(Spork) Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 http://bgr.com/2012/...ss-exit-247155/ The global smartphone industry is expected to grow to reach $150 billion in 2014, andDell (DELL) wants no part of it. According to Jeff Clarke, head of Dell?s consumer business, the company has no plans to re-enter the smartphone race anytime soon. ?It needs a lot of investments to really be successful,? Clarke told Forbes on Wednesday during the Dell World conference, and the company is apparently unwilling to make those investments. Clarke also confirmed that Dell is done with Android for the time being, instead focusing on tablets running Microsoft?s (MSFT) Windows 8 platform. ?It?s a content play with Android. Amazon is selling books and Google is making it up with search. So far we couldn?t find a way to build a business on Android,? the executive said. dell was in the smartphone business ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Dell has a few Android and WP7 devices on the market, yes, they were in the smartphone business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Dell has a few Android and WP7 devices on the market, yes, they were in the smartphone business. Thanks. Just came here to ask those questions. Never knew they were in the smartphone business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 They didn't exactly try very hard. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 15, 2012 Member Share Posted December 15, 2012 dell was in the smartphone business ? Shame they weren't. Dell is huge in the business world. A lot of companies probably would have bought from them if they had played their cards right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I've talked to a few dell streak owners and they were happy with thier devices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 It's probably for the best, as nobody even knew they'd entered the smartphone market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 **** poor attempt. Doubt many care anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomegainfinity Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I think they were only pushing ZTE manufactured phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CronicHazel Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Dell did have the potential to take over BlackBerry's former status as business heavyweights in the mobile industry if they tied their services properly :V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I remember Dell's offerings. They were not very good, and that's being polite. They've been in the smart-device market for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted December 23, 2012 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 23, 2012 It's a regretful decision, but it had to be done or that division would have continued sucking money without showing any tangible results. Dell's Axim line of PocketPCs was very solid. I remember how I wanted one, but never got it because of the whole looming touch interface. So what happened is: Dell bet on Microsoft, but it took the latter ages to catch up in that sphere and finally deliver the product. At which point, Dell already lost too much on the mobile business. And in a such saturated and competitive market, they've probably figured out that it's not worth it and will focus on their core business instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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