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The Dell Inspiron Duo has a very distinguishable feature equated to other widgets right now. It serves as a netbook and a tablet by just rotating the screen. The screen does not rotate in a swivel kind of way notwithstanding as it has two solid hinges like other netbooks. The screen rotates around horizontal axis and has a sturdy feel to it. Duo utilizes a rubberized case so it s very slip immune and easy to handle. As a tablet, the weight is rather bulky for keeping for hours on end. It has a thick bezel around the screen making it possible to transform the device into a netbook or a tablet. Dell Inspiron Duo’s dimensions 11.2 x 7.7 x 1-inch and it weighs with regards to 3.4 pounds. In comparison to other 10 inch netbooks it is rather heavy but then there is this “netvertible” aspect to consider. Island-style keyboard we have seen in other Dells are general and easy to use and the keys have a very soft feel to them. Touchpad and palmrest are hard but the touchpad is multi-touch. The screen is 10 inch shiny touch screen and it works well on respective wide angles as well as 1024 x 600 resolution. High-res 1366 x 768 screen is also possible and supported. Dell has their own touch-based UI, Dell Stage and it includes a good deal of apps like Music, Paint or Games. The Dell MusicStage app provides a very touch-friendly way to sort music while Dell PhotoStage allows you to store your pics in organized manner and share them thru Flikr or facebook. There is a link to Windows Live Photo Gallery if you’d like as well. Unfortunately, Dell Stage offers cropping only by using single finger, which prohibits you to size by two finger pinching. VideoStage has a player with links to the store, but The Books icon merely directs you to a browser, where you get Dell’s own book store. It seems that the software share of this prototype of Dell Inspiron Duo isn’t sufficient and one would need to install their favored apps rather of relying on very simplistic Dell Stage. On the hardware side Dell Inspiron Duo gets 320GB 7,200 rpm hard drive which will have to suffice. The processor is dual-core 1.5-GHz Intel Atom N550 CPU, the we have 2GB of RAM and Broadcom’s Crystal HD video accelerator. Dell alternatively chooses Windows 7 home premium. For $100 more you may get yourself a dock or ought to we say Dell Dock. As in this picture in the landscape mode Dock may play your slide show, comforting music or just time. Audio is superb with JBL speakers. Two USB ports are in the back as well as audio-out jack, and an Ethernet port. There are no VGA or HDMI outputs. |
