Dell Android Phone Headed To AT&T?
| by Rob Jackson on October 7th, 2009 |
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Only a few hours ago we passed along word that the Dell Mini 3i Android phone, or something very similar, could make its way to the American market. Surprising considering we heard that pretty much every carrier dissed the Dell Droid to itty bitty little pieces. So who bit? AT&T according to the Wall Street Journal.
(pic from bgr)
Details are few and far between, but if you were holding out hope for the Dell Droid to reach America… it didn’t look too good. Don’t give up hope just yet.
1. just some dude wrote on October 7, 2009
Good luck with that, it just looks ugly. At this point people know what android is and how it looks. What will draw people to a handset is looks and specs. This isn’t it.
My 2 cents.
2. john wrote on October 7, 2009
yeah, looks like an attempted iphone knockoff. thumbs down here.
3. Ian Mitchell wrote on October 7, 2009
First Droid for at&t? I could care less how it works. It’s the fact that at&t is actually getting one that excites me to no end. I’m sure we’ll see better (I know a GSM Sholes has been confirmed — Maybe it won’t go to T-Mobile!)
4. Kyanro wrote on October 7, 2009
To tell you the truth.. I could care less about the handset. The idea of an android on AT&T is what gives me a little hope.
5. Pieter wrote on October 7, 2009
dont look at the UI you coelacanths. that will change. the phone itself doesnt seem half bad.
6. JamesJones wrote on October 7, 2009
Where can we find a running count of all the android phones sold to date. I always hear about 17 million iphones and 13 million ipod touches sold to date. Other than the G1 surpassing 1 million units sold i haven’t heard anything. I’d love to know how the Mytouch has done. Maybe this could be a new page.
7. magnus686 wrote on October 7, 2009
My question is after everything with apple and AT&T is: how much is Apple paying AT&T not to have an android phone?
8. andrew wrote on October 8, 2009
and why would anyone want at&t anyone, other than the exclusivity of an iphone?
9. Daniel wrote on October 8, 2009
It looks very similar to an iPhone if you ask me… even the UI in the screenshot looks like they turned an iPhone upside down.
10. James wrote on October 8, 2009
I have been waiting for an Android phone on ATT for a long time and this is what I get? ATT goes with the Nuvi phone but passes on some good HTC Android sets and then settles on a Dell. I dont get it.
11. Ryan wrote on October 8, 2009
Didn’t the other post state that there were some stuff ommited from this version of Android on this Dell phone? Isn’t that going to cause alot of problems for AT&T users that try out Android for the first time? I am assuming AT&T might fix this, but knowing them they may not so people will entertain the idea of the Iphone even more.
12. tameka wrote on October 8, 2009
i would like to know what features wll it have an how much its gonna b worth
13. Dell CEO Promises US Smartphone In 2010 | Android Phone Fans wrote on October 15, 2009
[...] To me – this bit of news is uninteresting. But seeing as how several people sent it in via the tip line I figured I would pass it along. Basically some site says Michael Dell, Dell CEO, said they would be launching a smartphone next year. We pretty much already knew this and pretty much already knew it would be the Mini 3i headed to AT&TÂ in early 2010. [...]
14. attdroidfan wrote on October 15, 2009
I can’t wait for android on at&t.
It is the only company with decent service in my area.
Just hope i can still get away with fam unlimited data for $10.The only other option is a rogers android fone.
15. Craig wrote on October 29, 2009
I had the G1 it was the best phone I had ever had. The only thing was T-Mobile didn’t have the best service. If there is an Android phone coming to AT&T it will be the best ever because AT&T has the best coverage and Android is the best technology for a cell phone that is on the market!
16. Mark wrote on November 26, 2009
What everyone seems to be forgetting here is that even if AT&T does come out with an Android phone, it will probably be less than expected due to AT&T’s tendency to cripple certain features and bloat their phones with crap.
17. Carly wrote on March 16, 2010
I would like it but it’s an ugly brown. If it came in different colors I would like it more but brown is usally cute, but on that phone it’s bad looking.