Dell Inspiron Duo hybrid netbook / laptop

We'll freely admit how smitten we are with Dell's concept, the Inspiron Duo. While it's supposedly coming to retail by the end of the year, it's so special that every time we spy new photos or video footage of it, we watch joyfully. Of course, Intel doesn't need to watch from afar, as demonstrated in a new video -- they simply asked Dell's Inspiron Product Marketer, Dave Zavelson to show it off on film.

The Duo, in case you've been hiding under a rock since before IDF, is a 10-inch netbook with a swivel screen which enables you to use it as a sort of tablet... you know, those things that everybody's cranking out these days. It also boasts a dual-core Atom N550 CPU and Windows 7 Home Premium. Regardless, we still haven't heard any pricing or definite availability info yet, but the video is below.

Via : engadget, channelintel (YouTube), Pocket-Lint

Dell Duo: The netbook that thinks its a tablet

The trouble with a tablet is that when it comes to typing, well you're left with an on-screen option, which just isn't going to be as fast as the QWERTY keyboard offering that you know and love.

Dell's latest concept, shown off at Intel's Developer Forum aims to solve all that.

Called the Dell Duo, it is a 10-inch netbook with a swivel screen that allows it to switch from a tablet to a netbook with a swivel of the screen.

While the likes of HP and Toshiba have offered swivelling screen technology before, this design take a different approach rather like a rotating door rather on two side axis rather than from a central pivot on one side.

You simply swivel it around within its frame to make the transformation.

This hybrid powered by a dual-core Atom processor, and runs Windows 7 Premium.

No word on release date or how much it will cost.

Via : pocket-lint.com