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Vodafone to resell Dell netbooks

<div class="rxbodyfield"><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">Dell's new netbook, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/04/Dell_now_selling_XP_Home_ultralight_laptop_1.html">the Inspiron Mini 9</a> , will be sold with built-in mobile broadband by Vodafone, the companies announced on Thursday.</p><p align="right"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/news;pos=imu;tile=6;sz=336x280;skey=patch_management;pkey=security;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" /><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/news;pos=imu;tile=6;sz=336x280;skey=patch_management;pkey=security;ord=123456789?" width="336" height="280" border="0" alt="" align="right"/></a></p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">Dell's entry in the growing netbook space weighs in at just over 1 kilogram, and has an 8.9-inch LED display. Like some of its competitors it has an SSD (solid state disk) for storage, holding up to 16GB.</p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody"><b>[ For more on products in the hot mini-notebook category, check out our hands-on looks at <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/03/Hands_on_with_Asuss_Eee_PC_901_and_1000_1.html?source=fssr">Asus' Eee PC 901 and 1000</a>, the <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/02/Hands_on_with_the_Cloudbook_Max_netbook_1.html?source=fssr">Cloudbook Max netbook</a>, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/30/Hands_on_with_Elitegroups_G10IL_minilaptop_1.html?source=fssr">Elitegroup's G10IL mini-laptop</a>, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/19/Hands_on_with_MSIs_Wind_lowcost_laptop_1.html?source=fssr">MSI's Wind low-cost laptop</a>, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/09/Hands_on_with_Gigabytes_M912X_minilaptop-IDGNS_1.html?source=fssr">Giga-byte's M912X mini-laptop</a>, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/07/Hands_on_with_HPs_MiniNote_netbook_1.html?source=fssr">HP's Mini-Note netbook</a> and <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/14/Hands_on_with_Acers_Aspire_one_netbook_1.html?source=fssr">Acer's Aspire one</a>. ]</b></p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">The mobile broadband connection in the Vodafone version supports HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access).</p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">Vodafone will start selling the Mini 9 later this month, but has not yet said in which countries it will offer the netbook. For now its "in key European markets", the operator said.</p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">Vodafone will announce pricing later, but if you just want the netbook, it sells elsewhere for from £299 ($526) in the U.K. A version with Ubuntu's version of the Linux operating system, with a user interface customized by Dell, will also go on sale with a starting price of £269.</p><p page="1" class="ArticleBody">Vodafone isn't announcing which operating system it has picked, or if both will be available, according to company spokesman Ben Taylor.</p></div>