Yet another analyst: Dell ‘smartphone’ will fail

“Yet another analyst has gone on record to say Dell’s plan to enter the smartphone business just isn’t very smart at all,” Sylvie Barak reports for The Inquirer.

“Collins Stewart analyst, Ashok Kumar, said Dell is having such difficulty getting any wireless carriers to even give it the time of day, the firm has decided to bypass them altogether and Dell-iver its phonery straight to retailers,” Barak reports. “Direct. From Dell.”

“Carriers recently dismissed Dell’s smartphone attempt as ‘non-compelling’ and having ‘a roadmap that lags competition.’ But despite the Dell-uge of criticism, the computer maker seems undeterred,” Barak reports. Subscribing to the school of ‘cruel to be kind,’ Kumar advises Dell to ‘cut its losses and shoot the product before mass production.'”

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