With a unique multi-touch and gesture pad, the Mini 10 netbook, from Dell, the world’s 2nd largest PC manufacturer, has a 720pixels display edge-to-edge display with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Equipped with an edge-to-edge keyboard, the Mini 10 comes loaded with everything a mobile companion should have and aims to cash in on the current popularity of netbooks. It is easy to navigate and run your fingers on the multi-touch track pad. Moreover, the track pad is spill resistant and this further protects your gadget and ensures that it lasts long. Its compact and petite size is its highlighting feature that allows is to be carried everywhere and anywhere. A very stylish and compact 10.1 inch display screen and a built-in TV tuner are some its best features. Other useful features include a built-in mobile broadband and a built-in GPS. It also has a built-in 802.11n. Its very special gesture touchpad includes exclusive gestures like Home Screen, Auto-Scroll and My Favorites. Available in popular Design Studio images, the dell Mini 10 has a large colour palette and runs on Intel Atom Z530, which makes it efficient and increase its performance and battery life.

Since its keyboard is edge-to-edge, it is 92% the size of a standard keyboard and is as productive as a standard keyboard. It is easy to stay connected to the world irrespective of where you go as it comes with the new internal 802.11b/g WiFi connection. This is the latest in wireless technology and also has as optional Bluetooth 2.1. Small and weightless, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 lets you travel light and allows you stay connected with family and friends though blog, video chat, instant messenger and email. With a 160GB hard drive, and up to 1 GB memory, it can store your music, photos and much more even while you are on the go. The major computer manufacturer Dell has partnered with Box.net to provide 2GB of free Internet storage for every Dell Mini 10 customer. This allows you to store, access and share any type of file through a simple and intuitive web browser experience.

The Dell Inspiron 1545 is a integrated graphics multimedia notebook from Dell. A budget notebook in the true sense, Dell Inspiron 1545 is available in matte black colour. Other colours like Microsatin Blue, Red or Pacific High-Gloss Blue lids are also available at an extra cost. The sleek and stylish look matches the high performance of the machine. Besides the keyboard and touchpad, a speaker grille and small square chromed power button above the keyboard are present. The material used to manufacture the note book is solid and strong. The fact that inside the note book, every inch besides the sides, keyboard and touchpad are also glossy is a sort of a drawback. The glossy finish on the inside of the note book results in fingerprints and streaks over it, which makes the gadget look messy. Moreover, no cleaning cloth has been provided for cleaning marks of fingerprints and other streaks that are bound to show on the shiny material. This also means that the laptop though good looking needs regular cleaning and wiping as it shows the tiniest of streak and marks. The shape of the notebook from the world’s number two PC maker is sleek, streamlined and minimalist.

Features of Dell Inspiron 1545 include DVD-Rewriter and memory card reader. But a webcam is missing and there is a 34mm ExpressCard slot rather than the more usual 54mm version. In addition a headphone and microphone jacks, 3 USB ports, an Ethernet port and VGA-out are present. The Dell Inspiron 1545 also boasts a 15.6-inch widescreen, which promises to display the best picture quality. It runs on a Core 2 Duo processor with a maximum speed of 2.53GHz. It has up to 4GB memory and for its operating systems, the user has a choice between Windows Vista and Ubuntu.

The Inspiron 1318 from Dell is a talented laptop which is worth considering when you are looking for a fully functional machine for under £500. Whilst this 13.3 inch cutie is available only under £500, it does not compromise with performance. This budget laptop is good looking too. Although the aluminum lid and wrist-rest that are found in Dell XPS M1330 has been removed this time to keep the cost low, the dark blue coloured lid with a glossy finish still make it appealing to the eyes.

Coming to the hardware configuration, the Dell Inspiron 1318 is not like those sophisticated machines that are designed for hardcore gamers or high definition entertainment lovers. Rather this Dell laptop has been designed to carry on the day to day tasks on the go. Well that doesn’t mean that you cannot play games on it. The processor installed in this system is a 1.86GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2390 along with 2GB of DDR2 RAM. For the graphics, the Intel GMA X3100 chip integrated on the main board is capable enough to render detailed graphics with vibrant colours.

The connectivity options are also plentiful. The Inspiron 1318 lets its users connect to interfaces like USB 2.0, mini-FireWire, ExpressCard/54, Bluetooth, 802.11abg, 10/100 Ethernet and 3 in one card reader. You will also get a DVD writer, 160GB HDD and 0.3MP webcam installed with it.

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The Dell Inspiron 9 netbook is a mini laptop that has a variety of features and enough power to entertain its users on the go. It’s the first of its kind in the UK mobile computing market and has some awesome attributes such as Wi-Fi and embedded mobile broadband. This small and good looking mini-book has got 8.9 inches of display. Thanks to its lightweight form factor (less than 1kg). the Dell Inspiron 9 is easy to carry along with you. Vodafone is offering the fastest mobile broadband connections for this model (up to 7.2Mb/s).

Now the good news is that you have a chance to get it for free. To promote the launch, Vodafone have given the Inspiron Mini 9 to a guy nicknamed LiveGuy who will be roaming various parts of UK and leaving behind clues about his location. These clues will be published on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Whosoever successfully locates this guy, catches him and says “You’re Liveguy and I’m a Vodafone winner” will receive the Dell Inspiron 9, not the Dell Inspiron 1525 or any other Dell laptop, for free from the LiveGuy. Every day the LiveGuy is giving away three laptops on the road and a fourth one will be given to the person who will best locate the Guy on the Google Map. So get ready to play such a beautiful Hide n Seek.

You can find the clues and the tour details of the LiveGuy by logging on to http://FindLiveGuy.com, http://twitter.com/vodafoneliveguy and YouTube.

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Attention all technophiles. Dell proudly presents an intelligent yellow beauty with several variants. This revolutionary gadget created by Dell is meant to refresh both your mind and mood, with an enlivening design and helpful features. Now say bye bye to those so called monotonous and under performing laptops in black.

The Dell Inspiron 1525 promises to provide you an excellent 15.4 inch wide screen view and 1280 x 800 WXGA resolutions with more than 16 million colours. As a Dell product it includes particularly advanced specifications and components. The integrated Intel Celeron 550 processor (speed: 2 GHz)  delivers proven performance, while the 160 GB hard drive, perfectly accompanied by 2 GB of RAM, grant the user a host of possibilities. Any DVD fans will also get their money’s worth with the Inspiron model, as the Dell Inspiron 1525 includes a DVD writer for viewing and burning your favourite movies. On board speakers are included for great sound, making it actually unnecessary to purchase an extra set of PC speakers.

The computer’s compatible card reader can read SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multimedia Card, xD-Picture Card, and SDIO formats. To give you piece of mind, the device is covered by Dell’s reliable 1 year warranty package. The bright Inspiron 1525 laptop is clearly another example of Dell’s dedication to excellence, and a fine notebook in itself.

Dell’s laptops are always rated among the best out there. Never content to rest on their laurels, Dell proudly presents the Dell Inspiron e1505. This model is manages to impress with its features and sensational 15.4 inch widescreen display.

The rather large display is definitely the most attractive and eye-catching feature on this laptop. It’s actually a treat for those who want a bigger view for both navigation and entertainment purposes. The powerful laptop incorporates and Intel Dual Core processor with a speed of 1.66 GHz. The 512MB of RAM is unfortunately somewhat lacking, but the 100 GB of hard disk space is definitely more than enough for most purposes. The Dell XPS 1530 Laptop, on the other hand, has only a marginally more powerful processor, but far more RAM, pointing out the clear RAM deficiency the E1505 suffers from.  Excellent sound quality is rarely found in laptops, but this Inspiron is the exception with its built-in speakers that actually manage to produce a full bass. The laptop’s battery also lasts above average, making the computer especially portable. Anyone looking for a quality lower end notebook, can easily settle for this beauty by Dell.

If you want a small mini-laptop, but with a large screen and powerful features, then look no further than the Inspiron Mini 9 launched by Dell with its 8.9 inch powerhouse display. The netbook has many impressive features, which sets it apart from an intense competition that is thoroughly dominated by the EEE PC. The laptop is powered by an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz N270 processor to give it a firm foundation and solid performance. The exteriors of the PC have been kept sleek through glossy plastics and round edges. Dell has designed the laptop in such a way that all the components can be upgraded without any holdups or hassle. The netbook comes in two variants, one with Linux Ubuntu, and another with Windows XP Professional.

Despite its miniature size, the Inspiron Mini 9 is well suited for entertainment purposes with its GMA 950 Integrated Intel graphics card, a spectacular 8.9 inch LED backlit display with a resolution of 1024X600 pixels, and a 1.3 megapixel camera with video chat. The laptop is delivered to you with plenty of impressive applications for listening to music and watching movies. Moreover, the netbook also includes 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, along with an 8 GB mini PCI SSD card for increased storage capacity. They included keyboard is an ergonomic delight to use, as your fingers glide and float over its intelligent layout. This extra portable laptop is good for everyone from professionals to users. As far as netbooks are concerned, it is definitely one of the most advanced models currently on the market today.

Dell has confirmed in front of US journalists that the “Inspiron Mini”, an affordable laptop along the same lines as the Eee PC, will hit markets in the summer of 2008. But Dell is still keeping the laptop’s exact specifications secret.

“We’re starting this summer”, Dell’s president of the consumer department told APC magazine. While Dell has already referred to the device on their website as the “Inspiron Mini”, the company does not want to reveal any information regarding its specifications. However, insider circles have discovered that the computer will be imbued with Intel’s Atom processor. Whether they will use a trimmed down version of Windows XP for cheap computers or Ubuntu Linux, has yet to be decided according to APC.

The journalists have discovered that Dell is working foremost on the computer’s keyboard. Some of the standard function keys are missing, but the rest of the computer’s operating keys should be larger as a result. According to APC, the current device even differs slightly from the version that Michael Dell introduced at the “All Things Digital” conference at the end of May.

The rest of configuration appears, based on the information gathered so far and pictures released by Dell, to correspond to the general standards of mini-laptops today: 8.9 inch display, three USB ports, and a VGA output are most likely certain to be included. It’s still unclear whether Dell will include the smaller SSD or instead opt for the larger, but more expensive, 1.8 inch hard drive. In the booming market of inexpensive PCs, Dell is definitely going to face some competition with an August 2008 release: Acer, Asus, Gigabyte, HP, MSI and VIA have all already announced similar devices, which should appear even before the Inspiron Mini. All of these mini computers should cost around 300 US dollars (£150). Dell has yet to reveal whether the Inspiron Mini will fall in the same price range.