Dell may be gearing up to launch one or more new smartphones, possibly based on Google’s Android operating system and/or Windows Mobile software. The prototypes, according to a report that cited anonymous sources, might include a touchscreen-based model and another with a slide-out keyboard. Apparently, Dell has had engineers working on the phones for more than a year, the sources said. To achieve anything near success, Dell would have to produce a smartphone that could compete against the likes of Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Research In Motion, Sony, HTC and Palm, among many more.
If Dell wants a smartphone, all they have to do is sell the iPhone along their products and collect a fee (profit). What is the point, in designing another piece of junk, using Windows Mobile or Android? If Windows Mobile software was good, more smartphones would use it. The only good Smart Phone is the iPhone, mostly because it has intuitive and stable software, ease of use and the Apple .me sync, plus the App Store. Can Dell come up with all of this and better? I think not! They can't even design a better PC, let alone a smartphone.
Dell has never pole vaulted over others' technology in any significant way. It's just not in their DNA. They're good copycats, and they have a great deal of leverage to get components at a bargain price, but no one ever accused them of leading the market in design or innovation. That's not going to change just because they need to stop bleeding cash.
I do sympathize with their shareholders. Things are not going to get better for them for a very long time, if ever.
If I were Michael Dell, I'd sell the company to HP, buy an island in the South Pacific, and never be heard from again.
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Is Dell Dialing Up a Smartphone?
Posted by: Chris Maxcer January 30, 2009 02:52 PMDell may be gearing up to launch one or more new smartphones, possibly based on Google’s Android operating system and/or Windows Mobile software. The prototypes, according to a report that cited anonymous sources, might include a touchscreen-based model and another with a slide-out keyboard. Apparently, Dell has had engineers working on the phones for more than a year, the sources said. To achieve anything near success, Dell would have to produce a smartphone that could compete against the likes of Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Research In Motion, Sony, HTC and Palm, among many more.
I do sympathize with their shareholders. Things are not going to get better for them for a very long time, if ever.
If I were Michael Dell, I'd sell the company to HP, buy an island in the South Pacific, and never be heard from again.