Dell Mini 10 Specs, Pricing Revealed

Dell first showed off its 10-inch entry to the netbook market at CES, and today we finally learn more about the final shipping configurations.

Detailed on the Direct2Dell blog, the Dell Mini 10 will be available on the Dell website for consumer orders starting February 26 with configurations beginning at $399.

The base model will come in black, with other colors (likely at a charge) white, pink, blue, green and red. As previously reported, the Dell Mini 10 will come packed with one of two Intel Atom CPU options, the Z520 at 1.33 GHz or the Z530 at 1.66 GHz. Other standard features include the following:

• an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam
• an HDMI out port
• integrated 802.11g Wi-Fi
• a 3-cell 24Whr battery
• 160GB 5400rpm hard drive
• a 4-in-1 memory card reader

With the 3-cell battery, the Mini 10 will weigh 2.86 lbs.

Aside from the HDMI out port, the Mini 10 is starting to read a lot like the rest of the 10-inch netbooks on the market from Asus, Acer and MSI. Even though Dell touted the Mini 10 as being a higher-end netbook with a 720p display and a TV tuner, the initial shipping model will offer neither. Instead, it will have the usual 1024 x 576 like the rest of the pack.

Dell does promise that the 720p display and TV tuner will be coming in future models, as are Bluetooth, integrated GPS and mobile broadband. The company did not offer an ETA on those options, giving the competition some time to beef up their own 10-inch offerings.