Dell Venue Now For Sale, Shipping Later this Month

By Ed Hardy | 2/4/2011

Dell has begun taking pre-orders for its next smartphone running Google's Android OS. The Dell Venue is going to offer a high-end feature set, highlighted with a large AMOLED screen and high-resolution camera.

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New Android Market Website Allows Users to Find, Buy Apps on their PC

By Mark Calley | 2/2/2011

While most of the focus during today's event at Google headquarters went to Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) and tablets, there was an announcement that affects smartphone users: the Android Market now has its very own website.

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Dell Planning ''Several'' More Windows Phone 7 Models

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/31/2011

Straight from the horse's mouth, it appears that Dell has plans to add more models to its lineup of smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system.

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Microsoft Has Sold More Than Two Million Windows Phone 7 Devices

By Ed Hardy | 1/27/2011

Microsoft says that its Windows Phone 7 platform has now reached the two million mark. It took the software giant's new smartphone operating system about ten weeks to reach this point.

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Google's Android OS 3.0 Is for Tablets, Not Smartphones

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/21/2011

Tablets are getting an exclusive treatment when Android OS 3.0, aka Honeycomb, hits the market: the new version of Google's operating system will never see the light of day on smartphones.

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Smartphone Users May Get to Cool Off This Summer with Android OS Ice Cream

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/11/2011

People have barely digested the sweet news of Android OS Honeycomb, and yet there is already more on the way. The next mobile operating system update from Google, Android OS 'Ice Cream', is supposedly due out this summer.

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CES 2011 Brought a Wave of 4G Android OS Smartphones

By Ed Hardy | 1/10/2011

The 2011 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show has finished up, and this year, no less than eleven smartphones were unveiled. All of these are going to be high-end models running Google's Android OS, and are going to trickle out over the first half of the year.

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Microsoft CEO Promises Windows Phone 7 Improvements

By Ed Hardy | 1/8/2011

During a keynote address at the CES tradeshow, Steve Ballmer laid out some of his company's plans for Windows Phone 7. This smartphone operating system is going to get support for cut-and-paste and well as some performance improvements.

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Dell Venue Smartphone Unveiled at CES 2011

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/7/2011

Instead of continuing to ride the fine line between smartphone and tablet as it did with the Streak, Dell picked a side and announced the Venue, an Android-based smartphone, at CES 2011.

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Smartphone Success Starts with Strong Mobile Management

By Tim Scannell | 12/21/2010

There are many advantages for businesses in arming their employees with smartphones, but the process of deploying them requires careful planning or they can become a liability.

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Smartphones with 4G, Dual-Core Processors, and More Expected at CES 2011

By Ed Hardy | 12/20/2010

The next Consumer Electronics Show is coming in early January, and a number of new Android OS smartphones are expected to be unveiled at this gigantic tradeshow, and maybe a new version of the iPhone, too.

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Dell Venue Pro Getting Support for AT&T

By Ed Hardy | 12/17/2010

The current version of the Dell Venue Pro fully supports only T-Mobile's cellular network, but an upcoming version will work with AT&T. This will greatly increase the number of potential users of this high-end device running Windows Phone 7.

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