Another day, another new smartphone coming to market. In this case, it is Dell’s Aero, a device retailing for $99 with a two-year contract with AT&T. Features include a 5 MP camera, a 3.5-inch display, and Flash Lite support for streaming audio and video content. It also has WiFi connectivity, giving users access to AT&T’s 20,000 hotspots, as well as Bluetooth and GPS. It runs on Android. There the story would usually end — a value-priced phone with some high-end touches — save for this: It is Android 1.5, which came out in April 2009.
I am really not sure why Dell feels it needs to be in this area? Especially when their are already so many players. Unless they feel threatened by HP's buying of Palm? I am not even sure that is much of a threat. After all Palm did nothing with a perfectly good group of their own smart phones. Its just bad judgement on Dell's part to go into this field.
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Dell's Aero May Crash and Burn
Posted by: Erika Morphy August 25, 2010 09:19 AMAnother day, another new smartphone coming to market. In this case, it is Dell’s Aero, a device retailing for $99 with a two-year contract with AT&T. Features include a 5 MP camera, a 3.5-inch display, and Flash Lite support for streaming audio and video content. It also has WiFi connectivity, giving users access to AT&T’s 20,000 hotspots, as well as Bluetooth and GPS. It runs on Android. There the story would usually end — a value-priced phone with some high-end touches — save for this: It is Android 1.5, which came out in April 2009.