Dell CEO hints at a smartphone...again
As he has been doing in public speeches and interviews in the last year, Michael Dell has again stirred up speculation about what his company has planned in the handheld market.
In a speech he gave in Tokyo Tuesday, the chief executive of Dell was slightly more specific than he has been in the past on this topic.
"For the last three years, we have integrated 3G radios into our notebooks," said Dell. "We already have agreements with many mobile carriers around Netbook devices, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect that we would have smaller mobile Internet devices or smartphones in the future."
The Dell smartphone rumors have swirled since former Motorola executive Ron Garriques was hired. Michael Dell has periodically made reference to "smaller- and smaller-screen devices" that his company was working on, but until now he hadn't spoken about a Dell-branded mobile Internet device, or MID.
Dell is in the process of expanding its lineup of products while at the same time attempting to tweak consumers' expectations of the company that made its name selling discount PCs direct. A smartphone, essentially a handheld computer, appears to fit in with Dell's plan to diversify its lineup of consumer PCs.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. 
This wasnt an Apple Dell arguement, why did you make it one? But I guess if you are planning on making it one
Apple: 106.90 per share
Dell: 10.50 per share
Net Income Apple 4.8 2008
Net Income Dell: 3.6 2008
I learned the hard way. My 21st date was really their 24th and they refused a return. Last time I do business...
I say lame. You'd think they would have learned after they tried with thier MP3 player that sold a couple of dozen, lol. MS needs to do the same and kill the Zune, unfortunately they won't, they'll keep throwing cash into and making up stories at how successfull it is. It's the one thing they do good.
Agree with the poster who said that Dell should close down and return shareholder money.
What Dell fails to realize is that they could conquer the world again, by simply "not sucking".
- by beachgalann March 24, 2009 6:14 PM PDT
- OMG - Dell really sucks. Three horrible laptops in 3 years, two of which are my own personal. One never actually worked and after over 40 hours on the phone with Dell Tech support, it still doesn't work. In fact, one of their brilliant Techies insisted that he could fix the problem by remote - well, i allowed him and he disabled ALL connection to the internet and couln't get it back. I am now the proud owner of an HP laptop that has more then a current comparable Dell laptop for LESS money. So far, it actually WORKS! Amazing, getting what i paid for - a WORKING laptop. And don't even get me started on the "customer service". There is a reason that Dell settled with the Attorney General from at least 36 states for ~$3.2 million as retribution to consumers for products purchased since April 2005. What a joke.
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