Dell Mini 5 comes with Amazon content, several design options
March 10, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
The Dell Mini 5 mondo-phone seems like a mobile internet device/slate that just happens to make calls. Thanks to some Dell internal documents and promotional materials leaked to Engadget, we know a few more choice details about the upcoming device.
The Mini 5 seems poised to launch with a Kindle eBook reader app, Amazon MP3, and a range of Amazon’s digital video streams. Device owners will be able to purchase and use Amazon’s content – books, music, and movies – directly on their 3G-enabled device.
The leaked documents also reveal that the Mini 5 will come in a variety of colors and designs. There are artistic designs, bold colors, or standard black for people who don’t want to be too flashy. Add that to what we already knew about the device – a 5 megapixel camera with flash, front VGA camera for video chat, 5″ WVGA capacitive screen, and a 1GHZ processor – and this phone becomes even more appealing.
[Engadget]
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I'm kinda stoked on this item.
The Mini 5 is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for!
I will always have a laptop for full-feature portable computing, so I’m not looking an ipad-sized tablet, and I certainly don’t want to bother with a device that has no camera and doesn’t make phone calls. And, in addition to other shortcomings such as lack of flash, I find the iphone screen too small to be an effective intermediate computing device, and with the ipad’s size you might as well bring your laptop/netbook. The Mini 5 is the perfect size for easy portability (it will easily fit in my jacket’s inside pocket), and with phone capability, it allows users replace a device instead of forcing them to add one.
When is this coming out, and how much?