Dell Launches China-Only Tablet

July 29, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Dell Inc. on Friday started selling a 10-inch tablet computer that it will offer only in China and that runs Google Inc.’s Android operating system, expanding its push into a product category dominated by Apple Inc.’s iPad.

Dell and other makers of computers and devices, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., have sought to diversify their product lines and create new revenue streams by offering tablet devices, but the iPad has remained the market leader.

The new tablet is priced at 2,999 yuan ($465), which is below the price of an iPad 2, which Apple sells in China starting at 3,688 yuan.

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