Please tell me that there is not any truth to this story. Engadget.com has cited a story from a TechCrunch analyst that sates Dell is dropping Windows Phone 7. Now normally I would not care about something like this but the Dell Windows Phone ( the lightning) that was leaked earlier this year looked fantastic. It was a really good looking phone. And to add insult to injury this is the one that I was really leaning towards getting. Now Engadget asked that we take this news with a grain of salt so I should respect that. But I am really waiting for Dell to come out and refute this story as quickly as possible. Say it ain’t so Dell, say it ain’t so. We will definitely have to keep an eye on this story.
Accordint to Engadget “According to Jonathan Goldberg, an telecom analyst at Deutsche Bank, the only remaining partners currently working on Windows Phone 7 handsets are HTC, Samsung, and LG”. I am not sure what could prompt this action. I know Dell is a huge partner to Microsoft so it really doesn’t make sense. They recently came out with their first Android phone which doesn’t look bad but I can’t believe they would solely concentrate on Android phones. I could be panicking a little and maybe this is another rumor going viral so we will have to see.
UPDATE: Any reports, or speculation, that report Dell will not support Windows Phone 7 are false… Microsoft announced Dell as a supporting partner at this year’s Mobile World Congress and nothing’s changed. We are excited to collaborate with Microsoft on Windows Phone 7, and are looking forward to bringing customers amazing mobile experiences.
[Info via Engadget.com]