DELL CELL-PHONE FOR CHINA

This weekend saw an interesting piece of news, where sources inside Dell Inc. had stated that Dell was in the process of announcing, cell phone made by Dell and exclusively for the users in the People’s Republic of China. Now, one of the leading wireless network operators in China, China Mobile has confirmed the reports that, Dell is indeed in the process of launching a mobile handset, based on the increasingly popular Google Android operating system, this week itself. The new cell phone is named ‘Ophone mini3i’.

This latest launch is perceived as one the biggest in the thriving mobile industry of China. Thus, keeping in mind the magnitude of the launch, China Mobile has decided to launch the device on its own network, in the next few days. The Ophone is expected to be established as a leading brand name umbrella, under which other handsets of the same genre will be marketed and distributed. Devices from some of the most renowned firms as Lenovo and HTC (known as Dopod in China) are expected to be launched in the coming weeks under the Ophone banner.

The all new Ophones will operate around the TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) network platform, a 3G network standard, that has been designed specifically for the Chinese region. Thereby rendering the device almost inoperable outside China.