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FlamingLonghorn · 01-30-2010, 12:24 PM

I will forward this by stating I am a Dell employee. I think that Dell's entry into the smartphone and tablet market is going to be interesting. They revolutionized the PC industry, but failed miserably in the MP3/PDA industry (anyone have a Dell diddy?). I don't work in the consumer part of the company and Apple doesn't compete with the products I sell. As of right now I don't think I want either the IPad or the Mini 5, but it will be interesting to see which blows up. My money would be on the IPad just because of the Apple factor, however I think a lot of ppl will like the smaller Mini 5 that multitasks and has a camera. But, is it big enough to draw ppl away from Iphone/other smartphones instead? We will see.

Figure I will include other competitors offerings as well:
http://gizmodo.com/5459308/slate-sho...--more-updated

01-30-2010, 12:24 PM	#529
FlamingLonghorn First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Austin, Tx Exp:	I will forward this by stating I am a Dell employee. I think that Dell's entry into the smartphone and tablet market is going to be interesting. They revolutionized the PC industry, but failed miserably in the MP3/PDA industry (anyone have a Dell diddy?). I don't work in the consumer part of the company and Apple doesn't compete with the products I sell. As of right now I don't think I want either the IPad or the Mini 5, but it will be interesting to see which blows up. My money would be on the IPad just because of the Apple factor, however I think a lot of ppl will like the smaller Mini 5 that multitasks and has a camera. But, is it big enough to draw ppl away from Iphone/other smartphones instead? We will see. YouTube Video Figure I will include other competitors offerings as well: http://gizmodo.com/5459308/slate-sho...--more-updated Last edited by FlamingLonghorn; 01-30-2010 at 12:41 PM.