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Dell to Stop Smartphone Sales in U.S
If you are an avid fan of Dell smartphones and you also live in U.S, we regrettably inform you that you will not be able to purchase a Dell smartphone in the land of the free anymore because the company has allegedly stopped their sales of smartphones in the U.S. From online reports, it seems that the company has decided to reinvent their mobile strategy in order to concentrate on higher margin profits and upcoming markets.
According to our friends over at PC World, the company will no longer offer replacements on the Dell Venue and Dell Venue Pro because they believe that those “smartphones have run their course”. The company has issued a statement which indicates that Dell will in fact be delivering more mobile products in the U.S later but there was no indication of “mobile devices” meaning smartphones. They also added that mobility products had a shorter lifespan than that of desktops and laptops which was a contributing factor to their decision.
With the abrupt sales halt of both the Dell Venue and Dell Venue Pro, the company no longer has a smartphone share in America and while the company proceeds to sell its smartphones in countries like South Korea, Japan, China and India, citizens of the U.S will only be privileged to have access to their other products. Do leave us a comment below about how you feel regarding Dell’s decision.
The Dell Venue Pro comes has one advantage this time around, where it is on the receiving end of the Windows Phone Tango update. After all, this is not exactly the newest smartphone around, and to see the hardware still being supported is definitely worth a look. The Venue Pro is nearly a couple of years in age, and has the virtue of being one of the first Windows Phone powered devices to arrive at the market, so to see it being supported by the latest updates is always an encouraging sight.
To date, it was revealed that only one user in Germany was on the receiving end of this update on his handset, although others should follow suit pretty soon. Do bear in mind that this is not the Windows Phone 7.8 update which was promised to current Windows Phone 7.5-powered devices, and there is no certainty that this particular device will receive the update as well. Still, to see Dell extend such support is always worth mulling over.
Some leaked documents have found their way over to our friends over at Neowin (via MyBroadband) and it indicates that Dell’s first tablet will be called the Latitude 10. The documents show that the Latitude 10 will have a 10.1-inch screen and it will be running Windows 8. Besides that, the display will apparently have a resolution of 1366 x 768 and the whole setup will be powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor that is said to be based on the Clover Trail platform.
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Enterprise users out there, if you’re looking for a new tablet, you might want to hold off on your purchase yet. Dell has recently announced their plans for a Windows 8 tablet targeted at business users, a move which they are hoping will steal the thunder and spotlight from Apple’s iPad as far as corporate customers are concerned. (more…)