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AT&T wants to ride the netbook wave, hence they’ve expanded their offering. The carrier is now offering three netbooks with pretty much the same feature set: Acer Aspire One, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and the Lenovo S10. Specs wise, these come with an Intel Atom processor, 10-inch screen, Microsoft Windows XP Home, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, and a built-in webcam; and will be available for $199.99 after mail-in rebate and with a two-year service contract.
Of course, a data plan is required with the purchase, which start at $40 per month for 200MB of data. A much better deal is available with 5GB plan, which costs $60 per month.
As for those ConnecTech services, basically AT&T is offering pre-paid technical support for individual users. The cheapest service called AT&T ConnecTech Remote Advanced Set Up and Service, costs $99 and allows customers to select installation of a new netbook to a secure wireless network, or PC notebook performance and optimization service, or PC notebook diagnosis and troubleshooting. The most expensive plan, available $199, goes beyond that adding configuration, optimization and security to the mix…
Full press release is available from AT&T’s website.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
