04/09/2008 by Gavin.

Vodafone grabs carrier exclusive on HSDPA Dell Minis | Register Hardware

First thing I’ll be doing is sticking a mini PCI WWAN card into the vacant slot to stick in my Sim card.  Looks like the Dell may well be available as a free or subsidised unit when taken with a 3G data tariff on Vodafone.

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04/09/2008 by Gavin.

I’ve just ordered a Dell Inspiron Mini 9.  I’ll be posting an unboxing and review as soon as it arrives.  Spec as follows, note the 16Gb SSD!

Base Inspiron mini 9 – (UK, 3)
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory 1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Video Card Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 950
Hard Drive 16GB Solid State Hard Drive
Wireless Dell 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini-Card
Bundle N09M0902
Standard Warranty 1Yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
Extended Service 1Yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
Bluetooth Dell Integrated Bluetooth Wireless card
Order Information Inspiron Mini 9 Order - UK
Primary Battery 4-cell 2200AHr Battery
Processor Intel ® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz, 512K cache)
Camera Integrated 1.3MP Camera
LCD 8.9″ WSVGA (WLED) Truelife Display

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04/09/2008 by Gavin.

Google restores Chrome’s shine | The Register

Follow up to yesterdays post.  It was a mistake apparently!  Just shows that even Google doesn’t read EULAs, far less the rest of us, apart from lawyers!

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