Dell spokesman Matthew Parretta declined to comment on the report.
The item is the latest in speculation over a possible Dell smartphone.
In July, Dell hinted at such a move without concrete confirmation;
Ronald Garriques, president of Dell's consumer division and former
chief of Motorola's cell phone efforts, said at the time that the
company would work with the top three to four wireless carriers and see
what their needs are. Garriques did not specify whether that meant the
top three or four operators in the United States or in the world.
Further, Collins Stewart analyst Ashok Kumar told the Financial Times that he thought Dell would soon release a smartphone in China running on Google's Android platform. And in April, Reuters
reported that Dell was going to release a smartphone in China by the
end of 2009. The report said that Dell had partnered on the handset's
design with Chi Mei Communications, a unit of Taiwanese electronics
company Hon Hai.
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