Vinod Yalburgi

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Posted on 28-12-2010

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Dell Venue - the younger sibling of Dell Venue Pro based on Windows Phone 7 platform, has been reportedly spotted on Dell India website. Its global release took place last week at Hong Kong and Dell seems to be capitalizing on the new year festive season for the grand Indian launch in the first week of January 2011. Reportedly priced around 700,000KRW in Korea, the Dell Venue is estimated to cost around Rs. 30,000 in India at the time of launch.

Dell Venue is expected to ship with the Android 2.2 (Froyo) platform and topped by the Dell Stage UI. It is said that Dell Venue is a clone of the Dell Venue Pro sans the QWERTY slider-keypad. It sports a 4.1-inch 24-bit AMOLED touch-screen display incorporating Gorilla glass technology and a high resolution of 800x480, which makes it suitable for viewing High-Definition content & web-surfing.

The following is the detailed list of specifications:

• Android 2.2 (Froyo) with Dell Stage UI
• 4.1-inch 24-bit AMOLED touch-screen display
• Display resolution: 800x480
• QWERTY slider keypad
• 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 microprocessor
• 512MB RAM, 1GB ROM
• Expandable memory up to 32GB
• 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, 4x digital zoom & geo-tagging
• 720p HD video recording
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• Support for ActiveSync, Push Email, POP3, IMAP and Microsoft Exchange
• Web 2.0 with full HTML and WAP support
• GPS & navigation with E-compass
• 1400mAh battery with 4.5 hours factory rated talk-time

If you are anxious to grab a piece, you need to wait a bit more longer; as the availability and price is not yet officially declared. We would not mind the long wait, as far as we could get our hands dirty with a test piece for ourselves!