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I have recently get to experiment a Dell Mini 9 netbook which has a 3G HSPA internet slot.

For those of you who are new to this,  mini-notebooks or netbooks are using the latest technology in 3G to connect to the internet. It is a sim card based (similar to the mobile phones sim card) as a channel for you connecting to the net.

Some came with USB adapter for you to place the Sim card inside it while others are pretty much placed in a sim card (similar) slot called the HSPA slot.

Some might call have the HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) version while others the HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).

2 different names - what’s the difference?

The easiest explanation I can give you is that HSDPA is the enhanced version of HSPA, though both these protocols can have a transfer download speed up 14.4Mbps (that’s fast for a moile broadband).

So far about 200 telecommunication operators from around the world have deployed HSPA protocols for mobile laptop and netbook users; a sign that mobile broadband is the way to go.

With this new subscription technology, users need need be bonded to hotspots for Wi-fi though subscribing cost might be one of the factors before users started to adapt mobile broadband.

Some of the notable netbooks which are HSPA ready includes the Dell Mini-9, LG X110, HP Mini 1001TU and Lenovo Ideapad S10-2 3G netbook to name a few.

Recently in the news as well, mobile giants NOKIA has released their first netbook called the Booklet 3G and it is also HSPA ready.

From the way I see it, I’m not surprised if more mobile companies starting to release netbooks as they will leveraging on the future of boadband technology in 3G.

Invest some of your money on a laptop cooler. Trust me you will never regret it.

This is one of the aspects that most users neglect. How come?

Firstly, most users have already forked out a substantial amount of money in acquiring a laptop themselves and coming out money for laptop accessories might not be the first thing on their mind.

These days laptops are already built with sophisticated designs and a must powerful hardware specification. But all these will come at a price. Similar to all electronic products out there, laptops also disseminate a high of heat.

Unlike desktops where modification can be done easily and air cooling is easier to manage, most laptops will have their fans (to cool of their processors – be it Intel or AMD) on the bottom or base part the laptop. What users never realized is that when they place their laptops flat on the table, very little air is absorb to cool the processors and hence sometimes in certain situation it might suddenly turn off your laptop automatically as the processors get too hot.

Not only that these heat, over a period of time (without the proper ventilation), can damage certain components or chips of the laptop’s main board or the memory cards pcb. Not only that hard disk can easily be damaged due to overheating.

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As an avid laptop user, I (like many others) make this same mistake over and over again.

A mistake which over the years have become a very bad habit.

What is it you might wonder?

As seen with many others including myself, we tend to charge our laptop while working on it. In other words, we leave the power plug of the laptop on with the battery of the laptop intact (even though the battery is full !).

This will actually cause the battery to loose its lifespan.

So what’s the best practice or good habit as opposed to the above?

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Netbook (or mini-notebook) sales are on the rise and far becoming the trend for normal users who may use for internet and office applications.

But for gaming? Hey …. that’s too much to ask.

However gamers are finding ways to use mini-notebooks as the new gaming machine. Sounds bizarre but it is true.

Here’s are some advantages I feel gamers may move their games from their desktops or laptops to the trendy item called the mini-notebooks.

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I recently a panic call from a friend stating that her laptop has a BSOD while booting up.

As you seen above, this is another case of a corrupted boot menu which is a very common thing on a Windows XP operating system.

How to solve it?

The recovery console , what better way…..

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The mini notebook or mini laptop is the biggest buzz recently and it is quite interesting to see almost majority of the laptop manufacturers out there leveraging on this market.

Asus has started out with the Eee PC series and soon you see a bunch out there …. that include laptops heavyweights HP, Acer and Dell who released the Netbook, Aspire One and Mini9 respectively.

However China’s own HiVision ain’t far behind either.

Recently they released a series of mini notebook series at an extremely shocking price ($98) !

How do I know about this?

Just check out the video below.

Talk about being affordable ….. THIS IS DEFINITELY THE ONE !

Comments welcome .

Dell has come in with their version of the Eee version of mini laptops by releasing the Mini 9 Inspirion.

Under the $500 figure (around $349 till $499 to be exact), the Mini 9 offers users the affordability of a laptop be it a Windows XP based or Ubuntu Linux based.

Dell is one of the companies benefited by the Intel Atom Processors but unlike Asus Eee Pcs, Dell’s Mini 9 Inspirion display is only available at 8.9 inch as compared to the latter which came in in 3 sizes 7 inch, 8.9 inch and 10.2 inches display.

The specs are as of below:-

1. Intel Atom Processor N270 - 1.6Ghz
2. Motherboard 533 Mhz FSb/512K cache
3. RAM upgradable up to 1 GB
4. Solid State Disk Up to 16GB (Mini notebook version of the Hard Disk)
5. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
6. 802.11 Wireless G
7. Base LCD Sound
8. 4 Cell (32WHr) Battery

By the way, this is laptop is actually called the Dell Mini 9 Netbook.

What do you think of this laptop ….. Luv to hear from you.