Deldotb managed to install a touchscreen in his Dell Inspiron Mini 9, but in doing so had to sacrifice one of the left-side USB ports. Nice mod! Read Deldotb’s post about adding the touchscreen.

Was the 16GB SSD in Dell’s Mini Inspiron 9 not big enough for your needs? Well, you may be in luck. Dell has added 32GB solid state hard drive option to the Mini Inspiron 9. The optional larger drive will set you back and extra $100 though. Buy: Inspiron Mini 9 at Dell.com

What?! According to Anne Camden of Dell Corporate Communications, “the Mini doesn’t have the internal antenna infrastructure needed to support mobile broadband”. So much for putting a third-party 3G card in the free WWAN slot in the base of the unit. [via Gearlog]

Dell’s new netbook, the Inspiron Mini 9, is now on sale. As expected, Dell is offering a model with Ubuntu 8.04 alongside a model with the run-of-the-mill Windows XP Home installation. Pricing starts at a competitive $349. Specs listed below: Processors Intel® AtomTM Processor (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB) Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition [...]