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Sieve! Sieve! Sieve!<\/p>\n

Another roadmap slide from Dell has been uncovered by the guys over at Android Central<\/a>. The three new devices appearing in the slide are a netbook\/tablet hybrid (Sparta), a sub 2 pound netbook (Athens), and finally an HD version of the previously leaked Looking Glass tablet.<\/p>\n

The Sparta appears to be a new convertible form factor with its screen capable of rotating within the frame. The rest of the specs are fairly standard netbook fare with a 1024 x 768 TFT screen, an Arm processor, Wifi, Bluetooth, and optional 3G. The Sparta is targeted for launch this Fall and could come sporting either Android or Moblin.<\/p>\n

The Athens shares the Sparta’s internals, but offers a more traditional netbook body. The sub-2 pound weight is fairly impressive here as Dell’s current 10″ netbook offering comes in at 2.6 pounds, so they’ve added an inch to the screen while shaving over half a pound off the total weight. The Athens is slotted for release in time for the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Finally we have the Looking Glass Pro; the “Pro” moniker carries with it an upgraded HD screen resolution and an optional TV tuner, but otherwise it matches up with the already leaked Looking Glass<\/a>. You’ll probably notice in the slide that the “LG Pro” appears with a dotted line around it unlike the others which may suggest that the Q1 2010 release timeframe is tentative.<\/p>\n

The Streak makes an encore appearance in the slides as well with some carrier details. The U.S. release will be this summer on T-Mobile as was suggested by the FCC documents last week<\/a>. Vodafone will be the carrier of choice in the EU and should also see the Streak this Summer. China’s release will come just a couple months later, with all three major carriers there picking up the device.<\/p>\n

As Engadget<\/a> is quick to point out there are a number of details that point to this being a possibly quite old roadmap so it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Some of the outdated references include; Bender which was the original name for the Astro File Manager, Windows Mobile rather than Windows Phone 7, and finally Moblin in place of MeeGo.<\/p>\n

The Sparta definitely seems to be the wild card in the group; I’m curious to hear what everyone think of that form factor.<\/p>\n

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