Smartphone users have never been paying so much attention to China before as they are doing now. That’s because the Chinese will be the first to try out Dell’s inaugural foray into the smartphone handset manufacturing business.
Although Dell is still keeping might mum on any details of the coming device, it will likely much resemble the Dell Mini3i prototype for a smartphone on the Google Android OS they rolled out Monday at the same time as they made the announcement confirming a Dell smartphone coming to China. The Mini3i (or Mini 3i) is a heavily multimedia based handset with advanced gaming and downloading features.
This may seem like not a lot of information, but that perception changes when you think how rumors of Dell's entry into the smartphone market started circulating back in 2003 with the release of the Dell Axim PDA (canceled in 2007) and as of April 2009 you still couldn't get a word out of them.
Why would Dell want to get into this already cut-throat segment of the biz? And why now? Perhaps because traiditional PC and mobile markets are declining with mobile-PC markets are still comparatively strong.
If that's the case, though, they'll have to do better than the Mini3i which has no Wi-Fi, and worse no 3G support.
What does the Mini 3i have?
* 3.5" touch screen
* 360 x 640 resolution
* miniUSB port
* SD card slot (though max storage size still unknown)
* 3.2-megapixel camera
It may also have a GPS, but at the moment only Dell really knows for sure.
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