With a variety of new Dell tablets, laptops, and tablet/laptop hybrids, we've rounded up the most impressive of the bunch.
CNET - For the bulk of 2013, any headlines you've read about Dell have more
than likely been about the company's rocky transition from public to
private company, via a
$25 billion buyout from Silver Lake Partners.
But with today's announcement of a long list of new Windows 8.1
laptops, tablets, convertible devices -- and even a pair of low-cost
Android tablets -- the company is putting the focus back on its hardware
offerings.
With its updated lineup, the once-dominant Texas PC giant seems to be
taking on all comers. With prices starting at $999 and the addition of a
high-resolution touch-screen, the XPS 13 and 15 ultrathin laptops take
aim at Apple's
MacBook Air and
Retina-screen Pro lines. XPS 11 and 12 convertibles are Dell's answer to innovative form factors like
Lenovo's Yoga and Sony's
Vaio Flip.
Meanwhile, a slew of new
tablets
-- the all-new Venue line -- stakes Dell's claim into the market that's
eating into traditional PC sales. On the Windows side, the Venue 11 Pro
is an 11-inch tablet with a detachable keyboard that will go
head-to-head with the likes of Microsoft's upcoming
Surface Pro 2. The Venue 8 Pro joins the ranks of the new, small form-factor
Windows 8.1 tablets from the likes of the
Toshiba Encore and
Asus VivoTab Smart ME400, and wows with a starting price of just $299.
And Dell is returning to the
Android world with the $149 7-inch Venue 7 and $189 8-inch Venue 8, offering competitors to Google's $229
Nexus 7 and Apple's
iPad Mini (which is due to be refreshed later this year).
We've listed some of the more interesting new devices that feature an
array of impressive specs, affordable pricing, and innovative design.
The Dell Venue 7 tablet is a smaller version of the Venue 8.
(Credit:
James Martin/CNET)
Dell Venue 7
Dell is taking another stab at releasing a compact Android slate with
the 7-inch Venue tablet and, even though it doesn't boast the most
high-end specs, it's still a considerable upgrade from
Dell's Streak 7.
The Venue 7 bears an appealing $149 starting price -- for 16GB of
internal storage -- and houses a 2GHz Clover Trail processor, with a
modest 1,280x800-pixel-resolution IPS screen. It also comes in an 8-inch
model.
Read more about the Dell Venue 7 here.
View the Rest!
