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blogs.barrons.com - 3/21/2009
Dell: Dude, What Did You Do With Your Cell Phone?
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So, uh, wasn’t Dell (DELL) supposed to be working on a cell phone? Well, that was the scuttlebutt. But Dell has failed to show at recent mobile trade shows. Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Bros. , asserts in a research note today that the company’s first attempt was basically ...
blogs.barrons.com - 3/20/2009
Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Dell: Dude, What Did You Do With Your Cell Phone?
— blogs.barrons.com — So, uh, wasn’t Dell (DELL) supposed to be working on a cell phone? Well, that was the... scuttlebutt. But Dell has failed to show at recent mobile trade shows. Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Bros. , asserts in a research note today that the company’s ... (more) Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Dell: ...

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Dell phone stalled by poor reception, analyst says
marketwatch.com - 3/21/2009
Dell phone stalled by poor reception, analyst says
— marketwatch.com — PC maker reportedly 'back to the drawing board' after failing to catch interest By John Letzing ,... MarketWatch Last update: 5:05 p.m. EDT March 20, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Dell Inc.'s anticipated effort to release a mobile phone has stalled ... (more) Dell phone stalled by poor reception, analyst says

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Dell says smartphone to be released on schedule
digitimes.com - 3/24/2009
Dell says smartphone to be released on schedule
— digitimes.com — Dell will not delay the launch of its new smartphone lineup and is on schedule to release... devices in line with its internal roadmap, company CEO Michael Dell said recently in Taipei. However Dell did not publicly divulge any details indicating when ... (more) Dell says smartphone to be released on schedule

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Unwired View:  Dell’s Android and WM handsets rejected by carriers

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Dell’s Android and WM handsets rejected by carriers
Unwired View — You’ve probably already heard about Dell’s plans to enter the smartphone market. Previous reports said the company would launch its very first smartphone in September 2009, but it looks like this may not happen so soon. Barron’s quotes Shaw Wu, Kaufman Bros. analyst, who says that Dell presented Android and Windows Mobile handset prototypes to several mobile carriers. The result? The carriers were not interested in the devices because they “lack differentiation” when compared to ...

Linkpost | 3.22.2009
TechBlog — ... • Dell: Dude, What Did You Do With Your Cell Phone? - Analyst says Dell's phones were rejected by carriers as being, well, boring. • ...

Analyst: Carriers turned nose up at Dellphone
Boing Boing Gadgets — The reason there is no Dell phone is because when Dell made it, the carriers did not like it. Who is the customer again? [Barrons]

Report: No Dell "iPhone killer" coming
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... . That didn't happen, of course, as Dell never released a cell phone at all, much less an iPhone killer. Now word arrives courtesy of analyst Shaw Wu that might shed some light on what occurred. Wu claimed this weekend in a research report that Dell did indeed build a cell phone, but it was essentially rejected by the wireless carriers. Why? As Tech Trader Daily notes, it was " too Dell-like ." That phrase immediately brings to mind Dell's attempt at outdoing the Apple iPod. You can be forgiven if you don't remember the ...

Dell Scraps Smartphone, iPhone Safe for Now
iPodObserver — ... after cell carriers showed little interest in what they saw as a bland device. Apparently the cell carriers rejected the device because it was too "Dell-like" and didn't offer anything to set it apart from other phones that are already on the market, according to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. Barrons reported that Dell tried its hand at Windows Mobile and Android-based prototypes, but couldn't come up with something that wowed the cell carriers. The PC maker also had to go up against carrier interest in Palm's recently announced Pre smartphone. Stumbling out of the starting ...

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