Dell, the well known PC maker, on Wednesday filed with a petition with the Patent and Trademark Office, under which it sought to cancel a registered trademark for the term "Netbook" by a company called Psion.

Psion is a Canadian mobile computer maker, which owns the trademark "Netbook." It also has sold a product called Netbook in the past. Late last year, Psion commenced sending some tech bloggers and Netbook makers' cease-and-desist notices, under which it asked them to stop using the term "Netbook."

As we all know, the Indian market is flourishing with novel netbooks and the latest edition is the Dell's newly launched Inspiron Mini 12 netbook.

The new and Inspiron Mini 12 is supported by the 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530, and is equipped with a 533MHz FSB, a Intel US15W chipset, and a 1GB DDR2 533MHz and 80GB 4200RPM HDD.

Other exciting features of this 1.24 kg netbook are WiFi (802.11b/g), 1.3 megapixel webcam, and Bluetooth. Mini 12 runs on the Windows XP Home edition instead of Windows Vista offered in the US.

With the aim to provide its customers with lot of entertainment, productivity and connectivity, Dell recently launched its novel Inspiron 15 multi-purpose and well-configured laptop.

The new and unique addition to the Inspiron family, which has smarter features and style, has got solid performance too. The users would be happy to know that the device that boasts a 15.6-inch LCD screen with 16:9 screen aspect ratio would let them enjoy a whole new experience of movie watching. This slim and smart notebook that would be available with 320 GB of storage also comes along with up to 4 GB of memory.

The Area-51® 750i desktop has been launched by Alienware, Dell's premier high-performance PC gaming brand. The system, that has been developed around its namesake NVIDIA nForce® 750i SLI® motherboard, provides a combination of performance and flexibility that would definitely appeal to a broad range of users.

Leading computer manufacturer, Dell has launched its quasi-Netbook, the Mini 12 in the US market. Earlier, Dell Mini 12 has been launched in Japan. Mini 12 is available at a starting price of $549.00 in United States.

It supports 1.6GHz Atom chip, 6-cell battery and 60GB hard drive with ultra modern finish and look. One can upgrade its hard disk from to 60GB or 80GB and speed up CPU operations using 1.6GHz version of the Atom.

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 was launched on Sunday. According to Dell, Inspiron 12 will be available in the U.S. by mid- November.

Inspiron Mini 12 is the first notebook that has a 12 – inch screen. The newest model from Dell with competer with 10 inches notebooks by Lenovo, IdeaPAd S10 and MSI Wind. The resolution of the screen would be 1,280 by 800. It is shaped like a wedge, 9 by 11.8 by 0.92 inches.