Comments on: Dell’s Smartphone Seems Real This Time!

By: Dell To Go MID- Without the 3G?

Dell To Go MID- Without the 3G? — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:48 +0000

[...] many would find to be a good thing. Dell is not currently in the smartphone market, although they are supposedly working on changing that, and having no arrangement with phone carriers could be leveraged in marketing a non-phone device. [...]

By: Is Dell Serious about Smart Phones Business?

Is Dell Serious about Smart Phones Business? — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:30:23 +0000

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By: PlanetCellPhone Blog » Blog Archive » Friday Links: Dell Smartphone, Kyocera

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:50:37 +0000

[...] Gigaom thinks that Dell’s smartphone may indeed be for real this time. Comment (RSS) [...]

By: DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Friday Links: Dell Smartphone, Kyocera

DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Friday Links: Dell Smartphone, Kyocera — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:05:25 +0000

[...] Gigaom thinks that Dell’s smartphone may indeed be for real this time. [...]

By: rhmayo

rhmayo — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:49:52 +0000

Hopefully Michael Dell has learned to eat crow. A couple of years ago he dissed (and his pal Gates) Steve Jobs, Apple and the Ipod/Iphone business as lacking any innovation and potential for growth. Now he seems to be chasing the same market without really understanding what he needs to do to be successful. And if they rely on Microsoft software then they are definitely shooting themselves in the foot before getting out of the gate.

By: Q dub

Q dub — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:17:56 +0000

Dell smartphone is not another DJ. This time smartphones related devices are a real threat to their PC business as the line blurs between them all.

By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:12:13 +0000

Dee:

That Microvision is cool, but how the heck will you power it on the go? That’s ALL that I need: more cables. Ugh.

I think Apple’s next step needs to be to create a battery-operated wireless power plate. Picture a LiOn battery approximately the size and weight of a netbook: no screen. no keyboard, just a lump of plastic and battery within. The whole purpose of this device is to be an inductive charging plate. Someone with a multitude of inductive-chargable devices (iPod, phone, maybe a netbook) can be “on the go” and still have a place to charge their devices during downtimes.

In the car? Stick your devices on the plate (mounted inside of a thin piece of fabric on your carryall). At home? Charge the plate, and while doing so, charge your devices on top of it. At a client’s office? Drop the plate on a desk, and if you’re getting low, you can charge your devices.

I’ve wanted a carryall with a LiOn battery in it with a set of USB charging ports, but never got around to having one made. I hate cables. With my notebooks, I buy extra chargers for all the usual places I find myself. For my Sony, I have 7 chargers I own that stay at my most popular places (and one in the car). Whoever gets rid of the battery life problem (Apple, I’m sure) will kill the market if they win a patent over the operations and mechanics of it.

I just went to Dell.com and realized I hadn’t been there in 14 months. How odd.

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:48:38 +0000

Speaking of some “killer ideas” – will Dell go with a full size screen?
As in the laser projection? http://www.microvision.com has it.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:42:02 +0000

A. It’s doomed if they choose Android, and B. It’s doomed already. The iPhone has too much hype and momentum behind it.

By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:42:31 +0000

I’m not an Apple fanboi, but when they release a larger iPhone (iNewtown?), they’ll kill whatever else is out there — including my Android-based G1 which I very much love and rely on.

Dell? Old news. There’s a problem that few people are talking about regarding smartphones. No, it isn’t the Apple patent. It isn’t the interface, necessarily. The biggest issue, and what will declare the next winner, is battery life.

As we require more and more processing power, video capabilities, and network bandwidth, battery life is getting worse, not better. My Android running last.fm or imeem is horrid. My iPod Touch isn’t much better (no telcom network, though).

The key to success for the next iteration of smartphones will be more than just interface and application market, it will be battery life. I have high hopes for the day when wireless power is readily available everywhere (Starbucks tables, desk at the office and home, car dashboard, etc). Until then, we’re not looking at Moore’s Law in smartphone capabilities.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:11:09 +0000

I guess Putin will not be buying one!

By: Shai Berger

Shai Berger — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:47:02 +0000

Agree w “addicted”. It takes a long time to build competency in handheld electronics.

Apple and RIM have had over a decade to go through dozens of iterations and learn what works and what doesn’t. Even Palm, which was a market leader at one time, finds it hard to keep up. Look at Microsoft’s experience with Zune. (Shipments down by half [!] this year: http://www.podcastingnews.com/2009/01/23/zune-death-watch-microsoft-zune-revenues-plummet/)

Sure, iPhone is only $175 in parts (http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/blackberry-storm-isuppli) how hard can it be to put together a competitor? Very hard. I put long long odds against Dell on this one.

- Shai

http://www.twitter.com/shaiberger.

By: addicted

addicted — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:21:36 +0000

Wait…Dell is counting on the guy who created only 1 successful phone in his lifetime, which also, outside of its design, has probably the crappiest software or interface on any phone?

They may be successful, but Motorola holdovers are not going to be the reason why…

By: Head Scratcher

Head Scratcher — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:52:53 +0000

Why would Dell want to buy Palm (for something like $2 billion!) when Palm gets its phones from ODMs, has gone proprietary on their next still-vaporware phone (the Pre), and Dell has been talking to ODMs for years?

Some acquisitions really don’t make any sense at all.

By: Kontra

Kontra — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:05:11 +0000

For Dell to succeed in this competitive market it must sell in volume AND with high enough margins to sustain momentum and growth. At this point, it’s way too late for Dell, as this would explain:

Fallacy of volume and revenue: The iPhone difference
http://counternotions.com/2009/01/30/revenue/

By: Erwin

Erwin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:27:33 +0000

Dell is going nowhere its main rival HP is preparing a salvo its already teamed up with software giant Oracle to deliver the most powerful machine on this planet. Change direction unbundle focus go for the hardware HP is on rampage.