Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with T-Mobile WebConnect is fast...depending on where you're standing
By Laura June 
posted May 5th 2010 9:16PM
posted May 5th 2010 9:16PM
posted May 5th 2010 9:16PM
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$200 on contract? Really?
@ROFL Yeah, that's called a fake subsidy. In other countries, they gave the netbook for pennies/free.
@ROFL I also ROFL on that. When you're paying this much for data plans, the netbook really should be free.
Other than that, I have been quite impressed by the Mini 10. Even with its sorry subsidy, I would still pay that much if it were on Sprint's 4G network.
@ROFL Yeah, pretty steep considering that they are only $350 on their own (I just bought one a couple of months back).
Awww, it still has same problems it always had?.... *sigh* I can see one in that pic. The "E" is still crooked.
@buoy
lol
@buoy Dell pushes the upper echelons of netbookitude with the Mini 10. While its aristocratic ambitions gives this one a fail on the price. First view. http://j.mp/dellmini-10-concept
Uhm...considering I just picked up a Dell Mini Inspiron 10-1012 from the outlet, for $215...
I think I prefer my refurb'd one over this.
I'm on one right now, and there better not be any problems! but this mini 10 has a really good design, and because of the "lump" on the back I can hold it while it's open easily. And you can get used to the terrible trackpad you know... sort of...
anther shitty product..
@hated one At least I can watch flash on my and multi task on Dell Mini 10. And you don't need a usb stick on the dell mini 10.
@hated one
Just because iPads out-sold netbooks doesn't mean that people won't keep buying netbooks. iPad can't do flash or create files, or get any work done, so the netbook beats it there.
You have to prove that people switched from buying a netbook to buying an iPad. That's not what happened though, people who would never have bought a netbook bought iPads...people who need netbooks don't buy iPads, cuz it can't do the same things...
So really you make no sense...fyi...
Well if its anything like my TMobile iPhone.... You'll have 5 bars when its sitting down and when you pick it up it will go down to 2 bars.
@Jaylittles531 really?
I go from 5 bars to 2 bars by doing nothing. And hell, on my G1 it'll switch from 3G to EDGE randomly (and after making calls, GPRS as well)
@dtptampa
Ya I think when the iPhone HD comes out on June 7th it will be my time to switch to a stronger network. I had a AT&T iPhone for a day and had 5 bars everywhere I went.
@dtptampa I just have mine set to '3g only' and I get 3-5 bars pretty much anywhere I go.
@TehAndroid Multitask on the mini 10? Doing what? Try actually multitasking on an atom processor, and it's craptastically slow. Try simply running a browser with multiple tabs, and it's already slow (especially if there's a Flash video running). "Multitasking" on a netbook is just bragging rights, like claiming you can run XP on a machine with only 64MB of RAM. Yes, you could, but the experience is horrible.
@hated one Netbook dies not due to the iPad, but because those that are making netbooks forgot the main selling points of a netbook, and only focus on profit margin. Netbooks are suposed to be small cheap laptop, yet now we see them being larger and more expensive, defeating the whole purpose.
@hated one I'm not going to lie, the only programs I use on my netbook are pidgin, firefox, and microsoft word, and the iPad can do all of these things to some extent, but it can't do any combination of them with any amount of fluidity like my netbook can.
Also I imagine formatting documents is a pain on the iPad, I haven't spent more than 15 minutes with one though.
@hated one I have a netbook and ipad. IPad is sweet, but i would never use it as a solo work machine. You can do that with a netbook.
Also the 3G guy costs quite a bit more than a netbook.
The really frustrating thing is Apple was able to force AT&T to give up a great 3G deal. you can't get that with other devices. Once that happens, a lot of stuff will open up.
@hated one One thinks you're just trolling for comments, arguments and flames.
@kpgalligan I agree with you here. I don't think that it would even be possible to use an iPad as a 'solo work machine'. Its totally dependant on iTunes running on a REAL computer, just to get anything on or off the thing.
Why does this article have no tags? oO
@pika2000 Multitasking seems fine to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yms6n6Fic6U
@pika2000 Ohhhhhh. I just checked your post history. You run Apple equipment, no wonder the nonsense about netbooks.
And regarding flash, hardware acceleration is available in 10.1 for most netbooks alleviating processor concerns. I'd have to double-check on the config of this particular model though, as Dell has different configs (the last one I used was the different 10v for example).
@hated one
Kind of ironic that in actual testing even the slowest netbooks are faster than the iPad for web browsing and actual email. Go check out the results at Anandtech... not just faster, but twice as fast.
The iPad only feels fast because it's faster than the iPhone.