Confirmed (Almost): Dell Working on Smartphone
Unwired View — ... Of course, we will continue to update you as we receive more information. What do you think? Please leave a comment. If they do make a smartphone, which OS should Dell use? Update: We also just found an article published around the same time from AlleyInsider, which claims that Dell is thinking of releasing the device on September 9 — 9/9/09 — and is planning on calling this mysterious phone the “MePhone”. Sound familiar? via WSJ and AlleyInsider Similar Posts: Android Devices Being Brought in Q4 ...

Dell Developing Smartphones
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... as early as next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. A skunk-works team within Dell has been working on prototypes for over a year. One possible possible design has a sliding keyboard, while another has a simple slab design. Both Windows Mobile and Android operating systems are being considered. The first device(s) could be announced at next month's MWC trade show, although no final decisions have been made, and the effort could still be abandoned altogether before launch. more info at Wall Street Journal ...

Dell Builds Prototype Android and Windows Mobile Phones, May Finally Sell Them [Dell]
Gizmodo — ... Stop me if you've heard this one: Dell might go into the smartphone business. OOOLLLDDD? But today the WSJ reports Dell's closer than ever, with prototypes built in two different styles and two competing platforms. ...

More details on Dell's supposed smartphone
Crave: The gadget blog — ... We've been hearing rumors of a Dell smartphone for a while now, but Thursday afternoon, The Wall Street Journal gave more shape to the speculation with a report that the PC maker "has had a group of engineers working on the phones for more than a year from an ... ...

Dell readying the iPhone competitor : 'MePhone'
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... .  People they've chatted with (as well as the Wall Street Journal) say Dell has two models coming our way.  One running Android a la the G1.  The other running Windows Mobile.  How will Dell differentiate itself?  That remains to be seen.  They are entering a very crowded market currently dominated by RIM and Apple's iPhone. ...

Hints about Dell Smartphone are building up
SolSie.com — ... own smartphone, to arrive as early as next month. The announcement is expected the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in mid-February 2009.,"The exact timing of Dell’s launch is not clear but our sources indicate it is closer to reality than before," says Shaw Wu, an analyst with Kaufman Bros. in a research note. "We believe it is likely inevitable that Dell enter the cellphone space given the cannibalization of PCs by smartphones and highly functional mobile devices." Today, t he Wall Street Journal (subscription required) adds more speculation about Dell secret ...

Dell Testing Both Microsoft, Google-Based Phones (DELL)
Silicon Alley Insider — The WSJ adds details to our report from two weeks ago regarding Dell's (DELL) plans to get into the smartphone market. As has been rumored, Dell could unveil its prototype next month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Dell could still scrap its plans. Still unknown: Which software platform Dell is going to use: The WSJ says it's tested both Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Mobile and Google's (GOOG) Android. If Dell has any wireless carriers on board. Dell has no chance in the wireless business without financial and marketing support ...

Dell’s Smart Phone Seems Real This Time! [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Dell Computer, a Round Rock, Texas–based computer maker is looking to enter the smart phone market and is currently toying with phones based on Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems, reports the Wall Street Journal. The news confirms rumors first reported ...

Dell’s Smart Phone. Seems Real This Time! [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Dell Computer, a Round Rock, Texas–based computer maker is looking to enter the smart phone market and is currently toying with phones based on Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems, reports the Wall Street Journal. The news confirms rumors first reported ...

Dell (DELL) moves into smartphones--who cares?
BloggingStocks — ... ) may begin to market its own smartphone. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Dell is focusing on so-called smartphones, higher-end devices that include features like Web browsing and email.." ...

WSJ: Dell considering entering smartphone market
MacDailyNews — ... pit it against such powerhouses as Apple and Research In Motion Ltd.," Scheck and Kane report. "A Dell spokesman said the company hasn't disclosed plans to offer phones, adding: 'We haven't committed to anything.'" "Last summer, it scrapped plans to sell a digital music player with a wireless Internet connection. Dell tested the music player for months and had even lined up production before canceling it, people briefed on the matter said," Scheck and Kane report. Full article here . Reuters reports, "If launched, the phones will be based on Google's Android operating ...

Re-Rumor: Dell dippin’ their toes in the smartphone game
MobileCrunch — ... one before, but word around Rumormill Way is again indicating that Dell’s dabbling with a few smartphone prototypes. According to the WSJ’s sources, they’re tinkering with more than one concept - a little bit of Android here, a bit of WinMo there, and maybe a pinch of touchscreen thrown in for taste. None of the involved parties are admitting anything, of course. Dell’s past attempts at branching out of the computer building biz haven’t been mindbogglingly successful, and with next month’s Mobile World Congress looking to be packed to the ...

Dell choosing between Windows Mobile and Android for its phone — is there really a choice?
VentureBeat — ... at next month’s Mobile World Conference, Dell is apparently thinking about doing the same thing. At the very least, it has been working on its phone for about a year now, and has some prototypes, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. ...

WSJ: Dell "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month"
Engadget — You know who's blabbing again? That reclusive set of business people who always seem to be "familiar with the matter," that's who. This time, they've got the Wall Street Journal in a twist over renewed rumors that Dell is "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month." Next month, is of course the big cellphone coming out party known as ...

WSJ: Dell "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month"
Engadget Mobile — ... You know who's blabbing again? That reclusive set of business people who always seem to be "familiar with the matter," that's who. This time, they've got the Wall Street Journal in a twist over renewed rumors that Dell is "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month." Next month, is of course the big cellphone coming out party known as ...

Here We Go Again - Dell Android Rumors Resurface
AndroidGuys — ... This Groundhog Day-like rumor just won’t go away.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Dell has worked up a prototype handset running Android.  Well, one of two prototypes.  The other one is a Windows Mobile version.  No real surprise here as the Axiom line used to run WinMo back in the day. ...

Stocks in the news: AMZN, PG, XOM, DNA, HON, DELL, PFE ...
BloggingStocks — ... ) is preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month, sources told the Wall Street Journal. Dell is focusing on smartphones, and one model already has similar features to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPhone. But Dell hasn't finalized its plans and may still abandon the effort. ...

Dell 'planning cellphone foray'
textually.org — Dell Inc is planning a foray into the cellphone market as early as next month, the Wall Street Journal reports via Stuff. The company is reported to be hoping that the move will revitalise a business walloped by crumbling PC sales, however it will potentially pit it against iPhone maker Apple. ... The phones will be based on Google's Android operating system and Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, it said. One model will even feature a touchscreen, not unlike the iPhone's, the Journal reported. ...

Dell (DELL) moves into smartphones--who cares?
BloggingStocks — ... ) may begin to market its own smartphone. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Dell is focusing on so-called smartphones, higher-end devices that include features like Web browsing and email.." ...

Dell smartphones rumoured to be near launch
T3.com All — ... , but renewed speculation is pointing at the imminent launch of not one, but two Dell smartphones. And the launch could be in a matter of weeks. The reports are from the Wall Street Journal , which claims two handsets have been built, 'a touchscreen but no physical keyboard' (think iPhone) and a 'slider-style phone with a keypad and that slides from beneath the screen' (think Palm Pre). And just to confuse things further, those handsets are currently running two operating systems, the expected Windows Mobile and the very 'now' Android. We know which one we're most excited ...

Dell MePhone Smartphone Rumors intensify
I4U News — Dell MePhone Smartphone Rumors intensify Posted on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr More Rumors News Dell MePhone Smartphone Rumors intensify The WSJ has a new report about the upcoming Dell smartphones that has some more rumors on what the Dell smartphone devices would be offering. Dell is exploring an iPhone like device and a smartphone with slide-out keyboard. Apparently Dell still toys with WinMo and Android as OS. Dell is still rather far away from releasing a smartphone and could also still decide to not do it. Everybody else is ...

RUMOUR: Dell entering the smartphone race next month
Tech Digest — ... Before we get rolling on this one, I should say that I'm a little skeptical personally but men and women who spend their days stroking their beards and, well, whatever women stroke when they're deep in thought, seem pretty convinced that Dell is going to get into mobiles from February. In fact, it's not just any beards and beardettes that think it to be true, it's the top most hairy ones over at the Wall Street Journal and Engadget too, even though Dell has publicly said that they won't be... ...

Dell to Make Google and Microsoft Phones – Really?
Today @ PC World — ... , the Wall Street Journal announced this morning that Dell will introduce in February at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona two new mobile phones, set to go head to head with market leaders Apple and Research In Motion. One of the phones will be touchscreen-only while the other will feature a slide-out keyboard, similar to the ...

Dell to Make Google and Microsoft Phones -- Really?
Today @ PC World — ... , the Wall Street Journal announced this morning that Dell will introduce in February at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona two new mobile phones, set to go head to head with market leaders Apple and Research In Motion. One of the phones will be touchscreen-only while the other will feature a slide-out keyboard, similar to the ...

Dell Planning Smartphone Launch Next Month?
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... it is the WSJ, and there are some more details. There may be two handsets, an iPhone clone (natch) and a Pre clone. Both will be offered with a choice of Windows Mobile or Google's Android OS. It certainly makes sense for Dell to get into the smartphone game. With PC sales dropping through the floor in favor of cheap netbooks, the computer giant needs to make some money somewhere. In fact, I know a local bar which needs a waiter. Are you interested, Dell? Dell Prepares To Dial Into Smartphone Marketplace [WSJ via the Reg] ...

Rumor: Dell smartphone coming soon?
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... are also structurally different: one is a slider, the other a touchscreen. Of course, Dell is always fiddling with prototypes, so this alone implies nothing. But the Wall Street Journal seems confident that the Dell smartphone development team has spent a good chunk of the last year meeting with phone component and software. So let's see it, Dell: a nice Android smartphone that takes its design cues from the Adamo, not the Inspiron or the Optiplex. Dell's smartphone [WSJ]

Report: Dell smartphones draw near
Betanews — ... , number two computer company Dell is expected to unveil its long-rumored smartphone products at GSMA in Barcelona on February 16. According to Wall Street Journal ...

Wall Street Journal Revives Dell Smartphone Rumors
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Jan 30, 2009 09:19 AM [image] Last night The Wall Street Journal ran a piece claiming that Dell is set to enter the smartphone business as soon as next month. The paper reported that Dell is eying Windows Mobile and Android. Rumors of a smartphone from Dell have been on-again / off-again for nigh two years. This time, the WSJ is citing sources " ...

Dell preparing to release a smartphone affectionately called the MePhone?
Boy Genius Report — Dell smartphone rumors surface again, this time courtesy of the Wall Street Journal. People “familiar with the matter” claim that Dell is poised to jump into the mobile handset market as early as next month. The company has reportedly been working on two prototypes, one a full touchscreen and one a slider that runs either Windows Mobile or Android. Dell’s is rumored to have spent much of last year contacting suppliers, carriers and Asian handset makers in order to prepare for a smartphone release. At the same time the Wall Street Journal ...

Report: Dell May Enter Crowded Smartphone Market
Cult of Mac — ... Dell is mulling whether to use Windows Mobile or Google’s Android platform to power the handset, according to the Wall Street Journal. The device, which could compete with Apple’s iPhone or RIM’s BlackBerry would also featured a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. ...

First Bytes: Dell, Nintendo, Twitter, Geeks
Tech Observer — Dude, where's my smartphone? Dell is reportedly planning a device to compete with the iPhone, [Wall Street Journal] Nintendo and Toshiba joined their Japanese electronics brethren NEC and Sony by reporting disappointing results and gloomy outlooks. [New York Times] How can Twitter make money? Eleven business plan possibilities. With so much free business advice, Twitter has no excuse if it doesn't figure it out. [Silicon Alley Insider] Who would you pick to be your kid's geek role model? [Wired] Related Links Dell May Enter ...

Should Have Bought Palm When it Had the Chance, Dell …
Digital Daily — ... . Anonymous sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the company has developed prototype smartphones that work on Windows Mobile and Google’s Android operating system. The first is said to boast a touch screen similar to Apple’s iPhone, the other a slide-out QWERTY keypad like the Palm Pre — both intended to compete in the segment dominated by the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. According to the Journal, Dell may uncrate one or the other — or both — as early as February, assuming it doesn’t abandon them entirely — which is also said to be a ...

Should Dell Smartphone Tackle BlackBerry Set or iPhone Fans?
eWeek - RSS Feeds — Rumors of a Dell smartphone are running rampant, but what features might the company include, and is it smart to go after Apple's iPhone or tackle the BlackBerry set? One analyst weighs in. If Dell is planning on debuting a smartphone at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, the company is doing a pretty good job keeping a lid on leaks—for now. A Wall Street Journal report , published today, says Dell is planning to release a smartphone that runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS as well as Google's Android platform, kicked the rumor mill back into high gear. ...

Rumor: Dell Announcing Android, Windows Mobile Smartphones at MWC
Gearlog — ... The company's fittingly code-named iPhone killer, the MePhone, is apparently set to be released in both Google Android and Windows Mobile flavors. According to speculation on the part of The Wall Street Journal, the company will use the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to announce the device(s). ...

Thoughts On Dell's Phone
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — Thoughts On Dell's Phone Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on January 30 Today’s Wall Street Journal has an intriguing story about Dell’s apparent plans to enter the smart phone business. It’s not clear what platform Dell will use. Apparently Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile are on the table. Maybe they’ll use both. But here’s the detail that caught my attention: The phones are being designed in an office in the Chicago area. That to me says this Dell phone will essentially be designed by former Motorola people. Ron Garriques, the former head of Motorola’s phone ...

Dell may enter smartphone arena as early as next month
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:55 AM EST The Wall Street Journal is weighing in on Dell's rumored smartphone offering, adding further weight to rumors predicting the PC maker will enter the arena to take on Apple's iPhone. Citing sources familiar with Dell's plans, the financial paper reported the Round Rock, Texas-based company has an office in the Chicago area where a group of engineers have been working on the phone "for more than a year." "They produced prototypes built on Google Inc.'s Android operating system and Microsoft's Windows Mobile software," said the report. One model has ...

Dell may be planning to enter smartphone market
Obsessable News Feed — ... next month, and the holiday season was full of rumors of Microsoft releasing a Zune phone. The latest company to join that club is Dell, with word that it will release its first smartphone. ...

Around the Web 1.30.09: Google Maps kills a deer, celebrities look to YouTube, NEC cuts jobs
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... -- Why would William Morris Agency want to put its talent and brands on YouTube? LAT -- The van that takes pictures for Google Maps runs over a deer. The Daily What -- How can you conduct business from your cardboard box down by the river? With a printer the size of a pen. USA Today -- The next wannabe iPhone killer may come from Dell. (subscription may be required) WSJ -- Japanese electronics giant NEC will cut 20,000 jobs as the ...

Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phones
The Apple Core — ... , the Wall Street Journal announced this morning that Dell will introduce in February at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona two new mobile phones, set to go head to head with market leaders Apple and Research In Motion. The ...

Dell MePhone Could Have Android, Come Next Month
Android Phone Fans — ... hired Ron Garriques, Motorola’s former cell phone chief, to re-energize its consumer products division. But, under a non-compete agreement, Garriques was barred from working on mobile phones until February 2009. Please note the date of this article. We’ll be keeping a curious eye on Dell, praying they go with Android and crossing our fingers we’ll see something at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in a few weeks. [Via WSJ]

Dell finally ready to announce smartphones next month—maybe
Gadgetell — ... So while the information is suspect at best, there is a logical reason for the belief that the announcement will come in February.  Motorola’s former cell phone chief, Ron Garriques, was hired by Dell to revamp their consumer products division.  Garriques was prohibited from working on any cell phones due to a non-compete agreement.  That agreement expires in February.  We will keep watching with baited breath for the official announcement. From [Wall Street Journal] Via [Reuters] Via [PC World] Full Story ...

Funambol CEO Weighs in on Dell's Smartphone Decision
OStatic blogs — Late last week, Dell announced it planned to enter the smartphone market, after a year of speculation surrounding the hardware (and mobile platform) whys and wherefores. Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of open source mobile push/sync service Funambol says that he is looking forward to seeing both of the new phones Dell will show off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month. Both? Dell is offering a Windows Mobile device, and another powered by Google's Android platform. Capobianco details why he ...

Funambol CEO Weighs in on Dell's Smartphone Decision [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — Late last week, Dell announced it planned to enter the smartphone market, after a year of speculation surrounding the hardware (and mobile platform) whys and wherefores. Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of open source mobile push/sync service Funambol says that he is looking forward to seeing both of the new phones Dell will show off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month. Both? Dell is offering a Windows Mobile device, and another powered by Google's Android platform. ...

T-Mobile, Dell & Fujitsu to shower us with Android mobile devices this year
PalmAddicts — ... The rumor has been running back as far as from July 2007, but the reassurance this time came from Wall Stree Journal who reported Dell will introduce in February at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona two new mobile phones. ...

Dell's Smartphone Better Be Spectacular
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... maker could introduce as early as this month, but if the company has any hope for success in the fiercely competitive market, its phone will have to go beyond good. It will have to be "spectacular," analysts say. The Wall Street Journal on Jan. 30 reported that Dell engineers have been working for more than a year on the device and have built prototypes on Google's Android ...

Why a Dell entry into the smartphone field may be premature
Betanews — ... at Kaufman Bros. as predicting that a cell phone from Dell is "closer to reality than before" and even "inevitable" at some point. "From supply chain checks, Dell has been studying the cell phone market and talking with component suppliers and manufacturers for nearly two years now," according to Shaw Wu. He also pointed out that Ron Garriques, Dell's president of consumer business, arrived at Dell in 2007 after attaining "considerable cell phone experience" at Motorola. A story in ...

Upcoming Android phones from Dell?
Android Authority — ... As PC sales fall due to the current economic climate, companies such as Dell are pushing for new revenue streams to offset their falling profits. According to the Wall Street Journal , Dell have had engineers working on a mobile phone for the last year; we may even see a breach into the phone market as soon as this month. Although this is all hearsay at the moment, it is an interesting concept. If true, the word on the street is that we can expect to see Android running on one of these puppies. Dell are well known for their relatively cheap and fully customisable PC options. ...

Dell Smartphone Reportedly Draws Yawns From Carriers
TechWeb — ... MarketWatch. "From our conversations with supply chain and industry sources, it appears that it ultimately came down to lack of carrier interest," Wu wrote. Dell has yet to publicly acknowledge that it is working on a smartphone despite media reports, including a Jan. 30 story in The Wall Street Journal . Company executives were not immediately available for comment Monday. Analysts have said that Dell would need a near groundbreaking smartphone in order to compete in the fiercely competitive market. In ...

Dell Smartphone Reportedly Draws Yawns From Carriers
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... MarketWatch. "From our conversations with supply chain and industry sources, it appears that it ultimately came down to lack of carrier interest," Wu wrote. Dell has yet to publicly acknowledge that it is working on a smartphone despite media reports, including a Jan. 30 story in The Wall Street Journal . Company executives were not immediately available for comment Monday. Analysts have said that Dell would need a near groundbreaking smartphone in order to compete in the fiercely competitive market. In ...

Dell Smartphone Rumored, Again
Gearlog — ... The Wall Street Journal then claimed in January 2009 that Dell would "move into cellphones as early as next month," which clearly didn't happen. The next step in the Dell vaporware rumor chain came this April, when a ...

Dell CEO Promises PC Love Affair But Has a Backup Plan
NYT > Technology — ... rumored to be on its way to releasing a cell phone in the United States. “I do think there is a phenomenon going on with this Internet in your pocket,” Mr. Dell said. (Has heard of iPhone. Check.) “I think you will see us beginning to show up there gradually.” If that’s not an aggressive commitment to taking the mobile phone world by storm, I don’t know what is. Of course, it’s not all PCs and phone fantasies at Dell. Mr. Dell whipped out the checkbook earlier this month and put down $3.9 billion ...

Dell CEO Promises PC Love Affair But Has a Backup Plan
Bits — ... rumored to be on its way to releasing a cell phone in the United States. “I do think there is a phenomenon going on with this Internet in your pocket,” Mr. Dell said. (Has heard of iPhone. Check.) “I think you will see us beginning to show up there gradually.” If that’s not an aggressive commitment to taking the mobile phone world by storm, I don’t know what is. Of course, it’s not all PCs and phone fantasies at Dell. Mr. Dell whipped out the checkbook earlier this month and put down $3.9 billion ...