Dell has showcased a new Internet tablet at CES in Las Vegas, and it is to be called the Mini 5. With a 5-inch screen and the open-source Android operating system, it looks like Dell’s got a winner. It’s pretty in pictures, but held in the hands of any normal person, the Dell Mini 5 Internet tablet looks more like a cell phone than any Internet tablet you’re used to seeing. It’s quite thin, and it even sports a built-in SIM card slot, as a matter of fact. This sort of makes it an over-sized smartphone, pitted up against current mobile browsing favorites like the Apple iPhone, Nokia N900 and HTC HD2.

There are also two cameras onboard the Dell Mini 5: a 5MP camera at the back and a front-facing camera presumably for video calls. Dell hasn’t released any info about pricing and most importantly, battery life, but a multi-touch screen and Android make the Dell Mini 5 a sweet device at any price point below $500.

Via Pocket-Lint

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 4:09 am and is filed under competitor, dell, tablet.You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.