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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
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