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Rumor: Dell to launch a smartphone in China in a few days

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 5:22 AM

With little to no shame, I’m republishing a rumor from TechCrunch that may or may not prove valid, and if it does prove to be true, then it doesn’t really matter to you anyway. Dell, once upon a time the largest PC manufacture, is rumored to be launching a smartphone in China in a few days. They [TechCrunch] think it will run Android, to which I say it probably will, but not the Google flavor, but instead the Chinese flavor known as OPhone. Granted, if this speculation is actually true, chances are we’re going to see it hit the European and Asian markets at some point this year. In March of this year, Dell CEO Michael Dell said the company plans to enter the smartphone space, and just a little under a month ago, Ronald Garriques, President of Dell’s Consumer Division, said that the company is working with the top four international mobile operators to see what their needs are. We’re waiting Dell. We’re waiting to see if you can make something a bit more exciting than your boring notebooks.

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.