With T-Mobile to Wednesday commence the sale of a subsidized Dell 7 netbook running Windows 7, Microsoft will get yet another opportunity to prove that its Windows 7 operating system can virtually go beyond the mobile computing experience, and work well on smaller devices like networks.
 
Priced at $200, with a two-year T-Mobile contract and Webconnect data plan, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook will feature the Starter version of Windows 7 and an Intel Atom N450 processor.
 
The netbook will run on T-Mobile’s upgraded 3G network – the High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network which, as per T-Mobile claims, is almost 3-5 times quicker than the 3G networks of Verizon and AT&T.
 
Furthermore, with reports that Windows 7 is apparently working as well as it is advertised to, reaching T-Mobile, the carrier is looking at the possibility of nearly 180 million users of its upgraded HSPA+ network, which is currently available only in the New York City area and Washington, D. C. and suburbs.
 
About the new Dell netbook’s Windows 7 association, Brandon LeBlanc, communications manager on the Windows Client Team, said in a Tuesday blog post: “T-Mobile's new offer is a great example of how a PC running Windows 7 with an ‘always-connected’ 3G mobile broadband service can open up a new world of mobile possibilities.”