StarHub and M1 to carry HSDPA Inspiron Mini 9

Darius Chang | Oct 29, 2008

Hot on the heels of ASUS' partnership with SingTel to offer an HSDPA-enabled Eee PC 901 is Dell which is making its own move with the other two Singapore telcos, StarHub and M1.

The specifications of this unit is as follows:

Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor

1GB RAM

8GB SSD

8.9-inch display

802.11b/g, Bluetooth and WWAN radios

0.3-megapixel Webcam

Windows XP Home edition

Available from today, subscribers to either telcos' mobile broadband service are entitled to purchase the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with built-in HSDPA radio at a subsidized price.

	Mobile broadband plans (prices correct as of October 29, 2008)
	Fixed and mobile broadband bundle		1Mbps		2Mbps
	Monthly subscription	Netbook price	Monthly subscription	Netbook price	Monthly subscription	Netbook price
M1	S$78.33 (Mbps mobile BB)	Free	S$22.42	S$498	S$38.72	S$398
StarHub	S$36.37 (7.2Mbps mobile BB; price excludes cost of MaxOnline plan)	S$498	N.A.	N.A.	S$27.10	S$598

	Mobile broadband plans (prices correct as of October 29, 2008)
	3.6Mbps		7.2Mpbs
	Monthly subscription	Netbook price	Monthly subscription	Netbook price
M1	S$69.30	S$298	N.A.	N.A.
Starhub	N.A.	N.A.	S$50.93	S$498

Both telcos require the user to sign up for a two-year mobile broadband plan.

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ferdiei says...
to start with, its not that expensive for these telcos (including Singtel who's peddling the Eee on their side) to offer these netbooks with wwan radios built-in. with their bloated prices which is not really attractive for consumers here to bite into, these netbooks are going for doom...might as well take a standalone netty & avail of bundled mobile-broadband being offered by, like starhub.

Oct 29, 2008 21:21