Waited for the last minute to pre-order your Zune HD? You’re in luck. Dell is giving procrastinating early adopters a special discount–15-percent off for the 16GB and 32GB players. The players now run $186.99 and $246.49, respectively (down from $219.99 and $298.99).
The deal expires when the player goes on sale tomorrow. In the meantime, you can grab the coupon codes for the discounts here and here. Oh, and did we mention the free shipping?
Already seen in Japan, the 24-inch UltraSharp U2410 professional monitor is up for retail on Dell’s US store. The IPS-panel features a 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution, 6-ms response, 178-degree viewing angles, 1000:1 typical contrast, and 12-bit internal processing (1.07 billion colors), and 96% AdobeRGB and 100% of sRGB color space coverage. Connectivity options are vast with jacks for DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, component, composite, and VGA. That’s a lot of rig for $599. Hit the link below if you just have to have it since you won’t find it promoted on the Dell US monitor pages just yet.
We’ve seen some thin laptops in our day, but 9.99mm is pretty dang thin (thinner than an iPhone, in fact). There’s no other info on this new Adamo, and Dell is calling it the “9.99mm Design Concept,” which doesn’t really help us know how far along it is. Let’s just hope Dell didn’t have to succumb to Atom to get the size down this far.
With the introduction of new Intel CPUs comes the introduction of new rigs, and you can bet that Dell has been champing at the bit to unveil these two beauties. The new Studio XPS 8000 and 9000 machines are amongst the first from the Round Rock powerhouse to include Intel’s minty fresh Core i5 and Core i7 processors, with the 8000 aimed squarely at mid-range users who’d prefer a smaller case. Both rigs can be equipped with some pretty decent innards, with up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, room for dual internal hard drives, eight USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA socket, 350W power supply and an optional TV tuner available. Graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA are also available (ATI’s HD 3450; NVIDIA’s GT220, GTS240 and GTX260), and if you’re really feeling crazy, a Blu-ray drive can also be slotted in. Both rigs can be ordered up today, with the 8000 starting at $799 and the 9000 requiring at least $1,999 to bring home.
If you’re looking for some ultra-light laptop love in your life, Dell today debuted its 14-inch and 15.6-inch Insprion Z series portables. Both models have more or less the same specs, meaning up to a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 with GMA X4500HD graphics, 1366 x 768 resolution, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, 802.11a/b/g/draft-N, Bluetooth, a 7-in-1 card reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a 6-cell battery. Starting prices for the pair go as low as $599, but if you’re looking to load up on as much as possible from the get-go, expect to pay somewhere in the vicinity of $1,034.
Dell’s 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z sure looks promising, with a sub-$500 price tag and an Intel Celeron 723 / non-Atom processor, but if you ask the gang at Notebook Review to describe it, it’s unfortunately a pretty big letdown. Some minor issues with the body from the get-go, it’s apparently got one of the worst touch pads the site’s ever seen, and the 1.2GHz processor ended up underperforming compared to its Atom-based competition (although we gotta wonder how using Windows 7 instead of Vista might help here). There is some good here, with the GS45 chipset and X4500 graphics allowing for decent 3D performance and smooth 720p playback. Still, we can’t help but have some hopes dashed here — better luck next time, right? Hit up the read link for the full review, with video.
It may have been briefly, sort of official before Dell decided to do some backtracking earlier this month, but it looks like the company’s China-bound Mini 3i smartphone has now made yet another public appearance, and Sina has thankfully delivered what looks to be the most thorough hands-on with the phone to date. That, as you can see above, also includes a peek at the phone’s Android-based and China-centric OPhone operating system, which ditches the familiar Android Clock in favor of new, different clocks — and a slew of other interface changes. Hit up the link below to get started.
This article was written on December 19, 2007 by CyberNet.
Dell has announced that they are now shipping Ubuntu computers running the latest 7.10 release. On the Dell blog they said that it took so long because they wanted to do extensive testing first, but I would say that it was a rather fast turnaround considering that it was such a big upgrade.
Dell also managed to solve one of the most vocal complaints that I’ve heard with Ubuntu, and it’s that there is no way to play commercial DVD’s out-of-the-box. Dell wanted it to be as simple as putting the DVD in and hitting the play button, and so that’s what they did. Also on the computer you’ll find that Flash is pre-installed…that’s one less thing you have to fuss with when trying to go online!
There was also a 13-minute interview between Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Ubuntu, and the manager of the Linux team at Dell (it’s embedded below). In the interview Shuttleworth was asked where he thought Linux market adoption was heading, and I think he made a valid point when he said “I think what we’ll see is that Linux is in everyone’s pockets before it’s on everyone’s desktops.” Because of the Linux’s compact size I do believe that it will be the backbone of many portable devices, and we’re already starting to see that happen. As time goes on the popularity may also start to work its way over to the desktop market, which is exactly what Shuttleworth is predicting.
I give Dell a lot of credit for releasing an Ubuntu lineup, especially when a bulk of the community never really expected Dell to fulfill their promise in the first place. There are only a handful of computer manufacturers that sell Ubuntu-powered laptops, and only one that is brave enough to offer them in Flamingo Pink!
If you’ve got about 13 minutes to kill this is a rather good interview with Mark Shuttleworth:
The Dell Latitude 2100 is a computer designed for use in a classroom. Inside, the device is crammed with the guts of a standard netbook: Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP. But on the outside it’s got a rubberized chassis designed to deflect filthy fingers, a keypad that kills bacteria, and a light that tattles when you’re not supposed to be online. (Don’t worry, we figured a hack aorund that.)
But are we, bitter seasoned journalists qualified to rate something clearly meant for kids? As much as we enjoy dressing up like Power Rangers and playing hooky from work there’s a dimension only someone born during the Clinton administration can provide for a product like the 2100. That’s why we drafted young Andrew Walker, a frequent Gadget Lab reader and 11-year old boy to help us with the above video.
Rarely does anyone make a purchasing decision about a big-money piece of electronics like a laptop based on color alone, but it’s good to know that if you’ve made up your mind to get yourself a Dell XPS you can choose a hue that suits your personality — or at least your shoes. After dropping white from its XPS lineup many moons ago, the company has added it back, with “Arctic White High Gloss” being a $40 option on either the XPS 13 or 16. For that money you could get an extra 1GB of DDR3 RAM, but we must admit to being too smitten by the combination of pearly gloss and brushed metal to care about such menial upgrades.
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
Dell has announced that they are now 
