Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet Shown Off By CEO
| by Rob Jackson on January 29th, 2010 |
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computers, was tracked down by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch and gave a snowy 1-minute preview of the Dell Mini 5 Android tablet.
He provides little by way of details but DOES say it will be out in a couple months. A COUPLE MONTHS? That would be a pretty awesome development… I think a lot of people would be interested in picking this up. Are you one of those people?
1. Umbyboy wrote on January 29, 2010
Awesome…I’d buy one straightaway,and it looked fast too
2. Jarl wrote on January 29, 2010
Been looking for a 5-7″ android mid/tablet, but if its really gonna cost $1098, i dont think so, in that case i’ll get myself a $100-200 china import when they (finally) become available. Those devices do not have the specs of the mini 5, but $1098 for a 5 inch MID, no way!
3. Jared wrote on January 29, 2010
Personally, I think the iPad is the wrong product at about the right price. This would be perfect at about $400.
4. fluxx wrote on January 29, 2010
Why do they call this little thing a tablet?
It looks good & nice – but with its size still like a phone and hey, you can use it like a phone.
5. Cybersedan wrote on January 29, 2010
I’d definitely pick this up over the iPAD, this is something you can go mobile with the iPAD is more of a couch potato tablet.
Here’s hoping it’s priced within the $300 – $350 range.
6. Terry wrote on January 29, 2010
That looks pretty sweet and responsive.
7. Al wrote on January 29, 2010
Looks pretty neat.
8. dan f wrote on January 29, 2010
This is a friggin phone.. you can tell by the top ear speaker. it looks a lot like an iphone… why would anyone make a mini tablet? its a phone! duh
9. SHaitien wrote on January 29, 2010
I like the Mini 5 but since it’s more than likely headed to AT&T it’s a no go for me.
10. Jim R wrote on January 29, 2010
What ever happened to the Dell Mini 3 phone? Is it not going to make it to North America?
11. Santamoose wrote on January 29, 2010
Looks like a pretty interesting device! I’d hardly call this a tablet though.
12. Aliboy wrote on January 29, 2010
Bigger than a smartphone , smaller than a tablet , what shall we call it ? Mini Tablet ?
Anyway , I think it looks cool, if it can pump out hd video then I might be interested in it as a PMP & phone.
13. sammy wrote on January 30, 2010
This tablet I will be getting, not too small and not too big.
I like it cause its small enough to carry around with you everywhere, yet with a 5″ screen big enough to make simple computing easy.
To be honest I doubt this device will be $1,000. With the ipad being almost 5″ bigger at $800, I think something is being missinformed. This defice I have a feeling will be no more than $500.
14. Mensahwatts wrote on January 30, 2010
yeah it does look really fast….hopfully its a android phone with beefed up flash and browseing. And here I thought I was ganna see heavy lag
15. applebook wrote on January 30, 2010
Why would anyone want this when it is not a phone and is far too small for serious web-surfing. Just try to type 100-word messages on that 5″ screen. If this is going to be the same price as the iPad, I say FAIL.
16. bjtheone wrote on January 30, 2010
Depends on what you want to do with it. I think 5 inches is about the limit of what I can comfortably use as a phone and carry about in a belt case. I do a fair bit of browsing and info lookup on my Magic (3.2″ screen) and a lot of ebook reading. This has a significantly larger screen.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the iPad was “way to big to carry around”. Great for the couch, okay to stuff in a gadget bag but so is my netbook.
I see the Mini 5 as a great converged device that I can actually carry around easily and have always on, always connected access. I will still do an serious content creation on a netbook or laptop with a real keyboard but I do a lot more content consumption that creation….
If it is the same price as the base iPad (ie 400-500) I will buy one in a heartbeat. I see it as a supersized smaprtphone…
17. pavan wrote on February 3, 2010
I don’t mind using it as my phone ^_^
18. pavan wrote on February 3, 2010
this device is also called Dell Streak- check video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JHHB1ua88E
19. Fernando wrote on February 7, 2010
I had the Archos 5 tablet and IMO i wasn’t thhat big.It fit in my pocket..It was very bulky cause of the 250gb HD. But this is the perfect phone..
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