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Dell's Smartphone Rejected — Too Dull

Posted by timothy on from the stomach-for-human-weakness-but-not-the-eye dept.

MBCook writes "AppleInsider has an article discussing Dell's attempt to enter the smartphone market, as well as the news that the phone was rejected by carriers as too dull. The article doesn't pull punches: 'Dell's failure to successfully step from the commodity PC business into the mobile handset market should come as no surprise, as smartphones requires expertise in software platform development, consumer design savvy, and portable device engineering, all things Dell has never demonstrated any proficiency in.'"

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  1. Who knew Acer had a phone? by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Informative

    More interesting than a boring Dell phone, was a note near the end that Acer had a smrtphone out - one of them is the DX900, a Windows Mobile phone.

    Sorry about the voice...

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  2. Re:Apple Insider by Karlt1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Uh, does anyone else find it a bit suspect that this is from a site called Apple Insider? For me that completely ruins the credibility of this story. I mean, any smartphone is miles less dull than the generic clamshells and candybars that the telcos keep pushing.

    The Apple Insider article and the Slashdot summary also linked here:

    http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dell-phone-stalled-poor-reception/story.aspx?guid={E1450208-5E11-4A8F-B726-85A6AFF04E2A}

  3. Re:Apple Insider by caerwyn · · Score: 3, Informative

    The first link from Apple Insider is definitely a bit on the biased side. The second link, though, is to MarketWatch, and is a little better on the fact/rant ratio.

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