And finally we have much the awaited official word on Dell’s first Android handset. The Mini 3i is now officially in China, staying with China Mobile and had a coming out party at Beijing. The Mini 3i bears some pretty decent specs, even though it is EDGE only and stripped of all Wi-Fi. Who wouldn’t say yes to;
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE class 12
- Size: 68.6cc
- 103g grams weight
- Dimensions: 58 x 122 x 11.7mm
- Display: 3.5″ nHD 640×360 LCD, 18-bit, 262K colors
- OTA capable
- Microsoft Exchange support
- Google, AIM, Yahoo and MSN IM support
- 3 megapixel auto-focus, flash, 8x digital zoom camera with 30fps video shooting mode, built in photo editor
- USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- A-GPS
- On-screen QWERTY keyboard, handwriting recognition, multi touch UI
- MicroSD slot
Not to mention it looks purty too.
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Ok more info on Dell and its smartphones; rumor has it that Dell is getting ready to bring out a for-China-only ‘mini 3i’ smartphone. The smartphone will purportedly be announced to the Chinese market through China Mobile. The mini 3i smartphone is said to be part of the Android-driven Ophone Open Mobile Systems (OMS) platform. The Dell mini 3i is slated (so far) for an August/September release along with two other Ophones, the Lenovo O1 and the Dopod A6188. The Lenovo O1 on the other hand is allegedly the only 3G enabled phone in the lineup that will have support for the TD-SCDMA network. The other Dell and Dopod offerings will only rock the 2G GSM network. Now this may all turn out to be one of those Chinese rumors, but since TechCrunch has reported it we’ll give it credibility.
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While the United States is the biggest market for the smartphones but the world’s biggest market for mobile handsets, period is China. No big surprise, the country has manpower that could take on the rest of the world, the mobile subscriber base is a resounding 634 million. Bottom line is anything they do in the mobile phone area has a major impact. Which is why the announcement by China Mobile to invest $8.6 Billion into 3G technology during 2009, is quite significant. With more of the world gearing towards 3G, manufacturers will have more customers to benefit from their 3G offerings.
China Mobile is planning to use the investment to o build around 60,000 base stations, which connect calls between mobile phones, covering 238 cities. It currently operates over 20,000 base stations.
Among the many rationales behind investments in 3G during 2009 is to help curb the economic recession. Last month, an estimate was made that carriers would invest a good $41 Billion into 3G over the next two years with 2009 grossing a handsome $29 Billion. Needless to say the world economy need all the help it can get.
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