Week o' Dell scoops, Part Deux

Hate surprises? Like teaching kids about the Santa myth and the truth of their adoption? Good, this followup series of Dell scoops is for you. We'll be back in a few with the first peek at Dell's second generation Latitude XT tablet. And that's just the beginning. Until then, why not guess what that mystery device is up top.

Hint: It's not as innovative as it looks.

[Jim @ Mar 19th 2008 9:38AM]

Looks like a monitor with a docking station attached.

[chrisaroz @ Mar 19th 2008 9:58AM]

I concur.

Dr., do you concur?

[Indie @ Mar 19th 2008 10:31AM]

Ugh, why didn't I just concur?!?

[Bob @ Mar 19th 2008 10:31AM]

OH MY GOSH! SANTA'S A MYTH!?!?!?

[Sharakar @ Mar 19th 2008 9:42AM]

It's a portable wormhole device!!! good thing u told me it's not as innovative as it looks or I would have said it's an iphone rip off that plays crysis at twice max settings!

[Jeff @ Mar 19th 2008 4:06PM]

that's definitely just another crappy iPhone ripoff. (but with a real keyboard, removable battery, 3G, cut&paste, and all the other crap people cry about.)

:P

[Wellard @ Mar 19th 2008 9:42AM]

Ah, so that's where my waffle iron went!

[Khris @ Mar 19th 2008 10:17AM]

It's not a waffle iron.....it's a grilled cheese sandwich maker. Notice the integrated angle cutters for once the sandwich is done?

[happy_penguin @ Mar 20th 2008 1:01AM]

Dude, I'm new around here and I haven't seen you yet but that avatar is spooking me out! Stop looking at me like that! :p :D

[Josh @ Mar 19th 2008 9:48AM]

Yeah, I agree. Thats what I thought. Probably for the upcoming latitude E series that you reported on a few weeks ago.

[Jeffrey A. Katz @ Mar 19th 2008 9:45AM]

Looks like a VCR on a bracket with a monitor above it.

[benjesuit @ Mar 19th 2008 9:47AM]

New 24" LCD all in one.

or

XPS 2010 replacement.

[kufans @ Mar 19th 2008 9:53AM]

string or nothing

[Nate @ Mar 19th 2008 9:50AM]

Something I won't be buying.

[Mode @ Mar 19th 2008 9:53AM]

Most likely follow up to the M2010... their "portable" 20" laptop with fold out keyboard.

[FRZ @ Mar 19th 2008 10:04AM]

Portable 20" is an oxymoron and I am not just saying because I prefer anything 14" and under. I am just saying.

[Keith @ Mar 19th 2008 9:50AM]

Updated M2010?

[brickwood @ Mar 19th 2008 9:51AM]

BANANA-PHONE!!!

[Nate @ Mar 19th 2008 9:58AM]

Peanut butter jelly time!

[Jax @ Mar 19th 2008 9:53AM]

But the question is... does it do waffles?

[y3k.nik @ Mar 19th 2008 10:04AM]

oh no good sir.. the better question is.. will it blend?

[Indie @ Mar 19th 2008 10:32AM]

Does it do Doom?

[Mobius_1 @ Mar 19th 2008 10:51PM]

Do you two know when a joke is too old? and lame?

[Jax @ Mar 19th 2008 9:58AM]

Looks like a monitor with a standard D-Dock.

[Redstripe @ Mar 19th 2008 10:00AM]

A poorly designed OLED display?

[Donald @ Mar 19th 2008 11:01AM]

That sounds like a personal problem.

[JaeDot @ Mar 19th 2008 10:40AM]

GW's tax stimulus plan, i.e. a load of crap...

[y3k.nik @ Mar 19th 2008 10:05AM]

A trash compactor... which compacts itself?

[IT-Accountant @ Mar 19th 2008 10:14AM]

My money is on a new docking station compatible with the D630-series, perhaps with an integrated 24" 16/10 WSXVGA LCD monitor. Interesting... not exactly revolutionary but amusing nonetheless.

[Maestro @ Mar 19th 2008 10:15AM]

Is it a question mark?

[Homeboy @ Mar 19th 2008 10:15AM]

How cool, a dart board with a table stand. Does it come with a wall mount?

[puh_fifer @ Mar 19th 2008 10:18AM]

floor mounted projector screen.

[Matt Peckham @ Mar 19th 2008 10:19AM]

It's a docking station... It docks both a Laptop AND a monitor. Monitor dock locks to the 4 square thingies on the back of a monitor and the DVIs just slide in...

Or it's a potato masher.

[Andrew @ Mar 19th 2008 10:23AM]

a rotating flat panel tv bracket that fits under your bed

[stuart @ Mar 19th 2008 3:13PM]

is it one of those so called ultra thin OLED displays that claims to only be 3mm thick but also comes with a massive great big box with all the clever electrical gubbings in? on no, that would be the Sony XEL-1!

[Matt Peckham @ Mar 19th 2008 10:24AM]

BEHOLD.... the 5th generation of home computer entertainment. Buy your Dell TRON Recognizer at your favorite software house.... Now now now......

[Ty @ Mar 19th 2008 10:26AM]

It's not an iMac, which is what I think you're alluding to with: "Hint: It's not as innovative as it looks."

[Mycroft @ Mar 19th 2008 11:16AM]

It is the new fugly.

[frankXchange @ Mar 19th 2008 10:32AM]

Is it another ultra-thin LCD monitor/alarm clock radio from Sony?

[yyyeeeaaahhh @ Mar 19th 2008 10:33AM]

I'd say Dell XPS One

[Stiv @ Mar 19th 2008 10:33AM]

A robot overlord?
A blender?
A Doom-only console?
A second generation Vii?

[Ed @ Mar 19th 2008 4:36PM]

I believe you mean third.

[Bob @ Mar 19th 2008 10:35AM]

Maybe it's the world's first robot restaurant server. The vertical piece is the face/camera (so the person driving it can see where its going) and the horizontal piece is the tray on which they set the food. Meet Rosie, Elroy is probably the next model.

[Tired_ @ Mar 19th 2008 10:38AM]

It's one of those thingies they hang up in the bulk food section so people can weigh out their oatmeal. With an LCD screen, for some reason.

[Joe Anstine @ Mar 19th 2008 10:47AM]

santa is TOO real!!!! He HAS TO BE!!!
'sobs'

[fourthletter @ Mar 19th 2008 10:48AM]

Is it a wheel barrow ?

[Sam @ Mar 19th 2008 10:50AM]

Teledildonics?

[Sam @ Mar 19th 2008 10:52AM]

Actually, I think it's a robot Herve Villechaise.

[giuliop @ Mar 19th 2008 10:54AM]

It's a thing for asking questions, when you can't/don't want to speak.
You just present the thing to the designated recipient, and optionally make vigorous pointing gestures indicating the question mark. Or better, buy the $1000 add-on that flashes it automatically (external power source required).
A future model may include the option to add a writing (fixed) below the question mark, which could give you a head start over the competing non-explicitandum devices.

[sotec_productions @ Mar 19th 2008 12:17PM]

I think the real answer here is that it's something full of grandly underwhelming hardware due to its size, has a couple cool features, probably a thumbprint security reader, lacks a full keyboard, folds down into some ridiculous excuse for a 'portable' shape, runs Vista, lacks the option for preinstalled Ubuntu, has a stupendous price tag, and the logon .wav says 'All your iMacs are belong to Gateway'.

Either way, it's not something I can ever see myself buying, for the same reason I don't want a laptop. No Expandability. OEM hardware upgrade limitations. Plethora of useless softare trials.

It doesn't blend, it has a firmware block so one cannot install Doom, and there are no strings to be found anywhere because the entire system is wireless.

Say goodbye to your alpha brain waves...my Giger Counter is melting.


Really, all jokes aside, I think this is a virtual putting green.