Cell Phones, Dell
A report from PC World suggests Dell may kill its smartphone line. According to PC World, Dell’slast remaining phones, the Windows Phone-powered Venue and the Venue Pro, will no longer be sold in the US. A few remaining models will continue to be sold in India, China, Japan and South Korea.

An...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Dell, Windows Phone 7, Venue Pro
It comes to an end! Dell has ended the sales of its first and only Windows Phone device Dell Venue Pro. The device when got leaked created lots of buzz and excitement and later went on to become a great example of poorly executed product. Until few days back the device was available at dirt cheap price...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Dell, Google, Mini 5, Android 2.3
The Dell Streak 5, Dell's original smartphone/tablet hybrid, may be discontinued, but the company is doing good to support its customers, as it has just released the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the 5-inch devices. We will excuse the tardiness of the update since the Streak 5 is dead product. The...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Dell, Google, Android 2.3, Streak
Remember when the Dell Streak 5 brought big in a literally big way – with its still perceived to be monstrous sized 5” display? Yes, it has been long discontinued in the US, but nevertheless, it’s getting one snazzy update that no doubt brings some surprise.

Specifically, the official Android 2.3...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Dell, AT&T, Venue Pro, Windows Phone 7.5
Every time we think we have seen the last of the Mango update, another forgotten handset on a slow carrier pops up which still needs to be updated.

In this case Microsoft has announced that the Dell Venue Pro on AT&T is finally getting Windows Phone 7.5.

Of course at this point we have already...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Dell, Google, Android 3.0
A month ago on the dot, we reported that Dell was firmly committed to getting the beloved tablet-optimized platform in Honeycomb to its Dell Streak 7 – even more when units were spotted running a build of Honeycomb at the most recent IFA tradeshow.

Well, it appears as though that some Dell Streak...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Dell, Google, Android 3.2
Erik Day, Dell's director of marketing for EMEA, has confirmed that the Dell Streak 7 will be getting an upgrade to Android 3.2 (Honeycomb).

Speaking to Thinq, Day demoed the softare on the 7-inch tablets at IFA 2011, but wasn't able to say when the Honeycomb update would come to existing Wi-Fi...

Cell Phones, Dell, Mini 5
At the end of the line for all cell phones, there is this thing called cell phoneheaven where once flavorful and exciting handsets exit to live out the rest of their days. And rightfully so, that’s where the Dell Streak 5 appears to be headed!

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Dell, Google, Android 3.0
Clearly overshadowed by the myriad of Honeycomb tablets that we’ve continuously been seeing for the better part of the last few months, the Dell Streak 7 has been overlooked by many due to its choice of sticking to an older build of the platform.

Cell Phones, Dell, Venue Pro
If you are Nokia hater like me, but you would like to get decent Windows Phone 7 device, then you can get one if you live or visit Germany:

The phone has slide-out QWERTY keyboard (or QWERTZ to be precise as it is German version) and features 16 GB and 1GHz processor. Interestingly both Dell and...

Cell Phones, Dell, T-Mobile, Venue Pro
The long awaited firmware update for the Dell Venue Pro, said to address all kinds of issues, including restarts and failing WIFI, is now being pushed out to excited users.

There have been several reports of the software already reaching devices, including some experiencing issues with the update...

Cell Phones, Dell, Venue Pro
We wouldn't say it was delivered with lightning speed, but Dell's firmware update for the Venue Pro is at least on schedule. The outfit's Lionel Menchaca tweeted that the refresh, which brings a fix for a WiFi lockup issue (among others), "starts rolling out today for T-Mobile customers in the US + all...

Cell Phones, Dell, Venue Pro
What a month it’s been for Dell and Dell Venue Pro users! Users have been given an overall preview of the final firmware update and afterward an official word that the DVP update is coming, there aren’t many more questions to be answered.

Except, the date when all users will receive the update.
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Cell Phones, Dell, T-Mobile, Venue Pro
After the months long rumours, a firmware update is coming to Dell Venue Pro customers on T-Mobile. Last time, there were reports that the new firmware will be live by last May month, but it didn’t happened. Now Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger for Dell have tweeted about this matter. Hope DVP gets a...

Cell Phones, Dell
After seeing and playing with Honeycomb, it's very hard if not impossible to go back to using a modified phone version of Android (usually Froyo) on a tablet. As Google said themselves, those earlier ...