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FCC: New version of Dell’s Mini 10

adina — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:40:26 +0000

Information about Dell’s new version of Mini 10, with WiMAX has recently leaked through an FCC filing (PDF). This version of the netbook will benefit from Intel’s WiFi-Link 6250, gathering the 4G wireless connection, as well as the 802.11n Wi-Fi in the same chipset. There haven’t been mentioned any other major improvements, even if these two modifications are considered as being upgrades to the current Mini 10 version’s 3G and 802.11g.

There isn’t any specified release date yet, but the Us-oriented CTIA show could be the perfect opportunity, taking place somewhere in late March. The new version of the Mini 10 will most probably be shipped in the USA, counting as an alternative to Clear and Sprint 4G clients. It is still unknown if the netbook will be available directly through the carriers or directly through the manufacturer.

Pine Trail-based Mini 10 prepared by Dell?

adina — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:40:49 +0000

An FCC filling (PDF) could be a sign that Dell is planning to seriously revise its Mini 10 netbook. Tests made for the 802.11n Wi-Fi mini-card are based on a 10-inch system, a model named P04T, which doesn’t seem to correspond to any up to date released Dell notebook. There are some other details available too.

The size and the timing of the new system shows that this could use Intel’s Pine Trail-based Atom platform, which would surely need a new certification, because the design could use a new chipset, not yet tested by the FCC.

Pine Trail is based on a smaller Atom chip (named Pineview), more efficient in the use of energy, with integrated graphics hardware. More and more people claim that systems based on the new platform could be shipping starting January. Among these systems, it is rumored a new Fujitsu model, which has also been spotted at the FCC.