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Dell Mulling SmartDumbphone?

in News on January 30, 2009 at 6:47 am PT

Dell, the second-rate PC company, may soon become a second-rate handset company as well. Anonymous sources tell The Wall Street Journal that the company has developed prototype smartphones that work on Windows Mobile and Google’s Android operating system. The first is said to boast a touchscreen similar to Apple’s iPhone, the other a slide-out QWERTY keypad like the Palm Pre–both intended to compete in the segment dominated by the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. According to the Journal, Dell may uncrate one or the other, or both, as early as February.