windows 8, with a more powerful Atom processor under the hood). Of course, it’s possible Dell’s just sold out for the moment, but given the unpopularity of Windows RT devices in general, and the fact that Dell declined to refresh the XPS 10 with another RT device, we’re guessing not. At any rate, we’re asking Dell for comment and will let you know if we hear anything.

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