I'm sad to hear that Blyk won't be expanding, but am glad to know they're working on improving things here in the UK.

I've been using Blyk since November 2007, and have found the service to be absolutely fantastic. I'm a student, so most of my communication is either done via Facebook or in person, and I rarely surpass the £15 monthly allowance Blyk provides. I get an advertisement text from Blyk once every 2-3 days; they're unobtrusive and often useful. However, it's not been a completely smooth ride - Blyk went through a patch of poor SMS delivery in the Spring of 2008. Texts could sometimes take 6-10 hours to be delivered! Things have been fine for the past year though...

Carrying solar cells haphazardly on your back up a ladder? Now that's a bright idea...

Thanks for the tip. I'm a student studying Computer Science, and on my course, the use of Microsoft Visual Studio is mandatory, so if I got the MacBook, I'd be running Windows via Boot Camp a good deal of the time. For the price of a Studio XPS 13, I'm limited to the entry-level Unibody MacBook (£799 with Apple's Education Discount). At the moment, I'm leaning more towards the Dell, though I'm going to wait until the release of Snow Leopard (hopefully this Summer!) before I decide and buy.

I'm glad Engadget have finally got one of these: I've had my eye on one of these for a while now (as a potential competitor for my £££ to a Unibody MacBook), and it'll be good to get some decent feedback.

With the current offers from Dell, one can be picked up for £800.10 (2.4 GHz C2D, 320 GB 7200 rmp HDD, LED backlit screen, Nvidia Geforce 9500M, bluetooth), which is pretty damn good deal, if it's everything Dell promises it to be.

Bring on the full review Engadget!

yes please!
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