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Early Dell Inspiron Mini 9 customers who sprung for a larger drive may want to check their partitions — Dell apparently used a static 4GB Ubuntu image during some initial manufacturing runs, leaving the OS in a 4GB partition and the remainder unused. The problem’s been fixed now, but if you were unlucky enough to get one of the wrongly-formatted units, Dell’s saying that you’ll need to restore from the System Restore disk, but there are some live partition options out there if you’re feeling brave.

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Well, it looks like anyone hoping to give their stock Dell Inspiron Mini 9 a 3G boost is in store for a bit of disappointment, as the netbook’s supposed unofficial 3G-readiness is apparently not as exploitable as some had assumed. While the netbook does indeed have a vacant WWAN slot, as Gearlog learned from Anne Camden of Dell Corporate Communications, “the Mini doesn’t have the internal antenna infrastructure needed to support mobile broadband,” which makes that aforementioned WWAN slot quite useless. As you might have guessed, the antenna was simply left out to keep costs down. So, if you do want a 3G-equipped Mini 9, it seems like you’ll just have to wait for a non-hindered version like the the one Vodafone is offering in Europe.

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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/Official_Dell_s_8_9_inch_Inspiron_Mini_9_netbook’; Dell doesn’t take its site down when it introduces product unlike some laptop peddlers. The result, however, is shots like this of early pre-release gear like the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook as Dell spins the product up for retail. $449 fully spec’d just like we heard with 8GB SSD, 1GB memory, Bluetooth 2.1, Windows XP, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. We still expect to see a lesser spec’d $349 model running Ubuntu. Shipping on the 16th of September in your choice of white or black though white will cost you a $25 premium. Dell hasn’t officially announced the product yet but we’re sure they’ll get that sorted out in a few hours. For now, happy URL hacking as we dig for more details.

Update: Here’s the $349 model running Ubuntu — the Inspiron 910u. The top-end $449 XP configuration pictured after the break.

Update 2: Starts at £299 in UK and €369 in Germany.

Update 3: Oops, looks like someone broke a press release embargo making all the specs and prices listed above extra, super official and in sync with the exclusive we had back in June. In addition, the take home price also includes a free, basic Box.net plan offering 2GB of remote storage. See the full release after the break all you tweens and tweeters.

Update 4: Direct2Dell — Dell’s official blog — says you can get the Mini for just $99 with the purchase of a Studio 15, XPS M1530 or XPS M1330. Offer ends Tuesday, September 9th. Not bad if you’re already gearing up for a back-to-school Dell anyway.

[Thanks, Shon]Continue reading Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 pops official — Ubuntu starts at $349 (Update: $99 with purchase of 2nd Dell)

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Source: Thomas Ricker

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Dell’s Inspiron 910 / Mini Inspiron hasn’t exactly been a secret since we first heard about it back in April, but it sounds like this baby bump is about to go from open secret to bouncing bundle of joy — Dell just confirmed to InformationWeek that the netbook is scheduled to arrive later this week. That’s all we know right now — Dell reps called those earlier specs we’d heard “pretty much rumor and speculation” — but we’ll go out on a limb and say we wouldn’t expect anything less than an 8.9-inch screen and 1.6GHz Atom in there. Sorry if we killed the surprise, guys — but remember, you can still wow us with the price tag.

[Thanks, AC]

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Source: Nilay Patel

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Although everyone and their first cousin twice-removed has dished out their own netbook at Computex, Dell’s wee darling (it’s still unnamed, officially) still has the attention of most. At a recent media briefing at Dell’s HQ, APC Mag was able to get a little time with the unit and grill execs with a flurry of questions — many of which weren’t answered. Still, a few key tidbits did seep out, like the “due out by the end of this summer” thing and the omission of Fn keys on the keyboard. Wait, wha? You heard right — Dell has decided to make the alpha keys roomier by nixing the line of Fn keys entirely, and while this definitely won’t matter to some, it’ll really get under the skin of others. On a more positive note, it was suggested that the little fellow would boast a VGA output and three USB ports, but outside of that, Round Rock is remaining mum.

[Via Liliputing]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Ooh, like we’re so surprised Dell. The ever-popular Inspiron series of laptops is getting Intel’s latest inside, with the Inspiron 1720 configurable with up to a T9300 2.5GHz Penryn processor for as low as $1,199, while the Inspiron 1420 does up to a T8300 for as low as $924. Granted you’ll probably want to pair Penryn with more than the base specs (or you might be able to skim some more off those prices if you really work at it), but it’s not hard to nab yourself a well-specced Penryn machine for well under $1,500. Our only questions is, what’s taking the 1525 so long to get this upgrade?

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Jonesing for more wireless USB options in your laptop? Dell’s got you covered with extended availability of the $145 add-on in its XPS M1530 (plus its Gaming Edition), Inspiron 1525, which brings the tally to those and the 17-inch Inspiron 1720 and 13-inch M1330. Still out of the wireless USB loop: the low end 14-inch 1420, the XPS M1730, and the juggernaut M2010 (which really should have it by now).

[Via Electronista]

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Source: Ryan Block

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The Inspiron 1525 was supposed to hit sometime in “mid-December,” and although that didn’t happen, it looks like it still managed to squeak into the oh-oh-seven — Dell’s Australian site just put up a bunch of pages detailing the new machine. The 15.4-inch machine doesn’t come packing a ton of surprises — 2GHz T7250 Core 2 Duo, X3100 integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM, 160GB or storage, and WiFi — but it’s at least kinda cheap, at AU$1399 ($1228). The site lists an Australian ship date of January 9th, so we’d imagine we’ll be seeing these hit the States relatively soon. Just don’t tell anyone who scored a 1520 for Christmas, dig?

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