[dazz]

I hate to break it to you but the recession is world wide. The US does not ignore other markets, it just makes sense to start with he massive market that is your own backyard. Plus, there are many additional costs with going to a foreign market.

There have actually been rumours of Michael Dell running around Asia trying to broker a deal but I doubt that is true. I think Dell would take the slap from the US carriers and either go back to the drawing board or scrap it. There is no way he would take an obviously blah product further.

Dell has to be smacking their foreheads right now though. After seeing the massive success of the iPhone and others and having already been in the PDA market hey definitely have missed an opportunity. With so many great HTC devices in all form factors it isn't going to be easy for Dell to make something that stands out; but that is exactly what they would have to do.

[dazz]

I hate to break it to you but the recession is world wide. The US does not ignore other markets, it just makes sense to start with he massive market that is your own backyard. Plus, there are many additional costs with going to a foreign market.

There have actually been rumours of Michael Dell running around Asia trying to broker a deal but I doubt that is true. I think Dell would take the slap from the US carriers and either go back to the drawing board or scrap it. There is no way he would take an obviously blah product further.

Dell has to be smacking their foreheads right now though. After seeing the massive success of the iPhone and others and having already been in the PDA market hey definitely have missed an opportunity. With so many great HTC devices in all form factors it isn't going to be easy for Dell to make something that stands out; but that is exactly what they would have to do.

[Sven Johannsen]

Don't know if folks here remember Dell's first, the X5. Man was it klunky, compared to what Compaq and HP and others were putting out, but it was a darn sight cheaper than anything else out there. They sold it on-line just like their PCs. Then they did an X30. They got their style better and still kept the cost down. The following X50 was an outstanding device, and though I never got one, the successor 51 got great reviews. My wife always said if Dell shoved a phone in an X50 (51) she'd buy one in a heartbeat. As it is she was never happy with the tendancy of PPC Phone Editions (WM Professional Devices) to get smaller and drop resolution.

I actually would look forward to Dell doing an unlicensed/unlocked device, assuming they could do the usual Dell thing of releasing a decent device, very competitavely priced. What are they competing against? For a larger screen device, the competition would be in the $600-$800 range. If Dell could do one in the $400-$500 range, I think they might sell. Heck folks were happy to part with $400 for an iPhone, with a 2yr contract. I would hate to see them become just another lackey for the carriers.