Tag: Dell
Is Dell planning to make a Wi-Fi personal media player?
Dell has announced plans to acquire Zing, the technology company that makes the platform for SanDisk’s Sansa Connect wireless music player. The obvious conclusion is that Dell is planning its own Wi-Fi PMP.
Dell introduce their smallest desktop colour laser printer 1320c
Dell has announced the launch of its new Colour Laser Printer 1320c, its smallest ever printer designed to fit on your desk.
Designed to replace the current 3010cn, it offers three times the colour print speed, at up to 12 colour A4 pages per minute, in a more compact design and costing £226.OI
It can also print in black and white at up to 16 A4 pages per minute. It has just two buttons to control it, and features side loading toners which are simple to fit and promise to be mess-free.
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Dell's goal: to become the greenest technology company on the planet
Dell has today launched a long-term, global effort to become the greenest technology company on Earth. It has set an ambitious Zero Carbon Initiative whereby it aims to maximise the energy efficiency of Dell products, and over time offset their carbon impact.
The company has also committed to reduce the carbon intensity of its global operations by 15% by 2012, as well as extending its “Plant a Tree for Me” programme into Europe. For £1 per notebook or £3 per desktop PC, customers can offset the emissions associated with the electricity their computer uses.
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Dell happy with pre-standard 802.11n Wi-Fi equipment
Dell has defended its decision to join the growing number of manufacturers releasing high-speed Wi-Fi equipment based on the draft 802.11n specification.
Given the amount of gadgetry already on the market you’d be forgiven for thinking the standard was near completion, but in fact it isn’t due to be ratified until March 2009.
Liam Quinn, Dell’s chief technology officer for communications, security, peripherals and systems, told ZDNet that it doesn’t really matter that the standard hasn’t been finalised yet.
Dell adds SanDisk flash drives to Latitude notebooks as hard drive alternative
Dell has announced that it will be offering its Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG semi-rugged notebook computers with SanDisk 1.8-inch 32GB solid state (Flash) drives instead of a hard drive.
Dell is committed to offering them across the next generation of its Latitude notebooks as they are more reliable, offer increased performance, and are quieter.
Dell breaks Microsoft hold: will sell PCs with Linux operating system
Though the suggestion has been around for a few months now, Dell has confirmed that it will begin shipping PCs with the Linux open source operating system to customers who ask for it. Customer demand has increased, with 70% of…
Will Dell create the first modular mobile phone?
There's an intriguing bit of speculation over on Telecoms.com, suggesting that Dell may be looking to produce its own mobile phone. It's partly spurred by the news that Dell has recruited the former head of Motorola's mobile devices division, Ron…
Top 10 things Dell customers want from the company
Thumbs up to Dell for the launch of its IdeaStorm website, which asks customers what new products and/or services they'd like Dell to launch, then gets them to vote on the best ones. So what are they asking for? At…
