Personal computer manufacturer Dell Inc has forayed into the Indian mobile cell phone market with its reasonably priced smartphones, which intend to seize a slice of the pie created by the ongoing 3G service rollout.
Handsets tailored to 2G services will not be capable of completely use third generation services as they can only helpful in making voice calls and offers up internet connection via GPRS that lets a user to transfer 56-114 kilobit of data in one second.
During the global launch of the cellular phones, Mr. Mahesh Bhalla, general manager, consumer and small-medium business of Dell India stated, "So it makes sense for Dell to enter the market now. The small-screen device market is important for Dell."
Powered by a 7227 Qualcomm processor having a speed of 600 MHz, the XCD28 and XCD35 are available at a price of Rs 10,990 and Rs 16,990, respectively.
Under finest conditions the browsing speed can hit up to 7.1 megabytes per second (mbps), which is sufficient to make a video call.
However, "Keeping the price points in mind a front-facing camera has not been installed," Bhalla added.
Moreover, the phones feature a 3.2 mega pixel digital camera and come with inbuilt WiFi and Bluetooth.
