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Are you a huge baseball fan? Show it on your laptop! Dell just announced that beginning next month; you will be able to order the Inspiron Mini, Inspiron and Studio laptops with Major League Baseball Team Designs.

Choose from thirty MLB team logos. Something for every baseball fan is there - from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals, Dell is confident baseball fans will love their collection of customized artwork. Too hard to choose? Dell has a design with all the teams as well (pictured above). Three designs are available for each MLB team - in Fan, Classic and Die-Hard designs. The MLB design options will be available from Dell.com next month (November).

"Dell knows that baseball fans are passionate about showing their team pride, and we are thrilled to provide our customers this exciting new opportunity for self-expression," said Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of global consumer products. "We're confident that Major League Baseball customization and personalization will make our notebooks a hit for baseball fans across the country."

See all the designs available at www.dell.com/designstudio.

HP just rolled out several new notebook computers, including one with the industry's first 3-D PC surface technology. New to the line-up is the HP Mini 110 by Studio Tord Boontje, the HP ENVY, the HP Pavilion dm3 entertainment notebook, and the HP ProBook 5310m, the world's thinnest full-performance notebook.

The HP Mini 110 by Studio Tord Boontje weighs in at only 2.68 pounds and is just over an inch thin. Features include a 10.1-inch, mercury-free LED display and a 92 percent of full-size keyboard. The HP Mini 110 also is the first to have HP Imprint 3-D, a 3-D PC surface technology. Multiple layers of art on the top cover of the Mini appear to float on the surface while casting shadows onto lower layers to brings depth to the patterns.

A Windows Live Writer desktop icon is included for blogging and fast access to social networking sites. The Mini 110 by Studio Tord Boontje with Windows 7 Starter can be also be personalized with 15 wallpapers, a screen saver and a Stardock MyColors desktop theme – all unique to this product. Read more

Dell just announced the new Dell Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition, a cool new netbook designed specifically for kids. The Dell Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition weighs less than 3 pounds and features a 10.1-inch color LCD display, built-in wireless Internet and comes with a 15-month subscription to McAfee Family Security . A built-in LoJack for Laptops anti-theft program is also included, in case the netbook gets lost or stolen.

The Nickelodeon-themed interface has direct access to dedicated Dell "landing zones" at Nick.com. A special "Just for You" widget on the netbook also lets kids select their own updated content from Nick.com including games and TV programs. Read more

The Toshiba mini NB205 is an ideal solution for the digitally active consumer with its compact and durable design.

Features of the mini NB205 series include a 10.1-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite™ backlit LED display (WSVGA), an Intel Atom N280 processor (1.66GHz), up to 2GB of DDRII RAM and a 160GB HDD. Also, the mini NB205 series will come equipped with a long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of productivity!

There are 4 different colors you can purchase this netbook in. The mini NB205-N310 is available in a unique style, finished with metallic colors featuring Sable Brown, Frost White, Indigo Blue and Posh Pink. The mini NB205-N210 can be purchased in Fusion Finish with a Black Onyx cover and a sleek, flat keyboard with Black Matte finish.Read more

Affordable computing means having a good looking, functional computer that delivers on your expectations. The NEW N110 has an MSRP of $469 and the N120 has an MSRP of $459. The battery life on these machines can go for six-hours on one charge for the N120 and nine-hours for N110. It is a good idea to not have all of your data on one machine (use an external hard drive, cloud computing storage, or a home desktop/laptop for all backup files). This new Notebook line is affordable to the point that you can pick this Samsung N110 or N120 up as a second computer.

Both of these notebooks weigh in at an astonishing 2.78 lbs., with a keyboard that is 93% of the size of a standard keyboard. The screen is a backlit SuperBright Glossy 10-inch display to ensure enjoyment of the videos I am sure you are watching.

There is not much difference in these two machines for a $10 MSRP price variance. As with all purchases, make sure you do your research first. The good news is that these little powerhouse notebooks come with a 160GB hard drive (5400 rpm SATA), 1GB of memory, Genuine Windows XP Home operating system (What? No Vista?) and an Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz, 533MHz, 512KB).

Check out the manufacturer's Web site… www.samsung.com.

Dell is offering – today only – their Inspiron Mini 9 for $199, knocking $50 off the regular retail price.

Here is what you get:

• Intel Atom CPU (1.6GHz)
• 8.9-inch screen at 1024×600
• Four-cell battery
• Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1
• 512MB DDR2 at 533MHz
• 8GB Solid State Drive
• Wireless 802.11g Mini Card
• No Camera Option

If you want Windows XP, 1GB of memory, and a built in webcam…it is available for $100 more ($299).

This deal will expire tomorrow (March 25th) at 6am CT.

[Via Gizmodo]

Dell just announced that their new Inspiron Mini 10 is now available for advance orders on QVC and will be available for order from Dell.com starting February 26th with a starting price of $399. This mini-notebook weighs only 2.86 pounds and has a roomy keyboard (92 percent of a full size keyboard). It also includes a multi-touch touchpad to easily rotate, scroll and zoom documents and photos. Other features include HDMI output, Internal Wifi, a built-in webcam and it comes standard with 1GB RAM and a 160GB hard drive. The Mini 10 runs on Windows XP and is available in the following colors: Obsidian Black, Alpine White, Cherry Red, Promise Pink, Ice Blue and Jade Green. If you order your Mini 10 from QVC, it includes free shipping, a 4GB SD memory card and productivity software.

Mini 10 optional features planned for later this year include:

• Internal digital TV tuner, HD resolution and external USB DVD player options
• Ubuntu and Vista operating systems
  
• Bluetooth
  
• 2GB memory and optional 250GB hard drive
  
• GPS with optional internal WWAN support
  

 A Mini 10 overview is available at Dell.com

At CES 2009, Dell unveiled a new thumb-sized USB digital TV tuner that lets owners of an Inspiron Mini watch broadcast TV on their computer. Starting at $50, the Dell USB Digital TV tuner will receive live and free over-the-air local digital and HD TV broadcasts (where available). It works with the Dell customized version of Ubuntu Linux (8.04), Windows XP and Windows Vista Basic.

Dell says they will offer region-specific versions, designed to receive local broadcast standards. The tuner will be available later this quarter. Europe gets it first, then North America, Asia-Pacific and China.