Dell prepares two smartphones

The newest computer manufacturer to jump into the smartphone business? Dell.

According to a leak on their website, Dell has two smartphones called the Pharos Traveller lined up for release sometime later this year. The 127 will be a traditional QWERTY phone, where as the 117 will go the way of the iPhone with a touchscreen interface. Both will feature 7.2Mbps HSDPA 3G, GPS and — gah! — Windows Mobile 6.1, with a talktime of four hours and 200 hours of standby. Both also have a 2MP camera and a 0.3MP front camera for video calls. No carrier or price yet.

It's pretty hard to find this exciting. The phones are ugly, the OS is coughing up dust, the name is joyless and the manufacturer is Dell.

Dell website leaks show to Pharos smartphones [Electronista]

[#1 posted by techdeviant , October 29, 2008 8:37 AM]

No carrier? It says T-Mobile on the phone on the right.

[#2 posted by mykie , October 29, 2008 10:50 AM]

Winmo 6.1 ("gah!") coughing up dust?

Wow, why don't you just come right out and say it; you're gay for Apple!

[#3 posted by dculberson , October 29, 2008 1:38 PM]

More like homosexual for anything that works better than Windows Mobile.

[#4 posted by Roger Strong , October 29, 2008 4:13 PM]

It depends on what you're looking for in a cell phone / PDA. The iPhone makes for a better cell phone, and Windows Mobile makes for a better PDA.

Mostly though it's a rerun of the PC vs Mac arguement from 20 years ago:

You can do a lot more on Windows Mobile, and it's a much more open platform. It has features for corporate users that the average person will never use or even hear about. It's easy to program for, and Microsoft doesn't demand any say in what apps you write or how you distribute them.

But the iPhone has a better user interface, making it the better phone for the average user.