New Dell Products at CES 2009
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Earlier this morning at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Alex Gruzen, Senior VP, Global Consumer Product Group, and Ed Boyd, VP, Consumer Experience Design Group, discussed highlights of 2008 and introduced some new products.
Speaking of those, Dell made the Studio XPS laptops official by introducing the Studio XPS 16 and 
the Studio XPS 13. Both laptops combine stunning industrial design with state-of-the-art technology. First, the Studio XPS 16 – not only gorgeous, but an immersive cinematic experience with 16:9 full HD display and Dolby audio. And the Studio XPS 13 proves that beauty and elegance are more than skin deep with optional industry-first Hybrid SLI technology, delivering choice of boosting performance or conserving battery life. Both the Dell Studio XPS 16 and Dell Studio XPS 13 feature beautifully crafted genuine leather and anodized aluminum accents on top of a high-gloss Obsidian Black finish. Both are available today on Dell.com beginning at $1199.
We also unveiled a USB Digital HDTV Tuner designed for the Inspiron Mini family of products. With a starting price of $50, this thumb-sized USB accessory turns the Inspiron Mini into a digital TV – hello, HDTV on the go! And this new product was recognized with a 2009 CES Innovations Honoree award. We’ll be offering region-specific versions of this product, designed to receive local broadcast standards. We expect the tuner to be available later this quarter, first in Europe, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific and China.
And for you gamers out there, you’ve probably already been reading about AM
D’s new Dragon processors in at sites like HotHardware.com. Those are the processors we feature in our latest gaming desktop, the XPS 625. Starting at $999, this extreme gaming machine includes overclocking capabilities and expandability. It combines AMD multi-core black edition processors with ATI Radeon HD graphics. The XPS 625 is available today on Dell.com.
Previewed today but not available until February, the new G-Series LED monitors deliver exceptional performance AND energy efficiency. The Dell G2210 and G2410 widescreen LED flat panels consumer less than half the power of comparable monitors. Plus the designs incorporate environmentally preferable materials. The G-Series EPEAT Gold and ENERGY STAR-compliant monitors will be available through Dell.com beginning in late February with prices starting at $279 and $359 respectively.
Dell also announced the Dell Download Store, the first online software superstore to combine downloading and volume licensing for consumers and SMBs. With 1,000+ titles, 16 publishers and growing weekly, users can mange software purchased with Dell PCs or independently in one convenient location.
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Note: Click on the images in this post for larger versions. If you want to see more, check out images of the new products at www.flickr.com/photos/dellphotos and let us know what you think…Oh, and just wait until you see what else is coming in 2009!
Note from Lionel: Below is an audio-only version of Alex and Ed’s nearly 30-minute session today. Beyond talking about the new products, they discuss Dell’s take on design and developing consumer devices, cover some highlights from last year and give a bit of insight about what to expect from Dell in this space in 2009.
I also noticed that Beth Blecherman over at Techmamas did a good job summarizing a similar session that happenend today if you want to read about more than just the new products that we introduced today.
