Wired: Review: Dell Inspiron Duo 2 Convertible Netbook
Wired magazine gives the Dell Inspiron Duo 2, a netbook that converts to a tablet by swiveling its screen, a rating of just 5 out of 10. Performance is lackluster and it’s not clear who really needs such a device, the reviewer says.
“You can’t deny Dell some hard-fought gee-whiz cred with the new Inspiron Duo.
In a world of commoditized portables, it is nothing if not a unique product. Show it off to your friends; it looks like a netbook, and you pop open the laptop-like clamshell and wait for the bored expression to appear. Then comes the sucker punch: you rotate the screen horizontally within its frame and snap the laptop back shut. Ta-da, it’s a freakin’ tablet, bro! People are duly impressed. It’s a neat trick and, at the very least, a clever feat of engineering.
But what is the Dell Inspiron Duo? Cut through the mystery and you will find — sorry to burst your bubble — a Windows netbook with a rotating touchscreen.”