Dell News
According to CNET News.com, Dell is going to be upgrading the limited warranties on its Inspiron lineup (including the Inspiron 710M) from 90 days to one year.
This could be a sign that manufactuers are going to start increasing the length of their warranties, which is a reversal from earlier trends of shortening them.
No word on if this is going to be retroactive for those customers who just recently purchased Inspirons.
Just a few days ago I mentioned the announcement of the Samsung Q35, which replaced the laptop that was the basis for the Dell Latitude X1.
CNET Asia is reporting that a replacement for the Latitude 410 could be just around the corner. It’s a good candidate for an Intel Core Duo update – it shares some of the same features of the X1, minus the lighter weight and the widescreen display and falls in between the X1 and the consumer-oriented Inspiron 710M (which I could see going with a Intel Core Solo CPU.
This week Dell has announced several major updates to its higher-end and/or larger lineups – the Dell Latitude 620 and 820, and the Precision M65 and M90, all of which received the Intel Centrino platform updates.
LAPTOP Magazine has finished their review of the budget ultraportable notebook, the Dell Inspiron 710M. The 710M is a slight upgrade over it’s predecessor, the Dell 700M ( a bump in processor speed, case color, and software). It comes with a 12-inch display and can be had for right around $1000 – $1200 USD (if not cheaper, depending on configuration).
There have been off again, on again, rumors that Dell was going to buy Alienware. Looks like it turned out to be true, according to CNET
Since they are going to be operating seperately, I would assume then that this means Alienware’s Sentia ultraportable lineup remains intact for now, (the 12-inch Sentias are just one of several areas that Dell and Alienware overlap in).
MobileWhack.com has news that Samsung Korea has just announced the Samsung Q35, a sequel to the Samsung Q30. The Q30 was never available in the US under the Samsung brand (some imported them, but it was through third party resellers), but it was available in the US as the Dell Latitude X1. Does this mean we could see some kind kind of Dell Latitude X2 in the not too distant future?