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Thank God! I'm so sick and tired of my iPhone and its sturdy design and the way it works well!

Aug 10, 09 - 02:13 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

More cheap crap from Dell. They won't disappoint their loyal customers.

Aug 10, 09 - 02:14 pm Comment from: breeze

Close up shop , Michael, an give the shareholders back their money

Aug 10, 09 - 02:17 pm Comment from: HMCIV

Michael Dell: "No No! I said we had to reinvigorate the company not re-vinegar Kung Pao!"

Two words. WHO CARES?

I can't wait! bring on the "DJ Ditty-Talk"

(another one for the bargain bins in about 2 month...)

Aug 10, 09 - 02:29 pm Comment from: almux

Watch out!
M$ came with a "Zune".
Dell will poor out a "Dune" of its hat!

Aug 10, 09 - 02:29 pm Comment from: silverhawk

Last fall Dell was told their phone was too boring. So they had to go to China to reinvigorate the phone?

Aug 10, 09 - 02:30 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

A possible attempt to freeze the market just as Apple gets ready to unleash the iPhone in China.

Also, a possible explanation of why Schmidt left with so little fanfare.

Or, could be a load of crap. But if Dell is making a move in the smartphone areana, I'm keeping my eye on Palm's stock price - could be a connection there.

The stupid just keep getting stupider.

It will be called the 'jPhone 4SuperGS', just so people will know it's better than the iPhone 3GS.

Aug 10, 09 - 02:41 pm Comment from: LTD*

Another Android phone to add to the pile.

Maybe THIS will bring in that ocean of developers. LOL


@ HMCIV:

Priceless!

It will be called "The Duece" when it drops

if it is an android, that's competition for M$

if it is some winmo POS, it will just make the iPhone look better.

Let's see. american companies copy one another to death, then send the blueprints to asia to be built. Japan is probably working on their 7th generation robots and other innovations, China on their 10th generation manufacturing electronics impressively cheap. How long before asia realizes they have the upper hand and drive most of our companies under? We still owe them our national debt don't we? If so, then they have plenty of credit and capital. (typed on a good old-fashioned made in china Macbook Pro)

Aug 10, 09 - 02:49 pm Comment from: Jimithy

Yawn. Another also-ran. They're necessary evils, though.

@ Amos
".... The stupid just keep getting stupider...."

No kiddin'---

You wanna see some real Dell stupidity ??
You'll find it - here

What, "The Deuce", you say?

Maybe, 's' stands for Shut as in Shutitdownandgivethemoneybacktotheshareholders etc.

MDN MW: standard, as in that ought to be a standard Dell feature.

Aug 10, 09 - 03:12 pm Comment from: iPhoner

The most fun you could ever have using a Dell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6eJRqDO2s

Aug 10, 09 - 03:22 pm Comment from: Wings2Sky

I'm putting my iPhone on eBay right now!

Aug 10, 09 - 03:25 pm Comment from: Gordon Horne

When I read the headline my first thought was not possible, unless they are rebranding an existing phone. Approvals for new devices take time, are not secret, and Dell has been closely watched.

But China? That's possible. Fight with the counterfeit iPhones before Apple moves in. Get and defend a piece of the largest potential market in the world. Then move on to India, I guess. Possible. I'm not sure it's probable, though.

Aug 10, 09 - 03:27 pm Comment from: Original Jake

@maclover,
If anything, Asia has fallen further behind Western companies in technology design and software development. Software is the key, because--as the iPhone and iPod Touch have shown--the future of "gadgets" is no longer driven primarily by hardware engineering but by software engineering. By the way, Asian companies copy each other even MORE than they copy Western companies. Asia is a dog eat dog market environment, with plenty of incentive for incremental change and flashy new products but very little incentive for investing in software (IP) or in fundamental tech advances. Also, those robots in Japan are still not particularly useful or efficient given the cost of producing them. Nice basic research, but no real likelihood of an economic benefit any time soon.
Remember all those late 80s/early 90s stories about Japan overtaking the US? Instead, Japan has gotten a LOT less competitive in the international arena since the early 90s. In Japan, they even refer to it as the "lost decade" in economic stagnation.
China is only different because it has over a billion people, so it will be a bigger market. But they'll have even bigger problems over the next 20 years, such as their birthrate to take just one example.
There are plenty of challenges in Western nations (e.g., California) too, though, so no guarantee we won't fall flat on our faces. But, if we do, it will be primarily because of our own mistakes, not because Asia is such a powerful competitor.

Aug 10, 09 - 03:27 pm Comment from: Macdoc

Another DJ for sure!

Aug 10, 09 - 03:34 pm Comment from: cogitoergomac

In the hands of a competent company--not necessarily a brilliant one, just competent--this could be cause for competitive concern. Such a company could learn a lot from this endeavor, and significantly enlarging Android's installed base will have an impact.

Aug 10, 09 - 03:39 pm Comment from: silverhawk

Dell is currently up .39 to $13.59.

The S stands for Schmidt working on a tablet computer with Dell. Nice. Can't wait for GoogleTV, the GooglePort Express Base Station and the iGoogle Touch. Schmidt!

Aug 10, 09 - 03:52 pm Comment from: MacTony

That's it!! The phone I've been waiting for. My iPhone 32 GB 3GS is toast.........

Aug 10, 09 - 03:54 pm Comment from: Me In LA

DULL: just days away from another stock dive...

Told you! Told you! Now you'll all see how you underestimated me! Bwahahahah!

Aug 10, 09 - 04:10 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

"Dell may be creating a proprietary operating system with China-based software maker"


You Betcha

China Gov never seen an email they couldn't open ...

BC

"Too Little Too Late" was the first thing to pop into my mind. Gee... wonder why?

Aug 10, 09 - 04:25 pm Comment from: Demon

Dell to throw away investor's money on another POS.
MS Windows PC hawkers aren't even recommending Dell anything these days because of quality issues with the hardware. A friend who has to suffer with a Windows Laptop recently when looking for a new one because his 18 month old DELL crapped out he told me he was going to buy another Dell but the guys in Best Buy told him that would be an wise choice because of Dell's poor quality in the past year or so. With their profits tanking and all the cuts they've made to save cost the only thing Dell was churning out these days wasn't worth spending the money on. They recommend an HP which he bought. I told him he should have gotten a Mac and went Windows slumming for work using Boot Camp. He hadn't even open the HP Box so he returned it to Best Buy and bought a Macbook Pro. set-up Boot Camp took out this old hard drive from the Dead Dell and recovered his data and important stuff. He's loves the MacBook over the cheap plastic HP POS and the really cheap Dell POS

So, the question is who in their right mind will be buying a Dell anything these days.

Aug 10, 09 - 04:31 pm Comment from: ron

almux, "Watch out!
M$ came with a "Zune".
Dell will poor out a "Dune" of its hat!"

Dell may even pour one out.

DELL boardroom discussion:

- "Johnson, what's your idea?"

- "Well, Michael, we'll innovate and research and create a whole new, user-centric, easy interface, on a quality, DELL-designed OS!"

(Pause, then peels of hysterical laughter from the DELL board-members)

- "Heh heh - Kidding!
Nah, it'll be totally 'iPhone-like'. "

Just like Microsoft, Dell is continuing to introduce products outside its area of 'expertise'.

Listen folks, the true mark of a professional is to make something look easy. But Dell & MS need to stick to the warning of ''What you are about to see is performed by trained professionals. Don't try this at home."

It's so funny to watch companies like Dell, et al, think that just because Apple has been so successful in its endeavors (which has taken years of planning, btw) that they can cobble together some 'me too' product and then market it as 'just as good as iPhone' and have people fall for it. News Flash: people are too smart for that crap now; it's not 1985 anymore...

I was recently thinking about getting a 10" 'netbook' to run Linux on as a 4th lappie, but after I read the story about how Ballmer is trying to escalate the prices of netbooks by inflating the cost of Windows 7, I decided to give Ballmer the 'Middle Finger Salute'.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/26/why-windows-7-on-netbooks-wont-save-microsoft/

I'll be getting a new 15" PowerBook and a 32g iPod Touch (with Skype) instead.

Aug 10, 09 - 05:08 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

Hey Macdoc ... and little bee cee


Never heard of DJ Ditty Talk ... Thanks for Tip

Out of Fairness and Professional Curiosity went to have a Look See

My Eyes ... My Eyes ...

BC


Oh ... and little "bc"

About 20 odd years ago

Was your Mama maybe a Dancer in Sandy Eggo ?

Aug 10, 09 - 05:19 pm Comment from: silverhawk

I may have seen the dancers mother in 67 and 68 in Sandy Eggo. I was a pre-bridge nickel snatcher North Island sailor.

Aug 10, 09 - 05:32 pm Comment from: Mac Daddy

Dell phone... Bwaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha.

Aug 10, 09 - 05:39 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

silverhawk ... Anchors Aweigh Airedale ...


And Damn ... you maybe knew MY Mama

She was at that place near Midway and Rosecrans just off I-5/8 and PCH



BC

STG/ASW

Aug 10, 09 - 05:54 pm Comment from: silverhawk

BC
I had a bar north of downtown and up a hill. Little neighborhood place. Saw the Doors in September of 68. Smelly auditorium!

Ma, it's good to see that you're still around.
: )

Aug 10, 09 - 06:11 pm Comment from: MacDave

Release date, April 1, 2010. You heard it here first.

Aug 10, 09 - 07:54 pm Comment from: Not Bill

Dell must be looking up from their balance sheet, noticing the margin in the iPhone and just dying to get some of the action. Good luck with that.

Aug 10, 09 - 08:21 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

silverhawk

"north of downtown, up a hill. Little neighborhood place. Smelly auditorium!" ??

... ok, yea, THAT place ... done there, been that ...


Seems were a few like that in Hillcrest past North Park, yea? Part of why Sandy's Great.

Those Old School 1920s Neighborhoods made for People to Live in, not Cars.

One I knew best was around Newport Ave - but to be fair

Some would say I was an O-Beachian before I ever got there ...

BC

Aug 10, 09 - 09:28 pm Comment from: silverhawk

Had a friend from home who was in my squadron. He had a little duplex 1 block from the beach in Pacific Beach. Nice place to R&R;. One of the guys in our barracks was a ex-Army paratrooper who had been a roommate of Richard Speck, the dude who killed the nurses in Chicago. He'd get drunk and bail out of the second story barracks window, and those were old high ceiling places. It was good times. Got back in 95 to watch the Americas cup boats. That town changed for the worse. Not a seafarer store downtown.

Aug 11, 09 - 08:09 am Comment from: almux

@ron
I made a pun by inadvertency!
Usually I have my dictionary on the knees.

Yet a nice pun, by the way!

Aug 11, 09 - 09:43 am Comment from: BC Kelly

silverhawk

Yea, in/out over the years, and seems by mid 80s Downtown - Broadway was getting "civilized"

Reckon the War on Drugs Hookers and Booze put the old people and places into the History Books ?

But, that seems a never ending process ...

Had a landlord there in Early 70s who - Honest to God's Truth - as a young puppy he was a coal shoveler who made the Cruise with the Great White Fleet.

Ol' Salt sure had some Damn Serious Sea Stories, and loved to bitch about how Sandy and the Navy were full of nothing but wussies who didn't know shit from shineola, or words to that effect.

Well, guess more things change, more they stay ... etc, yea ?




Now, hadn't heard the name of Speck in long while, yuk

But here's you a similar tale of weird shit connections ...

In Mid to Late 80s, leaving a Rest Stop in North Fla on I-10, picked up a woman hitch hiking.

What the hell, I was alone, it was night, figured she was maybe a hooker, and she was - but didn't take long to know she wasn't my cup of tea, if you get my drift.

Did feel sorry for her, knew she wasn't going to have much success at her chosen endeavor - had been beat up too many times.

And something about her made me nervous, very nervous. Could have been that she was nervous, but mostly was because she never took one hand out of her purse ... hummm?

Anyway, I was congenial, made some nice chit chat, let her off at the next exit, wished her luck, and got back on the road.

However ... did remember her face, was hard to forget.

Then find out couple years later ... was Aileen Wuornos, the Monster movie lady


silverhawk, imagine you already know this, but for any of the Kids around ...

You never know who you may run across on the Road of Life

And always keep an eye on the ones who keep a hand in their purse ...

BC

Aug 11, 09 - 11:52 am Comment from: MacDave

@ BC Kelly

I want a burger from HoDads! A burrito from Nico's. A drink from Pacific Shores. Or is that all after your time?

Aug 11, 09 - 05:13 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

MacDave

Damn, made me activate some neurons been quiet for a while ...

Not sure about other 2, but HoDads yes, right across from The Black (fire one up)

Now, who you want to talk with is one of my xOI' Ladies

She knew everybody and everything from Venereal Beach to just south of Squaremont

Was a walking talking combination tour bus and social director

If you run into her, tell her I said "hey" and she still owes me that $20

BC

Aug 11, 09 - 06:32 pm Comment from: MacDave

Classic stuff. The Black, how could I forget? Well, I guess now that I think about it, I'm not surprised that I couldn't remember.....since I used to live walking distance.....Great town. Peace.