Dell Considering Cell Phone Market

Author JoeDigital

Industry rumors are floating around that computer giant Dell is planning to enter the cellphone market. Just before the Mobile Congress in Barcelona, a company source “leaked” the news, but it has not been a secret that Dell and other companies have been eyeing the cellphone industry more closely as smartphone develop into highly portable personal computers. In fact, the Google Android OS itself is expected to encourage many companies, which will be able to pack a great deal of functionality into smaller cases.

Dell, which is reported to have had a team of researchers working on cellphones for over a year now, is also rumored to be working on more than cellphone prototype, perhaps one that uses Android, and another using the MS Windows Mobile environment.

This news, if it bears out, could also mean that there is both a touch-screen cellphone, and one with an expected sliding keyboard. Dell entering the cellphone market could have financial ramifications for the entire industry, as many cellphone makers are already reporting lower dividends than expected, and even losses in some cases. Competition with a computer giant like Dell, which has the resources to create product bundles for corporations, could create quite a shake-up in the status quo.

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