No matter how much we protest netbooks subsidized, ie the ones you buy from a carrier they’re not going anywhere anytime soon. Today Sprint announced the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 will sell for $ 199 with a two-year contract. This is the first Sprint subsidized netbook, AT & T and Verizon already have a handful on the market.

To review our memory: the Mini 10 has all the information you expect in a Netbook: a 10-inch display, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, Windows XP. The X530 Atom CPU, but slower than other atomic processors we’ve tested. In our report we have disappointed by the sub-three-hour battery life, one of several reasons, our assessment was only 3 out of 5 stars.

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As for broadband, Sprint claims its Rev. A network can upload speeds of 300-500 kbit s and deliver download speeds between 600 Kbps and 1.4 Mbps on.

The problem is, as always, is the real cost of owning a netbook like this.

To the $ 199 price, you must agreemeent for a two-year service. 5 GB per month will cost $ 59.99, which is pretty standard. The $ 1,439.76 for broadband service, $ 1,638.76 ’s if you add in the cost of the netbook itself. And that is not included taxes, which vary by state. Oh, and do not let us forget that the Mini starts at Dell.com 10 at $ 299, so that by the conclusion of this agreement costly to save only $ 100 at the front.

The Mini 10 is now available at select Sprint stores.

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