Dell Confirms U.S. Smartphone Launch In 2010 (video)

CEO and founder Michael Dell in a conversation with Wall Street Journal San Francisco deputy bureau chief Don Clark at the Churchill Club

CEO and founder Michael Dell in a conversation with Wall Street Journal San Francisco deputy bureau chief Don Clark at the Churchill Club

Update: Added the section when Michael Dell confirmed the launch.

At a Churchill Club event tonight, Michael Dell confirmed to me that he plans to launch a smartphone in the U.S. next year.

The computer maker has been rumoured to announce a deal to bring its Android-powered smartphone to AT&T sometime in the future. It is clear now that it will happen probably in the first months of next year.

This summer, Dell launched its mini 3i smartphone with China Mobile, which runs a custom version of Google’s Android software called oPhone OS. However, for the U.S. version, I expect Dell to take a more “classic” Android version and make minor user interface and service tweaks.

The upcoming smartphone launch in the U.S. will come 3-years after Michael Dell hired Motorola’s handset chief Ron Garriques to lead the Texas-company consumer business.

Follows a short video of Garriques I shot last year when I visited Dell’s headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and in which he explains that Dell is indeed very keen in launching consumer devices – beyond just PCs and laptops – such as smartphones, music players, etc.

And the section when I asked Michael Dell about the launch of the Dell smartphone in the U.S.:

32 Responses to “Dell Confirms U.S. Smartphone Launch In 2010 (video)”

  1. Nunya Says:

    “Dell launched its mini 3i smartphone last August in partnership with China Mobile, which uses a specially designed version of Google’s Android software called oPhone OS. However, for the U.S. version of this phone, Dell may use an older Android version and make minor user interface and service tweaks”

    “In all, not enormously impressive — which is what U.S. carriers originally told Dell, when it approached them about taking on its first phone.

    “The feedback [from carriers] was lack of differentiation versus current upcoming products from HTC, Samsung, LG, Nokia, Motorola, etc.,” wrote Kaufman Brothers’ analyst Shaw Wu in a March 23 research note. Wu also named the Palm Pre as a potential impediment to Dell successfully joining the smartphone market.”

    So the response to a lukewarm reception to a lackluster product is to use an even more outdated OS?

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