Is Dell Dialing Up a Smartphone?
Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) may be gearing up to launch one or more new smartphones, possibly based on Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operating system and/or Windows Mobile software.
The prototypes, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cited anonymous sources, might include a touchscreen-based model and another with a slide-out keyboard. Apparently, Dell has had engineers working on the phones for more than a year, the sources said.
To achieve anything near success, Dell would have to produce a smartphone that could compete against the likes of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) , Nokia (NYSE: NOK) , Samsung , Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) , Sony (NYSE: SNE) , HTC and Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) , among many more. But hey, didn't another computer company just make the leap? That would be Apple, of course, whose iconic iPhone has set the bar for the smartphone space.
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