Dell's upcoming UMPC

Dell's secret plan to release an ultra mobile PC is out thanks to Brian Lam of Gizmodo who snapped pictures of the upcoming Dell UMPC at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California. Specifications, pricing, or release date of the very compact computer haven't been released yet, but Dell confirmed the ruby red UMPC is real, and even posted pictures of it on its blog.

Judging by the pictures on Gizmodo, the computer Michael Dell calls the "perfect device for the next billion Internet users," appears to have a decent keyboard, three USB ports, VGA out, Ethernet port, and a card reader. Although specifications haven't been mentioned yet, the blog post on Dell's site points to a list of specs on Ideastorm describing what one poster thinks the ideal Dell UMPC should have. Brian Lam says the notebook is just as small as the Asus Eee and the HP 2133, so we'll see when the mysterious Dell UMPC launches hopefully by the end of the year.

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