Spotted by a reader over at Eee PC news, this looks like a report about the official specifications of the Dell E which the site is referring to as the Dell Inspiron 910. New information in the post includes 3G options at purchase time and also confirms the lack of Fn-Key row which many people in the target audience won’t miss.

As is par for the course on these info leaks, there’s no final price or availability date and in this case, no source quoted.  I’ve updated the database with the latest details. If anyone can read Portuguese and spots something that Google translator didn’t, let me know!!

I’ve just bought a new Dell desktop. Why? Because it was easy and comfortable to order it from the website. Its a brand I trust well enough and I didn’t want to spend any time researching a purchase. The same is going to happen, possibly millions of times, with this netbook.

Source odontopalm.com (Brazilian translation)
Via: Eeepcnews.de Thanks Sascha.

One of the stories appearing last week that deserves a little bit of attention  is the news via Engadget (unknown source) that the Dell E will come in both 8.9 and 12" configurations. The 8.9" device is marked up as as a Mobile Internet Device due to it fitting into  Dell’s 30-minute Web experience pigeonhole.

We love multiple definitions of the same term here. It really helps the customers…not!

It will be Atom Diamondville based, come with a fairly standard-set of netbook features (multiple SSD options, colors, Linux and XP options, BT on high-end model) but will have two interesting features. Firstly, Dell will aim to make a V1.5 with 3G or Wimax for some markets. Secondly, they will build it around a 35wh battery which is nearly 50% more than the one you’ll find on a Wind and could return over 4 hours. A real ASUS EeePC 901 competitor in terms of battery life. Target weight is 1KG with dimensions around the 230x170x30mm mark. About the same size as the Eee PC 901. Maybe a tad thinner.

Target launch date is August at a starting price of $299 with the V1.5 models coming along in Oct. Penciled in for Q2 2009 is V2.0 but there’s no information about that yet.

No doubt there’s a heavy element of marketing included in this product so expect to see it advertised everywhere in the run up to Christmas!

Source: Engadget.

More details and links for the Dell E here.