Dell releases Inspiron 700m, tail still between legs

Without a lot of fanfare, Dell's released their latest entry into the thin'n'light laptop arena, the Inspiron 700m.
It's pretty well rounded, but there's a couple caveats: first, for a thin'n'light, it's a pretty fat 1.5-inches thick;
second, Dell's really started cheaping out on the batteries—this guy's only lasts 2.5 hours, which is pretty ugly for such a little Centrino machine. What it does have is a 12.1-inch widescreen display (running an impressive 1,280 x 800 resolution), USB 2.0, an SD slot, and a 4.1lb travel weight. But man, we gotta say that Gateway's putting the hurt on Dell these days. First their stock-photography gets bitten off, then they release a whole load of laptops on them, and all Dell's got is this really ugly-as-sin 700m to come back at them with. That's kind of like getting beat up real bad, and then while you're lying on the pavement telling a yomama joke.