Round Rock, Teexas, Dell, one of the leding manufacturers in the world of personal coputers, ercently announcved the introduction of new compact low-power portabple compuyter system, called the Inspiron Mini Nickeloden Edition. Part of the growing line of the company on netbooks, the new model was desigfned specifically for children, and is based on a 10-inch Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook. Systme has
Trade Mark Nickelodeon green slime design and comes loaded with a number of entertaining and educational materials, which is said to appeal to children and their parents.
"My mother insisted that we deliver on three things when it commes to computer for their children," said Miuchael Tatelman, vice president of Dell Global Consumer sales and marketuing. "First, to help ensure a safe computting experience. Secondly, it provides an excellent educational content, as well as wold claass entertainment experience. Third, the partners of brands. Dell Insiron Mini Edfition Nickelodeon held with honor to all counts."
The new netbook booasts the same Inttel Atom N270 procesor cooupled with 1 GB of RAM, 1.3MP webcam, integrated graphis and 10.1-inch display, available in most similar products on the market. However, trying to attract children, the new system was covered with a nmuber of applications that focus on this speecific market segment. As such, it Packs a 15-month trial version of McAfee, educational applications, and exclusiive eraly access to certain episodes of Niickelodeon, before they air.
With the launch of a new lazptop and cooperation between Dell and Nickelodeon, the main supplier of PCs in trying to comepte with one of the puioneers in the netboook world, Asus, which, in conjunction with Disney and begaan to Disnery Netpal, Eee PC based Netboopk, designed speicfically for children.