Dell Makes Phone Official

Wall Street Journal ^ | January 6, 2010, 3:26 PM ET | By Justin Scheck and Niraj Sheth

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On a day of big phone announcements for AT&T, this blog got long-awaited confirmation of a move by PC giant Dell: After more than two years of research, corporate reorganizations and talks with hardware makers, software developers and cellular carriers,

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And another choice...

the Mini 3 that’s based on Google’s Android software.

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How does Dell propose to differentiate their phones from Google’s own Nexus One Android phone?
And exactly what is different about Mini 3 as compared to the literally hundreds of other smart phones out there?
Seems like another dead end move from Dell to me.
Anyone remember the Dell PDA’s from a few years back? They were pretty good, but then Dell eventually dropped out of that market after making little money in that business.

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Dell bringing smartphone to U.S. with AT&T

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Dell's smartphone was formally announced late last year and is currently available only in China and Brazil. A source had told Reuters in October that Dell planned to sell a phone in the United States on AT&T's network.

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Well...good questions...I was just looking around to see what might be inside of the phone...

If it runs android then the difference would seem to be in the internals.

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Seems to be some detail here:

Dell Mini 3i smartphone ready for China launch

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And here:

Dell Mini 3 headed to AT&T running Android

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AT&T 3G. We expect the specs to remain pretty much the same: 3.5-inch 640x360 display, Bluetooth, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, microSD, and GPS, though we'll have to wait to get that confirmed. And from the looks of that pic of a prototype supplied by Direct2Dell, this Android handset will be custom skinned for AT&T. Look for it to hit sometime in the first half of 2010. Bonus pic after the break.

[SmokingJoe]

Hmmmm....
Sounds like a pretty good phone.
We will know in the next few months how it does in the market, both here and in China.

[mgstarr]

I’m sure it will do as well as the Dell MP3 player did.

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Another source...no sure of what:

Dell's Android-Powered Mini 3i Smartphone Details

[mgstarr]

Dell has never been much of an innovator - they just copy and follow the market, which generally means they’re late to the party and a generation (or two) behind.

Never been impressed with them since my original Dell System 220 running at a double-clocked and blistering 20mhz.

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And :

Dell Mini 3iX Passes the FCC; AT

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Posted November 6, 2009 by Chris. Filed under Dell, Android, AT&T, By know we all know that Dell intends to launch an Android phone in the USA and we also know it's going to be an improved version of the Android smartphone announced for the Chinese market. Today we find out that the FCC has cleared the phone and now we're waiting for an U.S. carrier to pick it up.

The smartphone comes with support for 850/1900 GSM UMTS bands which indicate that AT&T is definitely a good candidate for launching the phone.

The phone comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 640 x 360 resolution, AGPS, WiFi connectivity, a 3-megapixel camera and

Microsoft Exchange support.

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Aiming at the Corporate Market......?????

[Joe Brower]

With all the bandwidth problems AT&T has been already having supporting its iPhone base, it seems odd that Dell would pal up with them. These gadgets will only add to the load.

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I would guess Dell is using this....:

FR Thread:

Snapdragon chip powers itself into Nexus One

January 5, 2010 6:00 PM PST | by Brooke Crothers

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It is getting wild and crazy...Cisco ...assuming they are involved with the innards of the cellphone network somewhere should benefit.

[Ramius]

Aiming at the Corporate Market......?????

With Exchange support, looks like it. Any word on whether it is encryptable?

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I am not sure what chip they are using....

[FTJM]

Dell sucks.

[Jeff Chandler]

This is good. With more competition come lower prices.

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Maybe Dell will give them away with certain Puter deals? My daughter bought my grandson a new Macbook up at the university last fall and it came with a iPod Touch...

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I’m sure it will do as well as the Dell MP3 player did.

I wasted $300.00 on the Dell MP-3 player and it lasted about 2 months. It was replaced 4 times in one year (with re-built ones)Once the warranty ran out, they wouldn't replace it anymore. The non-English speaking CSR, did keep offering me a 10% discount on the new and improved MP-3 player though. She couldn't quite understand my frustration. GO FIGURE..

Moral to the story... I would not buy a phone or anything other than a computer from these idiots. Stick to what brought ya to the big dance Mr. Dell.