Dell’s 5-inch Internet tablet is to be called the Dell Mini 5 according to the company, suggesting that it will fit in its portable products range as the second handset to follow the Dell Mini 3 and slot in under the “Mini” range of netbooks.

Dell told Pocket-lint the news at an exclusive round table [...]]]>

Dell’s 5-inch Internet tablet is to be called the Dell Mini 5 according to the company, suggesting that it will fit in its portable products range as the second handset to follow the Dell Mini 3 and slot in under the “Mini” range of netbooks.

Dell told Pocket-lint the news at an exclusive round table event with a handful of journalists at its suite in the Palm's hotel in Las Vegas.

The phone-come-Internet tablet (announced at CES at the Dell press conference on Wednesday) has yet to get a launch date, or in typical Dell teaser style, any tech spec details.

Through further conversations with Dell we've also found out that the new Dell Mini 5 will feature a SIM card slot for use outside of a Wi-Fi hotspot.

via The Dell Mini 5: Dell tablet gets a name – Pocket-lint.

So here I am, getting ready for a cruise out to the Caribbean on the gorgeous Norwegian Cruise Line Pearl.  My luggage are packed with summer clothes, snorkelling equipment bought at Costco, Sun block lotion, etc, etc.

I am also packing some essential techno gear with me for the trip.  For taking pictures of the [...]]]>

So here I am, getting ready for a cruise out to the Caribbean on the gorgeous Norwegian Cruise Line Pearl.  My luggage are packed with summer clothes, snorkelling equipment bought at Costco, Sun block lotion, etc, etc.

I am also packing some essential techno gear with me for the trip.  For taking pictures of the vacation I am bringing my Canon EOS 500D, to take some movie I pack a Flip Mino HD and also the Canon EOS 500D, for emergency phone and contact info my trusty iPhone 3G and finally, to glue all those other devices together I will be using a Dell mini 10v.

Why pick the 10v?  I think this is the perfect device for a cruise.  It is small yet powerful enough to do email, web surfing, photo editing and even act as my data storage to offload those pictures and movies from the cameras.

The screen and keyboard on the 10v are large enough for my eyes to see web content very well and type with my clumsy fingers.

I replaced the built-in copy of XP with WIN7 to get faster response time at the cost of less battery life time (thanks WIN7 for that ;-(). This should not be an issue on the cruise ship as I can recharge all I want.

I will only really know for sure how using the 10v turn out but I am sure it is the best choice out of my much larger Dell e6400, 13” Macbook or Dell Mini 9.  For sure I would have liked to use OSX as my main OSX and yes I know one can run it on the 10v… but frankly I would not rely on it a my only system out at sea on a cruise.  Not that I think WIN7 is better than OSX but only that on the 10v WIN7 make a better OS right now.

Anything larger than 10inch get to be too big to put in a small backpack for those excursion days so netbook size is a must.

Here is a great walkthrough from Gizmodo on NBI! Happy reading:

Last time we threw together a guide like this, things were different. Snow Leopard was but a glint in Steve Jobs‘ eye, and in terms of hardware, the Mini 9 was the best thing going—it was pretty much the only netbook you could guarantee would work [...]]]>

Here is a great walkthrough from Gizmodo on NBI! Happy reading:

Last time we threw together a guide like this, things were different. Snow Leopard was but a glint in Steve Jobs‘ eye, and in terms of hardware, the Mini 9 was the best thing going—it was pretty much the only netbook you could guarantee would work perfectly. Not to mention the hackintosh process was much, much more complicated. And riskier! And yet, despite all this, it was easy to recommend loading a Mini up with OS X, because to put it bluntly, the results were fantastic.

But the Mini 9 was a bit too small for regular use, and even if it’s still pretty easy to buy one, it’s not officially part of Dell‘s product line anymore. Fast forward to now: the Mini 10v is a (quite similar) replacement for the 9, with a slightly larger screen, 160GB HDD standard, and 1GB or RAM. Most importantly, the keyboard is a bit larger, and the price is wonderfully low: $300 for a netbook that’s completely ready for hackintoshing. Or to put it another way, the 10v is a $300 Apple netbook.

And it isn’t just the hardware that’s changed, it’s the software. Snow Leopard is fast—faster than 10.5—and its new interface features, like Dock Expose, make using OS X on a netbook even easier. Finder is faster, Quicktime has a new interface. It’s a pretty big upgrade from Leopard, is what I’m trying to say.

And installation tools have grown up too. Netbook hackintoshing used to be an all-day process, with external optical drives, Terminal commands, and numerous terrifying driver tweaks. Today, there are simple software utilities to take care of all this for you. So let’s recap: Since 2008, the hardware has gotten cheaper and better, OS X more mature, and the installation process much simpler. Oh yeah, and Snow Leopard retail costs $30. (Though strict moralists should note that this is intended to be an upgrade.) There’s never been a better time to hackintosh—not by a long shot.

read the rest via How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook – Dell mini 10v hackintosh – Gizmodo.

Thinking about picking up one of those newfangled Dell Inspiron Min 10 netbooks with integrated GPS? Better get out the wallet, because Notebooks.com is reporting that the feature will set you back an extra $69.

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Thinking about picking up one of those newfangled Dell Inspiron Min 10 netbooks with integrated GPS? Better get out the wallet, because Notebooks.com is reporting that the feature will set you back an extra $69.

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