I’ve landed in Las Vegas for CTIA Wireless, the U.S.’s biggest phone confab. The show floor doesn’t open until tomorrow, but news is already breaking. AT&T, for instance, has announced that it’s adding Palm’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to its lineup, as well as Dell’s Android-based Aero–the first Dell phone to ship in the U.S.
At the moment, it’s fashionable to declare Palm to be dead. It’s true that things look bleak at the moment, but pundits have been writing premature obituaries for the company for years, so I’d take the current round of knowing analysis with a grain of salt. With the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus’s arrival on AT&T, there are Palm handsets on ever major U.S. carrier except T-Mobile. That can’t hurt, and might help.
(I’m sorry that the AT&T Pre Plus lacks the nifty Mobile HotSpot feature that’s available on the Verizon version. But I’m not surprised: If AT&T had enabled MHS on the Pre while continuing to deny iPhone users the tethering it said was “coming soon” back in 2008, iPhone users would have headed towards AT&T headquarters with pitchforks.)
Dell, meanwhile, is a company that hasn’t had much luck with handheld gizmos in the past (remember the DJ?). The Aero runs Dell’s own Android interface and is based on the Mini 3, which has only been available in China and Brazil until now. I’ll try to track one down before I head home from the show.
Adamo laptops are among the sexiest machine available on Dell Catalog, but like every high-end goods, price is an obstacle difficult to overcome for most of us… And when Dell decided to offer a Cheap Adamo, the Vostro V13, we decided that we had to give it a try and found out if our 69,980 Yen Vostro V13 was a pretty good deal after all. Just to let you know Dell Japan as nice offer for a Vista and Celeron 743 powered Vostro V13 at just 12,980 Yen (106€).
Dell Vostro V13 Specs:
- Intel CoreTM 2 Solo SU3500 @ 1.40 GHz
- 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM (1066 MHz)
- Intel GMA 4500MHD
- 320 GB Serial ATA 7,200 rpm
- 13.3” HDF LED Backlight Monitor with a 1366×768 resolution.
First Impression
Directly coming from the Adamo family the Vostro V13 inherit for its big brother handsomeness and quality build. Like the Adamo the Vostro V13 peculiarity reside in the way you will close your computer screen and lid, lying on top of your computer bottom deck.
Receiving an elegant brushed aluminum lid and bottom body, the V13 over all quality is matching our expectation. Add to this a well design and elegant keyboard and mouse pad, the Vostro V13 is just the elegant Business oriented Laptop that many of us would die for.
Minimalistic the V13 is in the other hands a bit means with peripheral. Don’t expect much here but the V13 only features a USB 2.0 port and an e-SATA one. If you are looking forward to plug your computer to your nice 24” Full HD Monitor you will have to do it the good old fashion way with the poor man D-Sub output.
Luckily Dell also thought that it could be nice to add 2 more slot with a SD Card reader and an Express Card/34 port on the side of your computer ant that pretty much it.
Looking forward to enjoy HD video on the Go? You are in luck, since the Vostro V13 features a pretty nice none glossy 13.3” screen with a 1366×768 resolution
Everyday usage.
Unfortunately only available in Japan with a Celeron 743 or a Core 2 Solo SU3500, the Vostro V13 is far from being as powerful as an Adamo, at least for us in Japan, but the good news is that it will just do what it is suppose to do! Now let’s face it, and even if you would have better enjoyed a Core 2 Duo S7300 like on the USA V13 for example, the Vostro V13 has never been made to compete against power user oriented laptop, but has been targeted to business oriented user, where a Core 2 Solo SU3500 with a 7200rpm HDD will easily handle Web Browsing, Email, Basic Office usage and even some basic photo edition even with Photoshop.
If you ever wanted to push the limit of your Business oriented usage and just need to relax for while, reset assure, the Vostro V13 even on its Core 2 Solo configuration will easily handle Hulu Video, as well as HD videos. As for 3D video gaming, well let’s say that Intel’s GMA 4500MHD won’t give you the needed power to play those 3D heavy games, but once again, who will be crazy enough to try such games on such tiny and slim Business laptop whether or not you could get it with a Core 2 Duo CPU.
So far so good, the Vostro V13 is a pretty nice business tool, well built, nice aluminum casing an ultra slim with just 19.7mm, the Vostro has for me everything it needs when it comes for a slim & elegant mobile professional laptop… But as a mobile device, the Vostro has just one weakness… Its battery. Unfortunately unswappable, the Vostro V13 will need to go back to DELL support center if you ever need to change its internal battery, we actually were not capable to remove the computer aluminum bottom without damaging the computer… Bad very bad.
Conclusion.
Despite its poor choice of CPU in Japan, I would die for a Core 2 Duo V13, its unswappable battery, I would still get the V13 in addition on of me setting at the office. Actually using a Vaio G2 series in a Windows Server and Exchange Office environment, The V13 will perform just as well as my G2 Core 2 Duo 1.2Ghz plus giving me the satisfaction to own an excellently build computer and on top of that a very elegant one. And as proof, while writing this review I just placed an order for a Vostro V13 with a Core 2 Solo at 23,450 Yen (196€) to replace my Wife Lenovo 3000 N100 Core Duo 1.66Ghz Laptop.
Today marks the launch of a new initiative branded as “Campus Conversations” - a collaboration between CIO Pakistan and P@SHA, and supported by PSEB.
The thought behind it is that the industry-academia linkage is weak resulting in a disconnect between the two. Instead of each complaining about the other, a discourse that will enable the two segments to work in unison in improving this relationship for the benefit of all, is what is needed.
So CIO and P@SHA will travel with a panel of CEOs (this panel will change depending on the university and the city) to university campuses across the country to start a “conversation” with students/faculty. The initiative will be result-oriented with real commitments being the key. I have explained it a little in this interview with Rabia Garib at the CIO Webstudio.
Today’s panel includes Yusuf Jan of Mixit Technologies, Rahim Lalani of TRG Tech, Ashar Zaidi of Intel Pakistan & Danish Nafay of National Foods. Rabia Garib and I will be there too of course! We are heading out to the FAST Karachi Main Campus. Tune in to this blog and to the CIO Webstudio to see if we survived the encounter .
This monitor is creat, it takes up very little room, and still gives me a great picture – better than any other LCD I have owned. The really nice thing with this monitor is you see the whole screen – you do not have thet black box going around the picture your who display is viewable. I also liked that I could add a speaker bar to my monitor easily. This is an excellent buy and value!
The Dell E173FP 17″ Flat Panel LCD Color Monitor is designed for a wide variety of users ranging from the home to corporate or financial trading environments. It utilizes a 17″ Active Matrix TFT LCD that displays brilliant text and graphics with a maximum resolution up to 1280×1024 pixels. This monitor has wide viewing angles, which allow you to view the screen from various positions without compromising image quality. With a contrast ratio of 450:1, it generates sharp, crisp lines and images, while its fast response time provides superior clarity for moving images. Those who require exceptional quality and reliability will appreciate the value that Dell E173FP provides.
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My 5-year old laptop suddenly began misbehaving, and considering its age, I opted to order a new machine instead of wasting time troubleshooting. After much research, I ordered a Dell laptop. However, after already being delayed once, I received another email from Dell stating that my order had been delayed for a second time, and that if I didn’t respond that day, my order would be cancelled. I responded with a call to customer service that was most unfulfilling and followed up with an email:
“Please continue to process and ship my order. However, my faith in Dell’s ability to deliver has been deeply eroded. The is the 3rd delivery date that I have been promised, and both delay notices have been sent the day the computer would have had to ship to make the promised delivery date. It is clear that Dell’s supply chain management system is unable to forecast actual assembly or anticipate delays…”
Later that same day, I received an email that my order had shipped. I would like to think that my email had that effect, but I suspect that my initial analysis of Dell’s IT system is more likely accurate.
Dell’s upcoming Mini 5, which was earliest shown openly at this years CES, will be made accessible in a range of colors and will also feature addition with a host of Amazon services, according to a lately leaked internal document.
The leaked information, which was originally posted on Engadget, details that the Android-powered tablet may be accessible in a number of “premium finishes.” The document also mentions thatthe Mini 5 will be accessible in a range of colors and designs. Beyond the personalization options, the first leaked page unhappily didn’t offer several other latest information concerning Dell’s upcoming tablet, simply listing its features, for example the front-facing video camera, dock connector, and capacitive touch-screen. However, a second leaked page offers some extra interesting tidbits that were previously unidentified.
The second page information a content partnership that Dell may be entering with Amazon. The document states that the Mini 5 will incorporate with Amazon’s Kindle, MP3 and Video services, and will comprise a Kindle reader app
Could this partnership with Amazon be seen as a move to compete with the upcoming iPad? Apple’s tablet has the iTunes plus iBooks Stores, so supporting Amazon’s services could help Dell bring something like to the table.
For those eagle-eyed readers, you might have spotted that the leaked certification refers to the Snapdragon-powered device as the ‘Streak’, a name that first surfaced late last year. As for whether this is just the interior codename for the upcoming product, or an official change gone from the Mini 5 moniker is at present unknown.
Dell has yet to verify a solid release date or final price for the device.
For those which work in business, Dell introduce new Precision M4500. With a new and very atractive design, M4500 came with some specifications which will transform this notebook in a very powerfull machine. Here are few specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i5 / i7
Display: 15.6 inch with 1920 x 1080 pixels rezolution
Video: nVidia Quadro FX 1800M / Quadro FX 880M with 1 Gb memory
I’ve landed in Las Vegas for CTIA Wireless, the U.S.’s biggest phone confab. The show floor doesn’t open until tomorrow, but news is already breaking. AT&T, for instance, has announced that it’s adding Palm’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to its lineup, as well as Dell’s Android-based Aero–the first Dell phone to ship in the U.S.
Today marks the launch of a new initiative branded as “Campus Conversations” - a collaboration between CIO Pakistan and P@SHA, and supported by PSEB.
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Dell’s upcoming Mini 5, which was earliest shown openly at this years CES, will be made accessible in a range of colors and will also feature addition with a host of Amazon services, according to a lately leaked internal document.
For those which work in business, Dell introduce new Precision M4500. With a new and very atractive design, M4500 came with some specifications which will transform this notebook in a very powerfull machine. Here are few specifications: