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Dell plans to launch more Windows Phone 7 handsets this year alongside Android 3.0 tablets

Michael Dell announces more windows Phone 7 devices for 2011 and iPad sized Android 3.0 tablets

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BBC reporter Tim Weber just had a chat with Michael Dell at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier today and was told that the company will launch several Windows Phone 7 devices and that demand for the Venue Pro was exceeding their expectations:

Windows Phone 7: Michael Dell tells me demand for these phones is higher than Dell can supply, but guards “we don’t make *that* many”. Michael Dell, btw, was carrying two Dell phones, 1 Windows Ph7, 1 Android; said Dell would launch several new WinPh7 models


He also told him that they will launch Android 3.0 tablets as soon as Honeycomb is finalized:

Michael Dell tells me that as soon as Android 3.0 Honeycomb is fully available, Dell will ship ipad-sized tablets

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