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Dell Mini 5 Making The First Appearance Unofficially

Working with top gadget blog is obviously very fun when you have the chance to try the shining new gadget that yet available in market. See how one of Engadget writer manage to spot and videos Dell Mini 5 hold by Michael Dell. It is very brief video but I’m sure that is pretty exciting. That chance doesn’t come that often..

I suppose that ‘incident’ wasn’t stopped there. By now, I guess they have been granted the permission by Michael Dell to have the first look into Dell Mini 5. So there are now more images of Dell Mini 5 complete with the video as well.

Dell Mini 5 is one ‘giant’ smart phone with huge touch screen. As expected, it’s running on Android OS. The only spec that known so far , is Snapdragon 1Ghz processor, the chip that powering this giant.

If you take a look at one photos comparing Dell Mini 5 and iPhone, you’ll notice that Dell Mini 5 is a lot bigger than iPhone . It may not fit nicely into most pockets. It’s too bulky also to be a regular smart phone when more peoples now bring along more than 1 phone. It has the potential as mini tablet which seems to be more suitable category for Dell Mini 5.

Stay tune for more impressions post, stated at the end of that post.

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New Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Out Now

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If you have been wondering why the price of Dell Inspiron Mini 10v is getting cheaper lately, here is the reason. The new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (no longer called 10v) had just been released couple of days ago.

Beside the new looks (some say taking cue from Adamo especially the hinge) the new Intel Atom N450 is now powering this netbook, which is said to be more power efficient.

Dell claimed the 6 cells battery can lasted up to 9.5 hours, compared to the 2009 model which lasted 1.5 hours less. However, the weight is now little bit heavier at 1.25kg compared to 1.17kg on the previous model.

Except the price tag at RM1299 which is RM100 pricier from previous model, the enhancement does make this netbook a better piece of machine. Head to Inspiron Mini page for detail spec.

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Processors

Intel® AtomTM N450 Single Core, 1.66GHz, 512K L2 Cache

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Operating System

Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-Bit
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition SP3

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Memory

1GB,DDR2,800MHZ capped at 667Mhz bus

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Chipset

Intel® NM10 Express

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Graphics

Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150

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LCD Display

10.1 inch WSVGA TrueLifeTM (1024 x 600) (available on selected configurations)
10.1 inch HD TrueLifeTM (1366 x 768) (available on selected configurations)

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Audio and Speakers

Main Speakers (quantity) : 2 x 1.0Watt with 2 channel High Definition audio
Microphone – Integrated single analog

Hard Drives

160GB SATA HDD 2.5 inch 5400RPM
250GB SATA HDD 2.5 inch 5400RPM (not available with all operating systems)

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Optical Drives

N/A

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Power

3-cell 28WHr Li-Ion Battery
6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery

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Camera

1.3 MP Integrated Webcam (standard on all configurations)

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Wireless

DellTM Wireless 1397 802.11g Half mini-card (standard on all configurations)
Bluetooth:
Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1) mini-card

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Ports, Slots, Chassis

Externally Accessible
Kensington lock
AC Power-in
Integrated network connector 10/100 LAN (RJ45),
VGA connector
(3)USB 2.0
Audio jacks (1 headphone, 1 microphone)
TV Antenna in (HDTV configuration only)

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3-in-1 Flash Memory Reader
Secure Digital (SD/SDHC) Memory Card
Multi-Media Card (MMC)
Memory Stick (MS/MS Pro)

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Dimensions & Weight
Height
25.5mm (1.0 inches) – 32.8mm (1.3inches)
Width: 268mm (10.5 inches)
Depth: 197mm (7.8 inches)
Starting weight:
1.25kg (2.7 lbs)3 with 3 Cell battery and 1.37Kg (3lbs) with 6-cell battery

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Our Workstation

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Happy New Year 2010!! I guess those are the words that you’ll listen most today.

So how is your 2009?? Better than 2008? I’ve yet to review my past work especially  blogging for year 2009, but I plan to work on it soon. It is important to know if your effort is worth every single second or cent that you have invested so far. It is even more important to know if your blog starts to bring substantial amount of income for you. Who knows, it could your full time job in near future..

I’m sure you’re now in holiday mood, so do I. I’m not yet ready to write any ‘informative’ post. Instead, in this peaceful evening on first of January 2010, I’d like to share the photos of our workstation.

I have long wanted to share our ‘workstation’ (if we can call it workstation anyway) but you know, time has always became the main constraint (sounds typical).. It’s not a fancy work space, in fact the table set is meant for dining,  but we turned it to workstation. It is of dual purpose anyway, where we can turn it to its main purpose in a split seconds (by throwing everything away :) )

We have 4 notebooks (including 1 from the company I work ) where each notebooks serve its own purpose. I’m sure you have more than I have, right?  From left is  HP Pavilion DV2 for blogging/personal purpose (purchased last month), HP NC6320 for office work (not mine), Acer Aspire for my wife’s usage (and me as well before we got DV2 and Inspiron Mini) and Inspiron Mini notebook for mobility. I also own a 3 year old Dell LCD monitor that we use mostly to watch downloaded movies.

Before this, I have been using Dell Latitude D610 for about 4 years, and I proud to say that it is one of most durable notebook that I’ve ever used. It still works until today, at my hometown, in use by my little bro/sis.

So, that’s all folks.. and sorry, I don’t own Mac for the time being.

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Dell Drop the Price of Inspiron Mini 10v and Zino

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The new flavor of Mini 10V hit the market for holiday season with RM999 price tag and lower spec. Comparing the specification side by side, you’ll notice the differences are on the hard drive size (250gb VS 160Gb) and battery cell (6 cellss VS 3 Cell). But the fact that it carrying lower price with RM200 price different from the older model making it one of the cheapest netbook in the market that run on Windows 7.

If you already purchase the same netbook before like me, you may upset why Dell doesn’t release this earlier. Paying RM200 more doesn’t seems worth the penny with the size of hard drive and battery cell being the different here.

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Dell apparently love to release higher spec model prior releasing lower end flavor down the road . Just like Mini 10V, Zino which is the lower end variant of Zino HD (the higher spec) has been available for booking recently with price tag RM899 as compared RM1199 for the latter.Yep, that’s RM300 different!

Dell has stripped down quite a lot of considerably ‘generous’ specs in Zino HD to build Zino. Zino end up with Intel Atom (AMD Athlon),  Ubuntu (Windows 7 Home Basic), 160GB hardisk (500GB), 1GB Ram (4GB RAM) and without e-Sata and HDMI port  as opposed the spec in the Zino HD in bracket.

Now I feel the RM300 different is quite justifiable with only such specification in Zino . If you’re into entertainment, Zino HD is the obvious choice, but if you’re just looking desktop for typing purpose for instant, Zino is sufficient . However, just make sure that you compare Zino and Zino HD spec before decide purchasing any one of it.

- Thanks to Malaysia Ads that point this out.

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Building Dell Mini 10v with Chromium OS

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I know it is little bit outdated, it’s been 2-3 weeks pass since Chromium OS was released. But only today I manage to squeeze some of my time going back to my workstation to read newsletters and testing some new stuff. Due to tight schedule,  I even miss PC Fair III!

Remember Dell Mini 10v that I bought last month. Yeah, I finally think that I’ve made a smart purchase :) Why? Because.. Mini 10v is said capable (and compatible) of running other OS, including Mac OS X.  But what I’m going to do soon is to run Chromium OS, (still in downloading progress) directly, without using virtual machines. Thanks to this fella who has created the image for Mini 10V.

I’m not sure how tough it would be, but I’ll post the progress soon after completion. Why am I doing this? Well, because it’s pity that the Mini 10 V just laying beside doing nothing productive :)

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Btw, among other things that I did last week is enroll and taking ITIL certification, thanks God, it’s over now :) If you’re working on IT services related industry, you may want to take a look of what ITIL has for your career path.

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