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Every time we write about Intel’s flawed Sandy Bridge chipset and the need for it to be physically replaced, the financial costs go up. First Intel projected a $300 million hit to its bottom line, then it set aside $700 million to cover repairs and replacements, and now it’s estimating a round $1 billion loss in “missed sales and higher costs.” Those missed sales will be coming directly from guys like MSI and Gigabyte, two of the major motherboard makers, who have stopped selling their Sandy Bridge-compatible models until Intel delivers untainted stock, and also Dell, who has nixed availability of its Alienware M17x R.3 gaming laptop. CNET did spot that HP and Dell were still selling laptops with the offending chipset in them yesterday, but we imagine both will get their online stores straightened out in due course. For its part, HP says it’s pushing back a business notebook announcement due to this news, much like NEC has had to do. Moral of the story? Don’t let faulty chips out of the oven.

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Dell, Gigabyte and MSI pull products in wake of Sandy Bridge chipset flaw, HP faces delays originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Dell Streak 7 will be available from T-Mobile starting Feb. 2.

For those of you with lengthy tech-toy wish lists and not-so-deep pockets, T-Mobile’s new tablet offering may provide the answer you’ve been waiting for.

Beginning Feb. 2, the Dell Streak 7 tablet will be available for $200, after a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract, T-Mobile has announced. Off-contract, the tablet will retail for $450.

The new 7-inch Streak is a bump up in size from Dell’s last 5-inch offering, as well as a dip in price from the $300 charged for the 5-inch AT&T version. But unlike its teensy predecessor, the Streak 7 will be able to connect to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network — although as we’ve recently noted, the term “4G” seems to be in the eye of the beholder.

We got our hands on the Streak 7 today, and our first impressions are generally positive. (We’ll follow up with a full review later in the week.)

It’s chunkier in shape than the iPad, but with rounder edges than the Galaxy Tab. It rests comfortably in one hand or two, suggesting it will serve just as well for passive reading and video watching as it will for more-active browsing.

The interface will be familiar to anyone who’s used Android, and neither T-Mobile nor Dell have mucked up the basic operating system with too many widgets.

The screen is bright and somewhat responsive, although it’s a little “jumpy.” While the screen moves quickly, it’s not quite as smooth as the iPad at tracking your finger motions when you swipe or pinch the screen. It’s as if the makers decided to compensate for the touchscreen’s lack of sensitivity by making the screen move faster, and the result is that the screen sometimes feels as if it’s jumping ahead of your finger.

Web browsing and video playback were all quite smooth, and stereo speakers built into the case provide decent if somewhat anemic audio.

The Streak will come packing one of Nvidia’s much-hyped dual-core Tegra 2 processors, while touting the suite of recent tablet debut standards — SD card slot, Wi-Fi access, Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, 5-megapixel back-facing camera for photos and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera with video-chat capability.

T-Mobile is targeting the lower-priced end of the tablet market with the $200 tag, beating out the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which recently dropped its sticker price to $250, after a $50 mail-in rebate. Though the Streak’s off-contract $450 isn’t exactly a bargain-basement price, its still 50 bucks cheaper than the lowest-priced iPad.

The Streak 7’s debut comes at the forefront of a 2011 tablet-debut onslaught. Rumors of a March release for HP’s new webOS-powered “Topaz” have been circulating recently, with the Android-fueled Motorola Xoom soon to follow. While the Streak may have a leg up on Motorola in terms of pricing — leaked screenshots suggest a hefty $800 price tag for the tablet on debut — it might be at a disadvantage running the antiquated Android version 2.2 (Froyo) against the version 3.0 Honeycomb-powered Xoom.

But despite version-fragmentation issues, a relatively low-cost option like the Streak 7 may be impetus enough for shoppers to jump on one of the first big tablet offerings of the year.

A textured back makes the Dell Streak 7 comfortable to hold.

Photos: Jonathan Snyder/Wired.com

This article was written on January 17, 2006 by CyberNet.

Right now you can get $440 off of the Dimension 9150 Pentium D Dual Core Computer when you purchase the 24″ monitor with it. This is the computer that I have and it is awesome. Because this computer is dual core it is capable of running 64-bit Windows which is important to have for the future (or even now for that matter). You can get this deal from Dell Small Business.
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Creaky or cracking hinge up in your Alienware lappy? Its days are numbered — though exactly what that number is remains to be seen. Dell Forum Liaison Chris Mixon posted that the company is working on getting a hinge replacement program going for the M11x laptop with “an ETA around March,” but cautions that start date is “dependent on a 3rd party vendor and other details so it is not concrete.” In other words, April or May might not be a bad month to keep in mind if you hate being disappointed, but know that the hinges will be repaired regardless of when your warranty expires. So, hopefully no fears for disappointment there.

[Thanks, Esteef]

Dell to begin fixing busted M11x in March — or thereabouts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Odds are you’ll have your first chance at Honeycomb with Motorola’s Xoom next month, but LG’s G-Slate for T-Mobile — which might very well be 3D-enabled — shouldn’t be too far behind. New intel coming out of TmoNews today pegs the G-Slate for a March 23rd launch with an unknown price tag, preceded by the Dell Streak 7 on February 2nd (which is being billed as the carrier’s “first 4G tablet” thanks to its HSPA+ support) at $299.99 on contract after rebate. Turning to non-tablet news, the Galaxy S 4G — which you might recall is basically a Vibrant remixed with HSPA+ — looks line up for February 23rd. In other words, it’s going to be a busy, wallet-emptying couple months for you T-Mobile types… so save up while you can.

T-Mobile releases: Streak 7 and Galaxy S 4G in February, G-Slate in late March? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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