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Dell to Get Into Cell Phones in 2006

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the game-is-changing dept.

prostoalex writes "BrightHand looks into the future of Dell Axim PDA line. X30 will be discontinued, X50 will get another update of Windows Mobile, and pretty soon Dell might be entering the cell phone business with PDA+phone Axim combo. The phone line will replaces the X50 model in mid-2006."

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  1. Fantastic... by jargoone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dell level 1 tech support is what we need for cell phones.

    Are you currently a live human being? Do you have ears? Is the phone placed next to your ear? Is the phone powered on? Yes, sir, I know that you are talking to me this very minute on the phone in question, but I have to ask these questions in order to escalate your call. Once again, is the phone powered on?

  2. Dell support by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    The new phone comes with an outsourced # key that connects you directly with their outsourced technical support. Only $4.99 per minute, press 1 for partial-English, all others please hold for the next available representative.

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  3. Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great...Now I'm going to have to listen to geeks talking about how they upgraded from a cellphone to a dellphone.

  4. I will buy one on one condition: by millennial · · Score: 2, Funny

    They must bring back that pothead to do the commercials. Dell is nothing without him.

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    I am scientifically inaccurate.
  5. That should be a hit! by ceeam · · Score: 2, Funny

    You guys are always complaining that they don't make a phone "that should only make calls" and without any auxiliaries? This is the answer - a smartphone from _Dell_!

  6. Not to worry. by Johnny+Mozzarella · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple is also getting into the phone market.
    With in 4 months Apple will release a phone using custom hardware and software that will be years ahead of anything else currently on the market. It will have more features yet be simple to use because of its revolutionary one-button interface.

    Within 12 months Dell will release a phone with twice as many features(only a quarter of which actually work), 104-key keypad with 24 programmable hot-keys and an AM/FM radio... for half the price.

  7. This just in... by Uptown+Joe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve (the Dell Dude) was busted buying weed with his new Dell phone...

    "Dude, you're getting a Dell... phone"

    I miss Steve.

  8. You had me until you said PDAs are dying. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The correct line is "BSD is dying".

  9. DUDE... by kjeldor · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're getting a cell!