Right so we were so right about every detail of the Mini Insprion. We said nothing about it coming with a WWAN / 3G modem but we were wrong it does come with 3G. A lot of people seem to have been disappointed with the price of the Mini Inspiron as the base model was expected to cost $299 but actually costs $399. Here is what you get a various price points;

Dell Mini Inspiron Standard Edition

$349

• Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6GHz
• Ubuntu Linux Netbook Remix version 8.04
• 512MB DDR2 RAM (Upgradeable to 2048MB)
• 4GB Solid State Disk
• Dell Wireless Mini 802.11g WiFi
• No Webcam

Dell Mini Inspiron Social Edition

$399

• Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6GHz
• Ubuntu Linux Netbook Remix version 8.04
• 512MB DDR2 RAM (Upgradeable to 2048MB)
• 8GB Solid State Disk
• Dell Wireless Mini 802.11g WiFi
• 0.3 Mega pixel webcam

Dell Mini Inspiron XP Edition

$449

• Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6GHz
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
• 1024MB DDR2 RAM (Upgradeable to 2048MB)
• 8GB Solid State Disk
• Dell Wireless Mini 802.11g WiFi
• 1.3 Mega pixel webcam

Of course their is news that this netbook will be subsidised if you go with a contract fromVodafone. So will we see hip youngsters carrying this machine, no but Geeks and nerds maybe. This machine is up on dells websites now if you are interested. Thanks to Bill who E-Mailed us this story.