Lenovo Thinkpad Mini 11 and Mini 11: New Netbooks from Lenovo?

Looks like, Lenovo is working on two other netbooks beside Lenovo X100e and those two are Thinkpad Mini 10 and Thinkpad Mini 11.

Now, by their names, one can easily figure out that Mini 10 will come with a 10-inch display and Mini 11, 11-inch. Here comes the mysterious part: the FCC filling meantions that the ThinkPad Mini 11 is a ‘host’ and Mini 10 is only a WiFi adapter

Also, for some odd reason, Lenovo is using the Thinkpad tag and not Ideapad. Dell uses the word ‘mini’ to refer its netbooks and the consumers are easily able to figure out that Mini 10 must be a netbook.

Dell Mini 10 absent from Dell UK’s Website

Is this a mirage or Dell is really done with its Dell Mini 10? Some folks over at the MyDellMini forum found that the Dell Mini 10 model is absent from Dell UK. A couple of months back, Dell discontinued the Mini 9 netbook which was then replaced by the Mini 10 (although it is still on sale in UK).

The Dell Mini 10V is still on sale though.

Cellular South to offer Dell Mini 10 netbook with built-in 3G!

Cellular South has announced that it will very soon start offering the Dell Mini 10 netbook with built-in 3G. This netbook will be made available under a contract for a price of $199 for two years. You will have to pay $59.99 per month with bandwidth allowance of 5GB. There is also another contract in which you will have to pay $39.99 per month, but monthly allowance is mere 500MB (0.5GB). There is 20% discount for students too.

Our Suggestion: Instead of binding yourself with such an expensive contract, we would suggest you to buy it directly from Dell and using 3G-dongle with it.

See Dell Mini 10′s specs in our product database (and its more links)

Dell to offer GPS and location features on their Dell Mini 10 netbook

GPS and location based features have gained immense popularity in the latest smartphones, but Dell thinks both of these should also be there in their netbooks and that is the reason Dell is now offering them on its Mini 10 netbook.

All you have to do is to select “Dell Wireless 700 location solution” while customizing your Mini 10. According to Dell blogger, it will also come with turn-by-turn navigation, thanks to CoPilot navigation software.

“We’re betting that location services will be a hit in netbooks,” said Dell blogger Lionel Menchaca. “The Mini 10 is the first system that we’ll offer with the optional Dell 700 Wireless location solution. Stay tuned for more details about more supported systems.”

It is functional only in Windows XP, Vista and upcoming Windows 7. It won’t work in Linux OS.

Dell mini 10 unboxing video

Digitalhomethoughts have got their hands on the recently released Dell Mini 10. In the video, Jason has given a hardware overview. I’m myself happy to see the great keyboard, which also has full right shift key. The Dell mini 10 is one of the few netbooks which comes with HDMI port. One more nice feature in mini 10 is the small AC adapter, which looks very similar to the one found in the ASUS EEE 700-series. The ones found in other netbooks (esp Aspire One 8.9-inch) are rather bulky.

Dell Mini 10 finally appears on Dell website

Dell has released Mini 10 Netbook on their Dell website, which will be released on February 26th with lots of colors to choose from. Not only covers, almost everything can be configured by the user:

• Processor speeds
• battery size
• WiFi Flavours
• HD capabilities
• larger storage
• GPS option
• more designs
• Digital TV Tuner (optional)

[Dell Mini 10 website]

Dell mini 10 advertisement hinting at WiMax? [Netbook]

The Dell Mini 10 is soon going to be made available by Dell in its various online as-well-as retail stores. Here is something interesting about the advertisement, it mentions about the next-generation WiFi option. What can it be? All hints point towards the WiMax. Or it may be just Wireless-N [via mydellmini]