Dell looking to jump into the smartphone market?
Here at BGR we’ve come to regard various “analyst” sourced speculation as, well, just that; speculation. As such, we’re not willing to put our stamp of approval on the rumor at hand just yet, though the various pieces don’t sound too far from believable. According to a Kaufman Bros. analyst, Dell could be readying a smartphone for launch within the next several weeks/months. The rumor is based on Dell’s 2007 hire of former Motorola RAZR mastermind Ron Garriques. A bit of a shaky of foundation, but the upcoming 3GSM conference would make a perfect stage for Dell to unleash its new masterpiece on an unsuspecting public. If it does indeed enter the smartphone market, there’s a very good chance that the handset would run on some flavor of Windows Mobile, with an Android-based handset all but out of the question. Whether or not the rumors prove to be true, if Dell does choose to make a run at a slice of the smartphone pie, it’s going to have a tough time gaining traction in the face of an increasingly competitive and innovative market. Good luck, dear old Dell, but our money isn’t behind you just yet.
I don’t see why Dell would bother releasing yet anonther windows smartphone. That market seems pretty saturated withh little to differentiate them all.
for the consumer this is good news.. nothing better than more competition.
better prices and better innovation!
They can merge with Motorola – get WinMob and Android in one fell swoop.
An Android smartphone from Dell would be great if they do it right.
please.
Dante said it perfectly . . .
I think if dell went with some kind of their own version of an os they might just stand a chance. But that’s hopeful… Right?
They should stay out of the cell market and focus on pc customer service first!
Would definetly look into it if it had a qwerty keypad and something other than win-mo
as someone who has seen ron garriques “mastermind” motorola’s demise first hand … i’d agree with BGR that this is, at best, speculation … the analyst sounds quite noob if he thinks ron garriques is capable of doing anything more than sell used cars.
it’s weird – i keep running into people who still use Dell PDAs – i guess they know how to make a solid product
What’s the point in order to receive sales you have to have something the competition doesn’t in my opinion. And I just can’t see Dell having anything outside of the norm.
A Dull phone. Oh joy. Another piece of doo doo.
No doubt they won’t be consulting Enderle on this. They paid him the big bucks (and his ruse consulting “Group”) to help them mount the second coming of the Dell MP3 player, which he said would take major market share away from Apple – just before it died ahead of shipping a single unit).