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Can’t decide between a tablet or a new laptop? Dell is hoping so, having combined both to make the Inspiron Duo. As party tricks go, the Duo’s rotating screen is up there with balancing a broom handle on your nose. With a bucket of custard on top.
There is a glimmer of hope though: for an extra £80 you can buy the Duo in a bundle with a bespoke dock. This hook up with audio specialist JBL has spawned a neat cradle that props up the tablet-form Duo, giving it speakers that are more than ample for convincing playback of movies and streamed TV, and do a fair job of playing music. With Spotify installed, you’ve got a tidy little kitchen multimedia jukebox.
That dock also adds an Ethernet port and an SD card reader, and duplicates the now concealed pair of USB 2.0 ports and audio in/out socket, as well as charging the battery such as dell F5136 battery , dell 312-0306 battery , dell 312-0305 battery , dell D5561 battery , dell G5345 battery , dell Inspiron 500m battery , dell Inspiron 510m battery , dell Inspiron 600m battery , dell Latitude D500 battery , dell Latitude D505 battery , dell Vostro 1220 battery , dell P649N battery . Unless you want to pay over the odds for a quirky netbook, it’s less and option than a necessity.
It’s a shame that there’s not quite enough power under the hood to make the most of it. The Atom N550 processor copes well with anything that doesn’t involved visuals (so audio apps are fine), but the reliance on integrated graphics hardware compounds its struggle to replay iPlayer at optimum framerates. It’s watchable, but even hooking it up via Ethernet or playing files from the hard drive won’t smooth things out as you’d hope.
As a netbook, the Inspire Duo is actually rather good. It’s fat, and compromises involving that screen action have lead to a smaller display than would otherwise be the case, but the keyboard is comfy and accurate and it’s an attractive little package. The glossy lid is smart and the slightly rubbery finish to the shell gives it a mildly ruggedised feel.
If money was no object or Windows 7 wasn’t the world’s most challenging dexterity test, the Inspiron Duo would be a hit. As it is, the Duo’s market is limited to those who want to combine an adequate netbook with a fidgety internet TV and casual music streamer.