Dell Partners with Box.net for New Inspiron Mini 9 Notebook
This week, Dell introduced the Inspiron Mini 9, taking the emerging class of “netbook” laptops by storm. Beyond its slick and classy looks, the Inspiron Mini addresses a lot of pent-up demand for notebooks that emphasize ultra-portability, a super low price of entry, and being the user’s ultimate buddy for surfing, e-mailing, chatting and social networking. And it all comes with the quality and reliability users expect from the Dell brand.
As part of the launch, Dell partnered with Box.net to provide all of its Inspiron Mini users with free online storage to store all their important files safely and securely, be it productivity documents, PDFs, videos, photos, and just about anything else. Inspiron users get 2 GB of storage absolutely free by signing up for a Box.net account through a direct link on their snazzy new notebook. In addition, Box is offering affordable plans for users that need as much as 25 GB of online storage.
Obviously, Box is excited to partner and be associated with one of the most respected companies in the PC industry. But we’re even more excited to play an important role in a new class of machines that cater to users’ online, always on-the-go, gotta share this latest (insert photo, link or document here) right-now kind of lives.
Box.net has become a leader not because of the fact that we offer users online storage - though that’s obviously part of our core. Box has addressed users’ needs to access, share, and collaborate with friends and colleagues wherever they are, whatever applications or web services they use, and on any PC or mobile device they use - simply.
With Dell’s new Inspiron Mini, we can say that the “netbook” class has truly arrived and is here to stay. And Box.net gets to help all these users store, access and share files that are at the heart of their digital lives. It’s going to be hot.
Coverage Updates:
Check out the Dell blog for their perspective
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The Best way to store your files in the BOX is with Inspiron Mini 9, fast and usefull any time you need.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Congratulations on the deal, nice work.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
[...] today announced a partnership with Box.net, where it is bundling 2 GB of free storage with the newly announced Dell Netbook. [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Good work!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
im thinking of getting a dell mini. i already use the box.net free service. i was surprised that dell was using box.net. its a nice easy fast service.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:09 am
well i chose to get the dell mini and ordered it. only thing i upgraded to was 1gb ram and got free shipping. with tax the total cost was $399, i will be glad to be getting the 2gb free box.net storage as well. i love making simple documents on the box.net and dont have to worry about making them on a laptop and then have to transfer to a new laptop or saving them on a SD card.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
How many months is this free 2GB of storage for Dell Mini customers? Is it for a year? A lifetime?
September 7th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Any word on that TechCrunch contest!? I’m on page 17 and I really want to get the Dell and I [i]really[/i] hope to get the 25gb! I run a social news Web site that I started myself and I find myself locked to my desk, even though everything I have is in the cloud (not everything of course). It’s because I have the clunky old Inspiron 1100 and it’s not very handy, to say the least, after eight years of use.
This one would make my life so much richer, and I could cover my hometown’s news from anywhere, which Fresno really needs.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Congratulations.
Good work…
Erick
September 13th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Congratulations!!!
September 20th, 2008 at 2:13 am
This is an interesting deal that makes a lot of sense. Low budget mini laptops are ideal for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This deal has inspired me to write an item about it on our technology blog: http://www.capgemini.com/technology-blog/2008/09/saas_for_the_masses.php
September 24th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
[...] you buy from the software provider of your choice. Dell has already taken steps in that direction by acquiring Box.Net. So, go ahead vendors of mini laptops (HP, Dell, Asus and the likes), team up with ISPs and SaaS [...]
September 27th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
[...] also notes that they have partnered with Dell to serve online file storage on the Dell [...]
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:30 am
This is an awsome idea.. Id never heard of BOXNET until i recived my new Mini from Dell , this really is great and i cant wait to start transfering my documents over. Great idea im very impressed!
October 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
This is an interesting partnership for sure. Lets see how this works out through these tough times.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:41 am
it will be a good relationship
April 10th, 2009 at 1:29 am
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June 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am