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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can count on Dell not to name it anything fancy, what with all the EEs, Winds, Clouds and Mini-Notes flying around the place.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SJT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[I realize it may not compete with all or any of these.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SJT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[well the Eee has models 701 and 900, and Mininote is the 2133, so to name  a machine a name and number can be confusing.  I personally think this machine will be a 14 or 15.4 inch screen model, as these panels can be produced pretty cheaply.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[nope fellaz; this is not an eee-wind-o-mini note competitor. it's pretty standard vostro-lowcost-like 13.3 incher filled with outdated technology and limited config offerings [2gb ram max, celerons, ...]]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[g0g0]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[@g0g0 <br><br>What the hell are you talking about?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chebwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[8-1 card readers = unnecessary thickness = doesn't belong in an Eee-wannabEee. So it can't be it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Homeboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[??<br><br>i have a card reader in my xps m1330 and it's still thin]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 4:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[It will be difficult to top the HP Mini in looks and overall charm.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bob e]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[now if they pull something off like they did recently with those black dells (not sure which ones but they looked damn cool) then there will be real competition :>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriks7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 2:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[now if they pull something off like they did recently with those black dells (not sure which ones but they looked damn cool) then there will be real competition :>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriks7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 2:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[the never ending debate between form over function, hmm maybe I should check up on that fruit company.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MeAtyPi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 3:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[well tbh with u i sold my acer and bought a macbook just because i didnt like carrying the acer anywhere because it looked like a piece of crap...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriks7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 5:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Interesting how ECS already stole the m series dell look for the G10IL.  now that dell is going to enter the market are they going to make it look like a mini m series as well?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[decapitor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 1:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Expect to see VIA not Intel and something that will compete more directly with the new HP Mini-note and not so much the EEE's and cloudbooks of the world.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Static]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 3:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why not open a factory here on the US instead of India, Dell? <br><br>Is it because of cheap labor? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[YoMomma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 3:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um. Let's see. Dell has factories in Texas, North Carolina, Ireland, Poland, China, Malaysia. Sometimes it makes sense to open factories near where the customers are. APJ is a giant growing market, so opening factories there helps keep prices down due to decreases in shipping and other costs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alwaysru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 5:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think maybe you are missin' the point: Dell has a general policy of manufacturing its products close to its customers, implementing just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, hence desktop PCs for US market are made in US, low cost notebooks for the Indian market are made in India, having said that, China and Malaysia make most of Dells notebooks, but that is a pretty competitive field where the margin is incresingly very slim, basic economics]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 5:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great Idea! Even I can tell my friends in India, "Hey, Why buy Dell and make America richer?  Why not buy laptops only made by Indian brands?"<br><br>Same goes for Coca Cola, McDonalds, Starbucks, Microsoft (here's a big one!), Ford, Chevy, Calvin Klein and a thousand others.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chirag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2008 9:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[I just hope it at least has a 1024 x 768 resolution screen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johan S]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 22nd 2008 5:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, it is an "old" news already... this model is released and now selling in China for around 1 month... Price started from 3,899 RMB. You may checked this website if you are interested... (Sorry, it is in Simplified Chinese)<br><a href="http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/emergnb_500?c=cn&cs=cnbsd1&l=zh&s=bsd&redirect=1" rel="nofollow">http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/emergnb_500?c=cn&cs=cnbsd1&l=zh&s=bsd&redirect=1</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Tsang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2008 9:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[thanks Richard, just as i thought a 15.4" low cost lappy, for those curious thats about $559 for the base model (~280GBP) or $673 (~338GBP) for the 1Gb machine w DVD writer and XP Home]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2008 7:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Dell gets official with Dell 500 laptop for emerging countries]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dell-gets-official-with-dell-500-laptop-for-emerging-countires/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the China link. At least I could check out the New Vostro 1200.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mushman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 6th 2008 8:47AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>