Dell confirm Mini 5 AT&T connection, Android Market access & more
2/27/2010 12:20:00 PM
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Hungry for more on the Dell Mini 5 MID? As well as confirming that the Android slate is the first of several such tablets from the company, Dell head tablet honcho Neeraj Choubey has also been spilling the beans on carrier partnerships, Android Market compatibility and the potential for next-gen resistive screens being used instead of capacitive on future models.
In an interview with LAPTOP, the talkative Choubey confirms that the Mini 5 is Android Market compliant and should run any app in there which conforms to Google’s developer guidelines. He also confirms that Dell are in talks with AT&T to offer the Mini 5 on their network, presumably subsidized.
Compared to the iPad’s target market, Choubey reckons the Mini 5 will appeal to “a more tech-savvy generation of people” who want a convergent device; to that end, Dell will also be doing something with synchronized content. No full details on that, but it sounds as though Dell will be pushing some sort of cloud-based sync that formats content depending on the device you’re using to view it:
“If I bought something from Amazon store on my tablet and I downloaded it, why should I have to choose my tablet over my netbook? When I was at Yahoo they always talked about your content, your way, when you want it, how you want it. It’s something that everyone in the mobile space has embraced. You shouldn’t have to make decisions based on where your content is.” Neeraj Choubey, Dell
As for stylus input – something we puzzled over earlier – Choubey seems to hint that Dell might use new transparent conductor resistive panels over capacitive technology in future tablet models, which support multitouch finger-input and stylus control with high-resolution accuracy.
Dell Mini 5 first of “a family of tablets”
Dell’s Mini 5 is just the first tablet the company are planning to release, and the Apple iPad is basically their target. That’s the message from Neeraj Choubey, general manager of Dell’s tablet division, who has confirmed that the Mini 5 will be one of “a family of tablets”, and he’s also suggested that the company is working with carriers to push for low-cost data package plans similar to what Apple has negotiated.
“The first one is a 5-inch screen but we want to scale that up to a variety of screen sizes” Choubey explained, describing the Mini 5 as a device “optimized for media consumption.” However Dell are also looking to more productivity applications, suggesting that “there’s no reason why you can’t use the tablet to take notes in class”; that would likely be using an on-screen keyboard rather than stylus-driven handwriting recognition, such as we’ve seen before on tablet PCs.
The new range will be accompanied by cloud-based services intended to make users’ data more accessible. ”At a very basic level, you would have a service that will share content across the devices seamlessly and have it in the cloud” Choubey suggests. Dell are still keeping quiet on exactly when we can expect the Mini 5 to launch, how much it might cost or indeed what its production name will be.
In an interview with LAPTOP, the talkative Choubey confirms that the Mini 5 is Android Market compliant and should run any app in there which conforms to Google’s developer guidelines. He also confirms that Dell are in talks with AT&T to offer the Mini 5 on their network, presumably subsidized.
Compared to the iPad’s target market, Choubey reckons the Mini 5 will appeal to “a more tech-savvy generation of people” who want a convergent device; to that end, Dell will also be doing something with synchronized content. No full details on that, but it sounds as though Dell will be pushing some sort of cloud-based sync that formats content depending on the device you’re using to view it:
“If I bought something from Amazon store on my tablet and I downloaded it, why should I have to choose my tablet over my netbook? When I was at Yahoo they always talked about your content, your way, when you want it, how you want it. It’s something that everyone in the mobile space has embraced. You shouldn’t have to make decisions based on where your content is.” Neeraj Choubey, Dell
As for stylus input – something we puzzled over earlier – Choubey seems to hint that Dell might use new transparent conductor resistive panels over capacitive technology in future tablet models, which support multitouch finger-input and stylus control with high-resolution accuracy.
Dell Mini 5 first of “a family of tablets”
Dell’s Mini 5 is just the first tablet the company are planning to release, and the Apple iPad is basically their target. That’s the message from Neeraj Choubey, general manager of Dell’s tablet division, who has confirmed that the Mini 5 will be one of “a family of tablets”, and he’s also suggested that the company is working with carriers to push for low-cost data package plans similar to what Apple has negotiated.
“The first one is a 5-inch screen but we want to scale that up to a variety of screen sizes” Choubey explained, describing the Mini 5 as a device “optimized for media consumption.” However Dell are also looking to more productivity applications, suggesting that “there’s no reason why you can’t use the tablet to take notes in class”; that would likely be using an on-screen keyboard rather than stylus-driven handwriting recognition, such as we’ve seen before on tablet PCs.
The new range will be accompanied by cloud-based services intended to make users’ data more accessible. ”At a very basic level, you would have a service that will share content across the devices seamlessly and have it in the cloud” Choubey suggests. Dell are still keeping quiet on exactly when we can expect the Mini 5 to launch, how much it might cost or indeed what its production name will be.
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