I haven’t watched the video, but I think this is lame. It seems like they’re trying to capitalize on the whole, “Will it blend?” thing. :P

Isn’t this just Dell trying out an Apple marketing ploy. Drip feeding us info with no real content. Of course they would have to have an outstanding product to get away with this unscathed.
Lets see,

Dell has little to be superior about, in my experience.
My expensive Dell laptop was a turkey. It was a faulty design, as attested by the scores of complaints on Dell’s website from owners who all had identical problems. (A particular row of keys would stop working after about 18 months – after the warranty had expired!)New keyboards would work for a while, and then expire in the same way. A responsible manufacturer would have acknowledged there was a problem – or am I naive?
I replaced the Dell with a Toshiba. Unlike the Dell, it has not been a continual drain on my money. That Dell video looks extremely ill-advised to me. I hope the new Dell is a big flop.

I work for a large school district and I was shown a working demo for the new tablet. There are actualy 2 different models that they are putting out, an ultra mobile version and a mobile version.

I get to see a lot of equipment, in fact I just gave back my X61 demo and I was very impressed with the Dell tablet. They really put the time and energy and thought into the features of the device.

Actually, I think it’s an M4, my M4. ;-)

Let’s see if they deliver on their promise. Meanwhile, it’s the X61 not the XT for me.

I actually think it is a pretty bold move – a little bit of trash talk is good, IMO. They better have the goods to back it up, though, or it will back fire

They’ve actually released most of the specs to medium/large business customers, but that only has the ring of a standard 12″ widescreen convertible. What we need is detailed pictures and dimensions (and some hands on reviews).

Oh, and the specs as of 6 months ago included touchscreen only, no active digitizer. As a graphics person, I really hope they at least make that an option, because otherwise it sounds like a promising unit.

And yes, the video is foolish. :)

That was stupid. I think Dell is shooting themselves in the foot by not pre-releasing more info regarding the XT. The new school season is approaching fast and so far the new HP looks fairly compelling vs. Dell’s vaporware. But as of late Dell seems to be misfiring on all cylinders. The new status quo?