Inspiron Mini 9 for $99 with AT&T service contract

To further enhance the interest in some of the large and small, low-power portable computer systems, dubbed Inspiron Mini 9, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell announced that it will be available at the above netbook impressive $ 99, as part of package AT & T. According to available information, promotional package will be available to all customers in the U.S., and the end of January.

To be eligible for one of Dell's small-sized Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks will sign a two-year contract with AT & T Wireless Broadband Laptop Connect. Package normally costs the user $ 449, but it will be offered at $ 350 mail-in rebate, as part of an agreement between two companies. Promotional package can be expected to increase consumer interest in netbooks.

"Mini 9 is designed specially for hi-def mobile lifestyles, which require fast and reliable access to e-mail, social networks and surf the Internet, and complements this offers exceptional value to the equation," said Dell's global sales and marketing of consumer goods Vice President Michael Tatelman.

Trade is not the first for AT & T, which last month offered a promotional package of electronics retailer Radio Shack. As part of the package, customers were offered Acer netbooks and services for the price of $ 99. The message is the first PC vendor to a later update netbook portfolio with a new 10-inch model, Inspiron Mini 10, showcased last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was launched as a response to the increasing number of netbooks released throughout 2008. As with most of these systems, Dell is equipped with highly successful Intel Atom package necessary to meet basic computing tasks.