Dell Mini 3i Coming to the USA Dell to Launch Android Phone in the Following Months

It will take a while until we get used to Dell smartphones. The computer
maker has decided to return to the mobile business after miserably
failing to conquer it a couple of years ago. Its newest creation, the
Dell Mini 3i, is an Android phone initially made for the Chinese market.
The good news? Dell will bring the phone to U.S. customers in the
following months.

Apparently Dell was pretty impressed by the recent Android activity in
the USA. Motorola has announced its first Android phone, the CLIQ;
Verizon Wireless and Google have announced a partnership meant to bring
Android phones to Verizon wireless and manufacturers like HTC, Samsung
and LG already have new handsets capable of handling Google s OS and
scheduled to hit the U.S. market in the near future. So why would Dell
miss out on the entire buzz around Google and Android?

The Dell Mini 3i has been designed with the Chinese market in mind. It
features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with 640 x 360 resolution, a
3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, mini USB connectivity, microSD card
slot, a 950mAh and Android OS running in the background. The U.S.
version will probably go through some hardware upgrades but we have no
idea at this point what Dell is planning to modify. We can assume that
the U.S. version will bring both 3G and Wi-Fi support since the Chinese
version lacked Wi-Fi and used an Open Mobile System, which is China
Mobile s Android OS version combined its TD-SCDMA network.

Beside hardware upgrades, Dell will have to make sure it ships the right
Android version with the Mini 3i. It s being reported that the current
OS comes with modified or missing Android libraries which would make
programming a lot harder.

The Mini 3i should be officially announced in the near future and we ll
have plenty of time to analyze its performance once Dell starts to sell
it to North American consumers. But a few logical questions do come to
my mind! Will we also see a Windows Mobile 6.5 Dell phone or is Dell
going to make only Android smartphones? What about Android/Chrome OS
netbooks, laptops and desktops Dell? Are we going to see any of that
coming next year?