Most of this “inside information” on Dell’s next Adamo series isn’t really news, but one good sign is that the company appears to be looking at serious performance as well as good design. That’s nice, but of course the result will be an extremely high price. Problem? Nah, sounds good to me.We need more of that in PC laptops. I’ve had enough of five-million-run pieces of garbage that take cues equally from Apple and Fischer Price. Bring it on, Dell. → Read More
Dell finally made the M18x official last month. The 16lbs gaming *air quotes* notebook went on sale earlier today and can be spec’d out to the max. Prices start out at $1999, but that’s for the basic model and as we all know, basic models are for chumps. → Read More
The rumors over the last few months all pointed to new Alienware models. Then they appeared on Dell’s European site and were all but officially announced. Pocket-Lint now reports that Dell confirmed with them that the the M18x and M14x will be announced sometime today. Both will of course cost a bit more than their pedestrian Dell counterparts as they’re loaded with the latest mobile gaming hardware. The M14x will likely start out around $1,500 with the beastly M18x commanding a price north of $2,000. The only question now pertains to when Dell will make them official and release all the details. Today? Tomorrow? Oh the madness! → Read More
Looks like the FCC just tipped another product before its official announcement. The Dell Panerai seems to be from the same cloth as the Inspiron Duo convertible netbook although just a few schematics are in the FCC docs. An a/b/g/n Intel Centrino 6230 chipset is listed as the WiFi card of choice, which then confirms that this notebook will have a bit more power than the Insprion Duo as the Centrino 6 series are reserved just for Sandy Bridge Core processors. Hopefully inside the Dell casing is a battery that can pump for more than just a few hours with a thirsty Core i3/i5 at the core. Of course the FCC didn’t slip in a little note about when this guy will hit the market or the expected price. Sheesh. [Wireless Goodness via SlashGear] → Read More
On March 29, 2011, CIO Australia published an interview with Andy Lark, Dell‘s global head of marketing for large enterprises. In the interview, Lark made a lot of “quotable” statements, among them:
“An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you’ll be at $1500 or $1600; that’s double of what you’re paying,” he claimed. “That’s not feasible.”
Let’s forget for a moment that $1500 seems a little high, even for a tricked-out iPad. The fact is that even $1500 is definitely not too much for enterprises to pay for tablet computers. → Read More
Those waiting to get Dell’s upcoming 10-inch Windows 7 tablet will have to wait a bit longer. According to Forbes, the Rosemount tablet won’t be hitting the shelves until later this fall. It’s still unknown why Dell decided to delay the tablet but Forbes thinks that rethinking some touch features is in order since Windows 7 isn’t designed for tablets. Dell will have to wait for Windows 8 to drop in 2012 for a more tablet-friendly OS. [via Engadget] → Read More
Dell’s Andy Lark may know a thing or two about heavy iron in the enterprise but when it comes to the gadgets that are quickly replacing that heavy iron, he’s sorely mistaken. Take the iPad, for example. In a CIO interview, Lark says:
“An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you’ll be at $1500 or $1600; that’s double of what you’re paying,” he claimed. “That’s not feasible…. Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.”
All signs are pointing to a 3G-less Dell Streak. The device as recently certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance and then as if on cue, Amazon posts the pre-order product page. The retailer lists the new model for $379, which works out to be $70 less than the off-contract price of its older 3G counterpart and of course does not require any monthly cellular fees. But everything else is apparently the same. According to the Amazon page, the WiFi-only model still has 16GB of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, front-facing 1.3MP camera, with Android 2.2 at the core. So really, the only question concerns the release date. When? → Read More
… And then have your heart broken. Oh, Dell Adamo, you were too good for this world. Everyone’s favorite underpowered laptop is now no more. Dell has officially discontinued the device and now the only place you’ll be able to hold one is in your dreams. → Read More
The Dell Streak was once rather long in the tooth when it seemed to have Android 1.6 forever. While the Streak is made up of some pretty good pieces, it tried to cover too much ground as both a phone and a tablet (5-inches is above the cutoff). Sadly, even with a decent price, the Streak never really made much sense, but that didn’t stop some from trying to take it to the next level. → Read More
Looks like Intel “le falta un tornillo.” You’re surely aware of the problem with its Series 6 (“Cougar Point”) support chipset, which has caused the company to stop production of its Sandy Bridge processors. It’s a nightmare, and not only for Intel. Take Asus: a fine company that produces a number motherboards and laptops that are afflicted with the rotten chipset. What to do? → Read More
Short Version: Here we go again: another impressive 7-inch Android tablet with a Gorilla Glass screen, 4G networking, and a suave interface. But is this thing more of the same or something new? The tried-and-true 7-inch tablet is, by now, old hat. In fact, little about the Dell Streak 7 is new except the clear emphasis on media playback and T-Mobile’s 4G wireless. On the aggregate, I’d say that this is a strong showing for Dell and does just enough to stand out from the current tablet crowd. → Read More
I don’t like to call out bad customer service that often because the cases are often very time and place specific and mostly it’s a matter of misunderstandings all around. However, this one is too good to pass up. A reader, Blazej (he’s Polish), inexplicably purchased two Precision workstations and two 20-inch monitors from Dell on December 31. He paid extra for quick shipping waited for his items to arrive. The “Ship Fast” configuration should have arrived on 1/5/2011 but instead landed on 1/11/2011. That’s fine, right? A few days didn’t kill anyone. Dell gave him back $235.75 for the Ship Fast option. Then it gets better:
5. Now, we are moving to the issue #2: On 1/17/2011 I have received a solicitation, sent to my email address directly from Dell, and offering 35% discount on the entire combined ordered I placed just two-and-a-half weeks ago! This time Ship Fast was not excluded from the promotion. Therefore, if bought at that discount, I would pay $3,131.79 – an additional $548.46 discount that I find to be quite substantial.
Fire sale! It looks like Dell is trying to clear out inventory of the sexy Adamo line of laptops. Perhaps they’ve got something else cooking? Something thinner and Sandy Bridge-ier? At any rate, they cut the price by $200 a month ago, and it just went down another hundred today. $799 is really a good price for this thing, guys. But at this rate, they might drop it to $699 in February. Buy now or take the risk? It’s up to you, old friend. It’s up to you. → Read More
Dell this morning announced that it is to acquire SecureWorks, a provider of information security services. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
SecureWorks offers a number of ‘Security-as-a-Service’ solutions and says it currently processes more than 13 billion security events and sees more than 30,000 malware specimens on a daily basis. → Read More
Dell has just put up its new multi-touch screen at the online store. Not the first for Dell, as they’ve had a few others out, but this appears to us as a more tablet like design. Using a folding rear kickstand, the ST2220 is able to to sit nicely in your lap or in a variety of positions on a table top. → Read More
I don’t suppose this news will really rock anyone’s world, but if you’re in the market for an ultraslim laptop, this $200 price drop might be the factor that pushes the Dell up to the top of the heap. The Adamo (not the XPS, but the vanilla Adamo) laptop has decent specs except for the video card, and is a fairly slick-looking and compact machine. Check out the specs here; even with the new starting price of $899, you’re still paying through the nose for the form factor, though. [via TechEye and TechReport] → Read More
Even though it wasn’t supposed to be released until CES, Dell’s new tablet leaked today via some ad copy, and it turns out the tablet will be called the Streak 7. → Read More
Dell has announced its intent to acquire InSite One, which offers cloud-based medical data archiving, storage, and disaster-recovery solutions to the healthcare industry.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. → Read More
