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The low down: Best Laptop 2009

Day 4 of our Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 nominees round-up gives us a chance to look at what many of us are using right now - laptops. So, before you head over to the voting page to mark your choices, here's a little run down of our pick of the crop for the...

Dell Mini 3i smartphone launches on China Mobile

American computer manufacturer Dell has announced the launch of its new Android-based smartphone, the Dell Mini 3i, on China Mobile.

The global debut of the phone in China sees the new handset available in "red passion" or the slightly dubious sounding "oiled...

Dell quietly introduces Studio 17 Touch

Dell has sneakily rolled out a new notebook in the States. The Studio 17 Touch, as it's called, has appeared on the company's US website and features a whopping great big 17-inch multitouch touchscreen.

It ships with a suite of touch-enabled applications, including...

Dell Adamo XPS up for pre-order in the States

Dell's super model thin Adamo XPS has gone on pre-order in the States, with a super slim chance of delivery in time for Christmas.

Santa might struggle to get the machines distributed on time with the "preliminary" ship date of 23 December sounding like it's...

Best Laptops 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for Best Laptop or Netbook in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best laptop and netbooks on sale in the last 12 months that are available in the UK.

The...

Dell confirms Android smartphone launch

After what seems like decades of speculation, Dell has finally confirmed that the company has a mobile phone ready for launch. The Dell Mini 3i Android-based smartphone will be hitting the shelves on China Mobile later this month, while Brazil's Claro network will have...

PHOTOS: Hands-on with the tiny Dell Inspiron Zino HD

Dell's teeny Inspiron Zino HD is about as much of a Mac Mini rival as a Windows-based machine could be - even offering customisable looks for some extra youth market appeal - and we grabbed some hands-on time with it at the Dell CES Unveiled event in New York. 

Dell Zino HD mini desktop PC launches in the UK

Dell has announced a cute'n'colourful small form factor PC, or full-featured nettop, or mini desktop (whichever you'd rather) the Inspiron Zino HD.

A Mac Mini rival from the world of Windows, if you will, the Zino HD offers space-saving measurements of 7.8-inches...

PHOTOS: Dell Adamo XPS hands on

Thinner than a regular CD case (9.9mm) Dell has just announced the Dell Adamo XPS after much tooing and throwing in a teaser campaign and Pocket-lint was hands on to snap some photos. 

Yes it is thin, yes the keyboard tucks into the casing and yes you really do...

Dell Adamo XPS is thin, CD case thin

After weeks of teaser campaigns, leaked photos and specs, Dell has gone official with its slimline laptop offering that it hopes will offer an alternative to the Sony X Series, Apple MacBook Air, and Samsung's X series as well.

The new model, which averages at...

Win a brand new Dell Studio 16 XPS laptop

Pocket-lint has teamed up with Dell Outlet to bring you the opportunity to win one of their high end XPS Laptops. A great pre-Christmas gift, whether you are into gaming, films, photography or general PC usage this Laptop is a fantastic prize for any PC Lover. To check...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - laptops

With laptop innovation moving faster than just about any other area of consumer technology, it seems rather unfair to do a best laptop of the year category. Anything released back in January is comparatively obsolete next to anything from the last few months. The arrival...

VIDEO: Dell Latitude XT2 XFR rugged tablet PC launches

This Dell infomercial would make a great drinking game if you had to down a shandy every time voice-over man says "XT2 XFR", but for those of you of a more sober frame of mind, it gives you a quick overview of Dell's new rugged tablet PC.

The Dell Latitude XT2...

Dell Inspiron 13z and 15z announced for UK

While here in the UK, Dell's not-a-netbook the Inspiron 11z has gone on sale direct recently, in the States the company launched the 14z and 15z in September.

For reasons best known to Dell's execs, in the UK it's just been announced that the range is to be...

VIDEO: Dell Adamo XPS

Dell's eagerly-awaited Adamo XPS, which many are calling its rival to Apple's Macbook Air, has a rather novel opening system. There's a heat-sensitive strip across the front of the device that you swipe a (warm) finger across to unlock the mechanism and allow you access.

It's...

VIDEO: Dell Streak Android-based MID leaked on film

Video footage of the Dell Streak - a 5-inch, touchscreen, Android-based mobile internet device, or MID - has hit the net.

Tinhte has gotten hold of one of the mythical machines and it looks like a pretty nifty internet tablet-type offering, although being...

Five touchscreen Windows 7 PCs to look out for

The launch of Microsoft Windows 7 sees the first raft of touchscreen PCs come to market and the place they're coming fastest of all is in the all-in-one desktop space. It's easy to spend a lot on what are sometimes items of design and luxury rather than machines of multi-touch...

Michael Dell: Netbook novelty wears off fast

Michael Dell has slammed the netbook saying that while it's on everyone's wish list the excitement soon fades once they get it home.

"If you take a user who's used to a 14- or 15-inch notebook and you say 'Here's a 10-inch netbook,' they're gonna say 'Hey, this...

More Dell Adamo XPS pictures surface

Dell continues its sneak peek approach to its Dell Adamo XPS laptop, and yep, we keep falling for it.

This time it's two pictures of the new model showing an interesting hinge design and just how thin it really is, 9.9mm if you haven't been keeping track.

That's...

Dell Inspiron 11z available now

Already available at the Carphone Warehouse, Dell has announced the wider availability of its 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z.

Claiming to combine the mobility of a netbook with the capability of a laptop, it's another size zero effort weighing in at 1.4kg and measuring...

Five ultra thin, ultra light and ultra portable notebooks

So, Sony is the latest to be breaking records today with the official launch of what the company considers is the world's lightest notebook. Naturally, that all rather depends on whatever woolly boundaries there are between net and notebooks but the fact remains that...

Dell AT and T powered Android smartphone heading to US?

Dell is to launch a smartphone in the US on AT&T early next year according to the WSJ.

Citing "People briefed on the plans" the newspaper is claiming that the new handset will be powered by Google's Android handset, come with a touchscreen display and sport a...

Dell teases with Adamo XPS in the flesh

Dell is following the same marketing strategy it used to launch the Dell Adamo, with its new Dell Adamo XPS, by teasing the media with snippets of information but nothing concrete in terms of specs.

The latest tease, which followed the first tease back in September,...

Napster announces Dell partnership

Napster has entered into a partnership with Dell that'll see the latter's laptops coming with a free year of Napster Unlimited. That subscription entitles the user to a year's worth of unlimited on-demand listening from one of the better catalogues in digital music, as well...

VIDEO: Dell Latitude Z

Dell's new Latitude Z offers some innovative tech, not limited to a wireless charging stand and wire-free docking.

In this official Dell vid, a company exec talks us through some of the new features of the Latitude "Zee".

Hit play now to hear all...