Apple Online Store “A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that Dell is launching (or at least announcing) a mobile phone in China in the next day or two,” Michael Arrington reports for TechCrunch.

There’s “wide speculation on the operating system, but we’re guessing it’s Android. Dell has been working with Google on an Android-powered tablet computer in recent months,” Arrington reports. “But in April Reuters had a report that Dell may be creating a proprietary operating system with China-based software maker Red Office.”

Arrington reports, “What we’ve heard on the hardware: iPhone-like, touchscreen, no physical keyboard.”

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