Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) will no longer be selling the Streak 7 tablet device. The device is no longer available online. It has only been a few months since Dell phased out the Streak 5 as well.

Intellectual Ventures is suing a group of companies for patent infringement. Companies being sued include Acer, Adata Technology, Asustek Computer, Best Buy, Dell, Elpida Memory, Hewlett Packard, Hynix Semiconductor, Kingston Technology, Logitech International, Pantech and Wal-Mart. According to TechCrunch, the patents deal with memory technology and methods.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is ending the Adamo line of laptops and the brand. The Adamo has an aluminum case and was 0.65 inches thin. The Adamo also uses solid-state drives and has Intel Core 2 Duo processors. That means that these laptops was a rival of the MacBook Air. The major downfall of the Adamo was the price. It first started at around $2,000 and gradually started to drop. Today the price is at about $799. Future Adamo designs will be branded under Inspiron, XPS, and Alienware. [CNET]

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is rumored to be working on a new set of phones that will be powered by the Windows Phone 7 operating system. The newest phone would be called the Dell Lighting and it has a touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard slider, 4.1″ WVGA OLED, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, microSD card slot, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, accelerometer, and a digital compass. [Engadget]

Dell Inc. is releasing a new line of PCs that will rival the Apple Mac Mini. The Dell Zino HD will be available in green, blue, black, purple, orange, red, and pink. The boxes are 8″ x 8″ and run on AMD Athlon Dual-Core processors with a choice of Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Ubuntu Linux. The “HD” in Zino HD has to do with the HDMI port that comes with the PC. They can also come with a 1TB hard drive and 8GB of RAM. The black Zino HD with minimum features will run for about $230. The highest priced Zino HD will cost about $808 according to Wired.

Dell has launched a couple of new notebooks in their Inspiron line of products. The two new notebooks are the 14 and 15z. Both of these notebooks have 16:9, 366×768 widescreen displays with Intel Core 2 Solo processors. The Solo processors makes battery life last longer since they are low-power chips.

Some of the specs of the notebooks include
- 14 inch screen (14z), 15 inch screen (15z)
- DVD drive included
- Choice of Intel Core 2 Solo or Core 2 Duo processors
- WiFi and optional mobile broadband
- Choice between 4 cell (4 hour) or 6 cell (8 hour) batteries
- Express charge (4-6 cell) batteries can be charged in 60 minutes
- 1.3 megapixel webcam
- HD Audio 2.0

Both of these notebooks can be bought today in cherry red or black at a starting price of $599.

Today Dell has introduced the greenest monitor display of its kind.  Its a 24″ white LED Full HD LCD with an EPEAT Gold rating.  This monitor promises to cut power consumption by 60%.  The display has about 250 nits of brightness with 5ms panel response time and about a 1000:1 contrast.

The Panel is TN type with 16.7 million colors and 160/170 viewing angles rating.  The monitor’s power-saving features include Ambient Light Sensor, PowerNap, and Dynamic Dimming.  The max resolution is 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz.  Response time is 5ms and pixel pitch is 0.277 mm.

Want it?  $349 at Dell.com right now.

[via SlashGear]

After being offered at select retail stores and online at other sources, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 has officially become available at Dell.com.  The full specs have also been revealed.  The processors are available in Intel  AtomTM  Z520 (1.33GHz/533MHz FSB/512K L2Cache) or Intel AtomTM  Z530 (1.60GHz/533MHz FSB/512K L2Cache).  It comes with Windows XP Home SP3 and 1GB5 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM.  Monitor size is 10.1″ LED (1024×576) WSVGA.  Hard drives are available in 120GB or 160GB HDD with 5400RPM.  The netbook has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 1.3MP webcam built-in.

In order to showcase you personality and favorite color, the Mini 10 comes in white, blue, red, pink, green, and black. I don’t believe it is available for check out yet, but I’m certain that it will be soon since the specs are now officially on the website.