Subscribe via RSS Feed
e's PhoneBlog

Category: Dell

Hands on with the Dell Mini 3i

dell-mini-3i-ophone-china-mobile-600

The Dell Mini 3i will launch in China later this week. The phone will come with a 3.5″ capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 640×360. What Dell have included in the package, is a stylus made for capacitive touchscreens. This comes especially handy to for those that want to write Chinese with their phones. Apart from this, the phone will have a 3MP auto-focus camera with flash. The Dell Mini 3i will be the first phone to run on the Linux-based Open Mobile System(OMS).

The phone will be priced at 4800 Chinese Yuan(~500€).

Video after the break.

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | November 23, 2009 11:02 | 0 comments

Dell Mini 3i unboxed

dell-mini-3i-china-box-11-13-2009-j3

The Chinese version of the Dell Mini 3i has already been unboxed. What is also cool about this version, is the stylus designed to work on a capacitive touchscreen. This comes especially handy to those of you who would like to write Chinese with your phone :) Two more pictures after the break.

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | November 13, 2009 21:54 | 0 comments

Dell Mini 3i/3iX launched in China and Brazil

Dell Smart Phone

The long rumored first smartphone from Dell is now officially announced. It will be available in China in the coming few weeks, and in Brazil later this year.

The Chinese version of the phone will be carried by China Mobile, and it will not have 3G functionality in it. The chinese version will be called Dell Mini 3i. The Brazilian version will have WiFi and 3G, and be carried by Claro with the name Dell Mini 3iX. Other than the radio-chip, the phones should be equal. Two more pictures after the break.

Specifications:

  • 3.5″ capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 360×640
  • 3MP autofocus camera
  • multi-touch support
  • A-GPS
  • Bluetooth
  • microSD-slot
  • (WiFi and 3G in the Brazilian version)
View Post
Jonne Eilimö | November 13, 2009 21:46 | 0 comments

Dell Mini 3i will be released in U.S.

mini3i_2

The Dell Mini 3i that was previously only available in China, is now coming to the U.S. This will be hardware vise an updated version of the China-only model, with at least a better camera on board.

The mobile itself is an Android powered device, with a 5MP camera and a custom UI that resembles the one seen on the iPhone(icons ordered in a grid-view). The China-version doesn’t have WiFi, but it is possible that it will get added in the new version.

No word on pricing or an exact release date is now know, but it will most probably be released in the coming few months. Stay tuned!

[via]

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | October 7, 2009 19:56 | 0 comments

Dell Mini 3i confirmed

dell_mini3i_official

China Mobile today confirmed the rumor about Dell releasing a mobile phone.

The phone will run on a heavily modified version of Android, called China Mobile Open Mobile System. China Mobile will also start their own application store, called Mobile Market, simultaneously with the phone. Like we already reported last time, the specs are as follows:

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | August 17, 2009 23:20 | 0 comments

A little update on the rumored Dell Mini 3i

dell-mini-31Today a few new images of the rumored Dell Mini 3i leaked onto the web. The picture above reminds a lot the pictured that leaked a few weeks ago, so I think this Dell device is real.

But, this time with the pictures we also have specs for the phone. Click read more for the specs.

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | August 14, 2009 00:06 | 0 comments

Dell 'mini 3i' smartphone coming to the market?

dell
dell-mini-3i

Seems like Dell is going to enter the mobile phone market. Users on a chinese mailing list got the picture above. According to the image, the phone will have at least these features:

  • OMS, Google Android-based Open Mobile System
  • Manufactured by Dell, duh :)
  • Screen resolution of 360 x 640 = 9:16/16:9

Source: Clonedinchina

View Post
Jonne Eilimö | August 11, 2009 12:15 | 0 comments