Dell to Make Google and Microsoft Phones – Really?

Rumors abound that Dell is entering into the smartphone market, which according to some experts, a niche already swarming with popular brands like Blackberry, Apple and RIMM. Recently, a Wall Street Journal article reveled that the company can exhibit the new smartphone as early as this month, during the 3GSM Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. The revelation is talk of the town because industry pundits widely believe that Dell has to unleash a technological Beast if it has to stand a chance in an otherwise hotly contested arena.

The Dell representatives are not talking but what is already highly speculated is that this new smartphone, if revealed, will likely imbed the Microsoft Windows Mobile interface and the new Google open source Android program. The shape and configuration is thought to include a touch screen technology and another version with a small sliding keypad. Most probably, Dell’s decision to enter the smartphone business might be based on its wide network of enterprise Servers across the world. Dell can easily utilize its strength to integrate the new smart phones with the ubiquitous Dell servers. It is in fact a business model that no PC manufacturer can offer.

Analysts also believe that Dell’s move is not without prudence as it holds a very large enterprise base. One such success story is of HP, a company that is in the same league with Dell, who successfully achieved its limited objectives with the iPAQ. That is precisely why experts are gearing to see what kind of Business suite Dell has in offer?

Or, does it has to offer anything new at all? Looking at the current technology leader RIMM, it seems that every new concept has already been introduced in the form of touch screens and 3G which leaves very little for Dell to showcase. Skeptics also rave about the average customer service that Dell offers, a weakness overshadowed by Dell’s strength to built sleek new devices. Customer service might not have been a major problem, had it not been Apple, a stern competitor, who has built the smartphone market share largely due to a very positive consumer sentiment. If history dictates any prudence then computer firms have mostly been a failure when it comes to entering consumer electronics.

Talks of such a prototype were in air but a few leading analyst, who are considered an authority on Dell, say that such a device is not in picture until the start of 2010. Also notice that Dell recently announced cutting billion of dollars in operating expenses. The articles in Wall Street Journal and Apple Insider have truly made it difficult to predict anything but everyone agrees that Dell better come out with a really bright idea or otherwise get burned…