The secondary keys like Shift and Enter are the size you expect and (apart from the backslash key which for some reason is over by the Windows key) in the layout you expect, so switching from other machines doesn’t mean retraining your fingers.Īs usual with Dell, the function key row is set to the more useful multimedia, Wi-Fi and brightness controls. The keyboard is excellent the unusually wide bezel leaves room for large keys with rounded corners that are well spaced in the chiclet-style keyboard and make it easy to type at normal speeds - we hardly ever hit the wrong key and the smooth action and unusually deep travel for a netbook mean your fingers don’t get tired. The screen is beautifully bright, vivid and colourful but the viewing angles aren’t quite wide enough - especially in portrait mode - and the glare from the glossy screen can be a real problem. Open the Inspiron Duo like a standard netbook and you get an excellent 10.1-inch display with a resolution that doesn’t make you feel you’ve gone back in time: 1366 x 768 means you can easily have two Web pages side-by-side or you can enjoy a movie at decent resolution. Things start well, for both the netbook and tablet features. (Pocket-lint) - Screen-flipping, keyboard-packing, rugged yet stylish with its rotating touchscreen, real keyboard and dual core Atom processor, the Inspiron Duo looks as if it ought to be the perfect combination of high-end netbook and tablet.

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