Dell is preparing to enter the cell phone arena as early as next month, to increase sales as its crumbling PC business struggles in the recession.
The world’s No. 2 maker of PCs has had a group of engineers designing prototypes for more than a year from an office in the Chicago area, focusing on smartphones built on Google’s Android operating system and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile software.
One model features a touch screen but no physical keyboard, similar to Apple’s iPhone. Another is a handheld with a keypad and that slides from underneath the screen.
Dell has not finalized its plans and may still abandon them.
Read more: mobiledia.com
