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Dell Venue Pro delayed until mid-February in UK
While UK consumers will be able to enjoy the LG Optimus 2X before us folks in the states, they won’t be able to enjoy the goodness of Windows Phone 7 in a Dell Venue Pro until next month. An online retailer in the UK has confirmed that Dell has pushed the release date of the WP7 device to mid February, blaming Microsoft for the delay. Apparently there was an MMS bug in the operating system and Microsoft didn’t manage to rectify the problem in time. The Dell Venue Pro is the only portrait QWERTY-slider phone available right now, but with some jarring problems the phone had at launch (WiFi issues, out of stock), it has had mixed responses stateside. Now, with the delay happening in UK, it could lead to a loss of customers who might get another phone instead of waiting for the Venue Pro to arrive.
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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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.
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