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It’s official: Dell launches Inspiron Mini 9 with Vodafone Europe

Started by Ewan · 10 months ago

Oh baby! Remember last night I reported a tip about Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-mobile device coming, possibly to Vodafone?
Woosh.

It’s arriving across Vodafone Europe in late September. I just got the release from them.
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10 comments

  • David Carrington

    10 months ago

    Awesome. Got a link to the vodafone related info?
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  • Ewan

    10 months ago

    That's from the Vodafone release I just received David, so no more info as yet. I imagine it'll begin to trickle out soon.
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  • jonmul

    10 months ago

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  • ocifant

    10 months ago

    Currently showing on the Dell UK web site, starting from £299 with XP Home installed. No mention of HSDPA that I can see.

    If Voda make it £20 a month, I'll probably be sold.
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  • South77

    10 months ago

    Want! But how much?
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  • Dan C

    10 months ago

    wrong lol

    I was a vodafone customer until today. Shocking CS at 191 and total lack of 3G pretty much anywhere from Torquay to Lands End when on Holiday where i am now...... having a slow GPRS connection is a total turn off for me. Got me a t-mobile modem on test and using HSDPA/HSUPA in my room now to type this getting an average of 1.2 to 1.3mb/s connection speeds which is very fast on my Advent.

    Of course signal is different for everyone but just watch out because by end of the year 3 and T-Mobile will have 7.2mb/s and HSUPA across all the network where as a lot of Voda's network will still be 1.8mb/s
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  • Ewan

    10 months ago

    Interesting!
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  • SteveRowlands

    10 months ago

    I cannot wait to see how much this is going to be on a VF contract!

    As for VF coverage, sure 3G isn't everywhere yet, and I myself live in a 2G area. However, 2G internet is better than no internet at all. It's just like stepping back into 1998, with a good bit of the old dial-up speeds. Slow, but still useable.
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  • Mike42

    10 months ago

    Steve - agreed.

    I think the amazing browsing stats on the 2G iPhone pretty much dealt to the myth that you *need* 3G to make mobile internet useful/attractive. All the time-critical, need-it-now internet stuff is available as text-only - email, train/flight times, directions, news, eBay - even Google maps has text-based driving directions.

    But more importantly, it's not the speed, it's the cost. If LTE were here tomorrow, but cost £20 a month it would be an utter flop. The mass-market only have a small, fixed amount per month to blow on the luxury of mobile internet access. Making the experience faster, then charging more for it won't bring the masses flocking. They will just wait till they get home, or sideload.

    Having 3G enables recreational stuff like YouTube, photo browsing, music and video download/watching. As things evolve, the critical stuff will become more feature-rich and the latency will fall leading to a nicer experience, but the fundamentals are delivered quite satisfactorally with 2.5G.

    /m
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  • Mark Thomas

    10 months ago

    Oooh!

    I can has shiny?
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