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Dell Acquires Make Technologies

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:10:44 +0000

Dell has acquired Make Technologies, a company that brings legacy applications up to modern standards by bringing them into the cloud. This is the third company that Dell has acquired in four days. Dell previously bought Wyse and Clerity. Make Technologies migrates the code and modernizes legal application portfolios. They also cut maintenance costs and modifies outdated code.

Dell Ending Smartphone Sales In The U.S.

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:33:36 +0000

Dell is ending the sales of smartphones in the U.S. The company is planning to focus more on emerging markets and higher-margin products to improve their financials. This means that customers will no longer be able to buy the Venue and Venue Pro smartphones anymore. No replacements have been announced.

Dell does plan on launching more mobile products later this year, but a Dell spokesperson did not say whether a smartphone would be among those products. Dell originally entered the market in August 2010 with the Aero and Streak 5. The Venue smartphones had Google Android and Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating on them.

Dell will continue to sell smartphones outside of the U.S. like the Venue Pro in India, the Venue in South Korea, and the Streak in Japan. Dell is also going to discontinue netbooks to focus on higher-margin consumer products.

Dell CEO Michael Dell Says That Tablet Running Windows 8 Is On The Way

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:14:58 +0000

Dell CEO Michael Dell said that there is a growing demand for tablet computers that run on the next version of Windows. Dell believes that this will help them effectively compete against Apple’s iPad. Dell is targeting the corporate customer market with their tablet.

Dell is currently developing a business-friendly tablet that works with Windows 8. The company will start selling computers running Windows 8 “on the exact day” it becomes available. Windows 8 is due later this year, but the release date is unknown.

Dell is planning to entice business customers by having Microsoft Office applications running on the tablets. The Apple iPad is unable to support Microsoft Office.

“Having a secure Windows tablet that works with all the Windows applications — we’re hearing a lot of demand for that and we think that will be quite attractive,” stated Dell.

Dell Phasing Out Streak 7 From Product Line

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:13:25 +0000

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) will no longer be selling the Streak 7 tablet device. The device is no longer available online. It has only been a few months since Dell phased out the Streak 5 as well.

“Dell remains committed to the mobility market and continues to sell products here and in other parts of the world,” said Dell in a statement. “Streak 7 delivered a unique experience for customers who wanted a larger screen-size yet the freedom of staying connected to their personal and professional content while on the-go. It continues to be available in many markets through retail, distributors and carrier partners such as Optus in Australia. A 10-inch version of the tablet, Streak 10 Pro, is currently offered in China, offering the ultimate digital divide between work and life. ”

Dell has not been successful when it came to selling tablets and part of the reason for that is by announcing devices well in a good amount of time before they made it available on the market. For example, they showed a prototype of the Streak 5 several weeks before the iPad the iPad was announced. Dell did not end up shipping the device until August 2010. The hardware and software was unchanged from what they showed.

[Electronista]

Intellectual Ventures Suing 13 Companies for Patent Infringement

Riley Kennysmith — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:15:01 +0000

Intellectual Ventures is suing a group of companies for patent infringement. Companies being sued include Acer, Adata Technology, Asustek Computer, Best Buy, Dell, Elpida Memory, Hewlett Packard, Hynix Semiconductor, Kingston Technology, Logitech International, Pantech and Wal-Mart. According to TechCrunch, the patents deal with memory technology and methods.

Intellectual Ventues brought another patent suit against nine other companies last year. Intellectual Ventures is headed by Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO at Microsoft.

Dell Ending The Adamo Brand And Line Of Laptops

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:58:49 +0000

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is ending the Adamo line of laptops and the brand. The Adamo has an aluminum case and was 0.65 inches thin. The Adamo also uses solid-state drives and has Intel Core 2 Duo processors. That means that these laptops was a rival of the MacBook Air. The major downfall of the Adamo was the price. It first started at around $2,000 and gradually started to drop. Today the price is at about $799. Future Adamo designs will be branded under Inspiron, XPS, and Alienware. [CNET]

Dell Rumored To Be Designing Windows 7 Phone Called Lighting

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:10:45 +0000

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is rumored to be working on a new set of phones that will be powered by the Windows Phone 7 operating system. The newest phone would be called the Dell Lighting and it has a touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard slider, 4.1″ WVGA OLED, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, microSD card slot, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, accelerometer, and a digital compass. [Engadget]

Dell Zino HD To Challenge The Mac Mini

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:14:48 +0000

Dell Inc. is releasing a new line of PCs that will rival the Apple Mac Mini. The Dell Zino HD will be available in green, blue, black, purple, orange, red, and pink. The boxes are 8″ x 8″ and run on AMD Athlon Dual-Core processors with a choice of Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Ubuntu Linux. The “HD” in Zino HD has to do with the HDMI port that comes with the PC. They can also come with a 1TB hard drive and 8GB of RAM. The black Zino HD with minimum features will run for about $230. The highest priced Zino HD will cost about $808 according to Wired.

Dell Adds New Inspiron 14z and 15z Slim To Notebook Line-Up

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:03:47 +0000

Dell has launched a couple of new notebooks in their Inspiron line of products. The two new notebooks are the 14 and 15z. Both of these notebooks have 16:9, 366×768 widescreen displays with Intel Core 2 Solo processors. The Solo processors makes battery life last longer since they are low-power chips.

Some of the specs of the notebooks include
- 14 inch screen (14z), 15 inch screen (15z)
- DVD drive included
- Choice of Intel Core 2 Solo or Core 2 Duo processors
- WiFi and optional mobile broadband
- Choice between 4 cell (4 hour) or 6 cell (8 hour) batteries
- Express charge (4-6 cell) batteries can be charged in 60 minutes
- 1.3 megapixel webcam
- HD Audio 2.0

Both of these notebooks can be bought today in cherry red or black at a starting price of $599.

Dell G2410 24″ Monitor Cuts 60% Power

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:35:20 +0000

Today Dell has introduced the greenest monitor display of its kind. Its a 24″ white LED Full HD LCD with an EPEAT Gold rating. This monitor promises to cut power consumption by 60%. The display has about 250 nits of brightness with 5ms panel response time and about a 1000:1 contrast.

The Panel is TN type with 16.7 million colors and 160/170 viewing angles rating. The monitor’s power-saving features include Ambient Light Sensor, PowerNap, and Dynamic Dimming. The max resolution is 1920 x 1080 at 60 Hz. Response time is 5ms and pixel pitch is 0.277 mm.

Want it? $349 at Dell.com right now.

[via SlashGear]