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.:
“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So the response to a lukewarm reception to a lackluster product is to use an even more outdated OS?
[...] report that Dell would be launching an Android phone for AT&T and now Michael Dell himself has confirmed the rumor. The device is expected to be similar in design (not specs) to the Dell Mini 3i which launched this [...]
[...] report that Dell would be launching an Android phone for AT&T and now Michael Dell himself has confirmed the rumor. The device is expected to be similar in design (not specs) to the Dell Mini 3i which launched this [...]
[...] report that Dell would be launching an Android phone for AT&T and now Michael Dell himself has confirmed the rumor. The device is expected to be similar in design (not specs) to the Dell Mini 3i which launched this [...]
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[...] Dell, CEO of Dell computers has confirmed that a handset is on the way for US consumers in 2010. The latest rumors in this on-again-off-again saga is that a modified Mini 3i [...]
[...] to Techpulse 360 (via eWeek), the smartphone will probably be available in the first months of [...]
[...] to this report, Dell will be launching the currently China only mini 3i Android-based smart device on AT&T [...]
[...] On its own it’s a broad, vague promise, but Michael Dell’s confirmation that the rumors of [...]
[...] to this report, Dell will be launching the currently China only mini 3i Android-based smart device on AT&T [...]
[...] to TechPulse 360, two nights ago, Mr. Michael Dell himself confirmed that the heretofore custom computer [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] to TechPulse 360, two nights ago, Mr. Michael Dell himself confirmed that the heretofore custom computer [...]
[...] a broad, vague promise, but Michael Dell’s confirmation that the Dell Android phone will be coming to the US lends a little credence to rumours of an AT&T pairing, and some sparing [...]
[...] report that Dell would be launching an Android phone for AT&T and now Michael Dell himself has confirmed the rumor. The device is expected to be similar in design (not specs) to the Dell Mini 3i which launched this [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] Dell, CEO of Dell computers has confirmed that a handset is on the way for US consumers in 2010. The latest rumors in this on-again-off-again saga is that a modified Mini 3i [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much [...]
[...] to TechPulse, Michael Dell has confirmed the launch of his company’s first Android phone, the mini 3i, for [...]
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[...] becoming even more aware of Android. Extremely short video that confirms this story is provided by TechPulse 360 after the jump. [...]
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[...] mit Android-OS bekommen wird. Doch das ist noch nicht alles: Sogar Michael Dell persönlich bestätigte das Gerücht, wie man unter diesem Link nachlesen [...]
[...] a broad, vague promise, but Michael Dell’s confirmation that the Dell Android phone will be coming to the US lends a little credence to rumors of an AT&T pairing, and some sparing [...]
[...] with AT&T with this release, so it will be exclusive to AT&T and it’s customers. Technopulse 360 stated that the phone will be released in the first few months of 2010. Dell’s move of [...]
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