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Dell releases Chromium OS build for Inspiron Mini netbooks

It’s been nearly 18 months since Dell released a Chromium OS build for the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook — allowing users to test out a pre-release build of Chrome OS long before it would be ready for the public. Now the computer maker has released a brand new build with updated wireless drivers which support the latest versions of…

May 15th, 2011, 10:53 am by Brad Linder | 9 Comments

Dell Inspiron Mini 10v discontinued

This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but apparently Dell has pulled the plug on the Inspiron Mini 10v netbook. The company has been selling a new Inspiron Mini 10 with a 10 inch display and 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor since January — so it was just a matter of time before Dell phased out the older Atom N270-based…

April 14th, 2010, 5:19 pm by Brad Linder | 8 Comments

Dell’s latest strategy for promoting its netbooks: Pity (Adopt a mini)

Dell ran a contest to give away three Inspiron Mini 10v netbooks via Twitter this week. Sorry, it’s too late to enter. The contest has ended. But as part of the promotion, Dell put together a rather amusing video that I thought was still worth sharing. See, the premise of the contest was “adopt a mini” and Dell set up…

September 25th, 2009, 5:21 pm by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Dell Inspiron Mini 10v review

The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v is the first 10 inch laptop from Dell to feature an Intel Atom N270 processor. You might think that makes this laptop just like virtually every other 10 inch netbook on the market, but there are a few key features that make the Mini 10v stand apart including a good keyboard, an odd touchpad, and…

September 25th, 2009, 12:13 pm by Brad Linder | 24 Comments

Dell to offer Mini 10v netbook with Moblin Linux… starting tomorrow

Dell offers the Inspiron Mini 10v netbook with a choice of Windows XP or Linux. Starting tomorrow morning you’ll also be able to pick up a special developer edition running pre-release Moblin Linux software. To be exact, it will be running something called Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition, and as you may have guessed that means it will be a…

September 23rd, 2009, 2:00 pm by Brad Linder | 10 Comments

Dell Mini 10 disappears from Dell Europe web site (10v still available)

It looks like Dell has pulled the Inspiron Mini 10 with an Intel Atom Z520 processor from its European web store. When you hit the Mini 10 link from the company’s laptop page, all you see are Dell Inspiron 10v models, which pack 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors. Dell’s US and Canadian pages for the Mini 10 still show both…

September 3rd, 2009, 9:24 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

7 mini-laptops walk into an office…

I’m about to pack up the Samsung Go netbook which I recently reviewed. But before it goes, I couldn’t help but take the opportunity to photograph all 7 mini-laptops I’ve had sitting on my desk for the last few days. If you’ve been reading the site, you’ve already seen most of these little guys. But you probably haven’t ever seen…

August 31st, 2009, 4:02 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Dell Inspiron Mini 10v unboxing – Video

OK, it’s official. I’m running out of room in my office for all these netbooks. Today a friendly FedEx guy dropped off a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v which means I’ve got 6 netbooks taking up space on my desk. I’m going to try to work through a backlog of reviews, but in the meantime, I thought you might enjoy my…

August 28th, 2009, 1:01 pm by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

Dell introduces Nickelodeon themed netbook

Asus isn’t the only company bringing a netbook aimed at kids to market. Dell has announced it’s launching a Nickelodeon-themed netbook that can be personalized with characters from TV shows including SpongeBob Squarepants and iCarly. A “green slime” edition is also available. The machines run Windows XP, but have a custom Nickelodeon theme built by Stardock, which features links to…

August 11th, 2009, 7:21 pm by Brad Linder | 11 Comments

Hackintosh Dell Mini 10v spotted at a Best Buy

While the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v may not be as easy to install OS X on as the Inspiron Mini 9, the newer model ges pretty decent scores in Boing Boing Gadgets’ OS X compatibility chart. So if you’re looking for a $350 mini-laptop to turn into a Macbook Mini, this netbook will do about as good as any. Of…

August 11th, 2009, 6:40 pm by Brad Linder | 8 Comments

Dell Mini 10v gets Atom N280, Mini 10 gets GPS (update: nevermind)

Dell is rolling out a handful of new features for its 10 inch netbook lineup. First up, the Inspiron Mini 10 is finally available with an integrated GPS tuner, something Dell has been promising since early this year. This makes the Mini 10 one of the only netbooks available with integrated GPS, a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display,…

June 26th, 2009, 10:55 am by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

Dell Mini 10v now available with 1024 x 600 display – in Japan

When 9 and 10 inch netbooks started hitting the market in mid-2008, 1024 x 600 pixel screens were the standard. But over the past half year or so we’ve seen a growing number of PC makers slap 10.1 inch, 1024 x 576 pixel displays onto their netbooks, as if those 24 extra vertical pixels didn’t matter. And the truth is,…

June 24th, 2009, 9:36 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment