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Android Entelligence: A Rebuttal

An iPhone-owner friend of mine recently sent me an article by Michael Gartenberg, author of the Entelligence column on Engadget. Mr. Gartenberg’s article, “Entelligence: Will Android fragmentation destroy the platform?”, presents some interesting things to consider, but is surprisingly inaccurate on a number of critical details. I thought it would be useful to summarize his [...]

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Dell Mini 5: Awesome new details emerge

A few weeks ago, Androinica had a short post about the Dell Mini 5 tablet. We speculated that the machine would be a competitor to the iPad, but details were scarce and Michael Dell only confirmed a few features in the brief video shot by Tech Crunch. These included the fact that the machine would [...]

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Dell Mini 5: Take that, iPad?

A video posted by TechCrunch on YouTube shows Michael Dell using the Dell Mini 5 Android tablet. He swipes the home screen a few times and says simply that it will be coming out “in a few months.” Notably, the device on the video is extremely responsive, has a 5MP camera, 3G, and of course, [...]

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Dell Mini 3iX gets showcased in Brazil, Marketplace nowhere to be found

Would you buy an Android device without the Marketplace readily available? Well, it looks like Dell is hoping that customers that are brave enough to purchase their first foray into the smartphone industry don’t mind, because according to the Brazilian blog site Zumo, there isn’t a Market to experience on the Mini 3iX they had [...]

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Dell’s Mini 3i smartphone reportedly heading to the US

We first saw the Dell Mini 3i get outed back in mid-August and at the time it was looking, well for a lack of a better word — blah. I only say that because it was not featuring any support for 3G or Wi-Fi. Of course, many of us outside of China did not really [...]

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Android-based Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets outed at China Mobile Market launch event

The rumored Android-based Dell smartphone has become official. The handset, which is the Dell Mini 3i was recently on display and photographed during the launch event for China Mobile’s new Application Platform. Anyway, aside from a nice looking phone (at least based on what we can tell from the three images) the handset appears to have [...]

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More Dell rumors: This time it looks like Dell is working on an Android-based MID

We saw some rumored images a few weeks back and it now looks like the Dell/Android related rumors have resurfaced, except this time the reports are coming courtesty of the Wall Street Journal, who are reporting that Dell is working on an Android powered MID (mobile Internet device). So far, nothing in regards to this story [...]

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Another rumored image of an Android based smartphone from Dell

It seems that one leaked image of a Dell branded smartphone running Android was not enough. The first, as we saw yesterday highlighted a slightly Pre-like device in the typical blurry fashion. The second, (shown to the right) is sadly just as blurry and personally I would say that this one is a little less [...]

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Rumored image of an Android based smartphone from Dell

There are not much in terms of details with this latest rumored image, however it would appear as if an Android based smartphone is under development from Dell. As you can see from the image below, it features the standard blurriness that we have come to expect with leaked images. That said, it also seems [...]

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Dell Android phone thrown in the dump

Google Android could injected life into one trembling company, but it doesn’t seem to be doing much for Dell. The much talked about Android phone Dell developed has been shown to some carriers and the feedback has been very un-good. Analyst Shawn Wu has stated that Dell’s Android and Windows Mobile phones lack “differentiation” in a [...]

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