14 DAY TRIAL // The Federal Communications Commission has again become the source of information on as-yet-unreleased products, particularly a pair of laptops from Dell.
The assumed Dell E6520 and E6420 may or may not exactly be Ultrabook material, with their thickness of 15 to 20mm.
Still, that much easily fits in ultrathin territory, especially since it gives Apple's MacBook Air a run for its money.
The filing, discovered by Wireless Goodness, doesn't really have all the information, not that this is in any way surprising.
There was still enough on those schematics to show the presence of several USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports and, of course, other connectivity parts.
In addition to an Ethernet connector, of whose existence there was never any real doubt, the filing mentions an HDMI port, as well as more than one mini-display ports.
Furthermore, a label reads “SATA Flash” which implies that Dell chose SSDs (solid state drives) instead of HDDs (hard disk drives), or at least has them as options.
Equipping the Dalmore 15 and Dalmore 14, as they are nicknamed (model numbers are P19F and P25G), with Flash storage would go with Dell's recent words about how the HDD shortage is taking its toll.
Other details include flat backs and slight angles near the device sides (none of Dell's notebooks have this design right now).
Going by what has been relayed over the web over the past month, these may very well be Dell's first Ultrabooks.
Even if they haven't impressed anyone with their shipments yet, the super-thin mobile PCs aren't losing their support and Intel even said it wants to make 2012 the year of cheaper and touch-enabled models.
Knowing how FCC filings usually work, it shouldn't be too long for Dell to make the formal introduction of this pair, probably in time for Christmas or at least during CES 2012.