Acer Aspire One to come bundled with 3G. Dell and HP to follow suit?
It’s a bundle of 3G joy for you mini notebook owners. Starting in November in Taiwan, the Acer Aspire One netbook is expected to ship with integrated 3G for $95 (NT$3,000) more than the standard non-3G model. Add in some bundled 3G service through Taiwan Mobile and you can save yourself $155 (NT$5,000) instead. Woohoo! Not to be outdone, it appears as if HP and Dell may be offering similar bundles in Japan. A post at jkOnTheRun has the newspaper flier above that appears to offer the recently announced Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and the HP 2133 mini notebook with a respectable $370 subsidy. The subsidy requires a two year commitment to a 3G data plan with Emobile. Wow! Not too shabby considering Dell just announced the Inspiron Mini 9 last week. Cant wait to see a similar bundle coming stateside. Sooner rather than later, please.
Tags: 3G, Acer, Acer Aspire One, Netbook, Taiwan Mobile, UMPC
I was always skeptical of integrated 3G cards. Number one would be the reception. Two would be the advancements in the cards, I always like having the newest card when AT&T gives speed bumps across their 3G network. That and I use a lot of different computers. I have a MBP and a Lenovo T61P - I would have to pay two different data cards.
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Actually, according to a post I saw on Engadget the other day, the new Dell Mini 9 netbook actually HAS 3G integrated, and Dell isn’t even advertising it.
Seemed very strange, but the thought was that maybe they were in talks with ATT/T-mo and didn’t want to advertise it until they had a deal worked out for marketing?
I don’t know if anyone truly confirmed the 3G in the Mini 9, but supposedly that was the case.
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the inspiron mini 9 does have integrated 3g…the link in my post above, points to a previous post by Zach that talks about it.
what I tried to point out in this post is that the Japanese flyer is the only 3g bundle (subsidy pricing when you buy it bundled with a 3g data plan) we have seen for the inspiron 9. Like you said, it is expected that Dell will partner up with AT&T or T-Mo to offer something similar in the US.
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