Dell was never a major player when it came to their Windows Phones selection (which, if memory serves, consisted of one device), but now it seems like they may not be a player at all. Sources have confirmed to WPCentral (http://www.wpcentral.com/no-new-windows-phone-mango-devices-dell-they-take-hiatus?utm_source=wpc&utm_medium=twitter) that Dell has decided to sit out of the Windows Phone race for at least the next year.
The news of Dell's hiatus doesn't come as a huge shock, as the company has been keeping suspiciously quiet on the Windows Phone front for months now.
Their saving grace could have been the mysterious "Wrigley" handset, a rumored successor to their ill-fated Venue Pro. Alas, poor Wrigley would never see the light of day, and it looks like Dell's Mango ambitions may have died with it.
Frankly, it's a bit of a shame. I've always been a sucker for a portrait slider, and the Venue Pro was nothing if not that. In fairness, it was a brick of a phone, and it suffered from more than its fair share of quality (http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/23/dell-venue-pro-rebelling-against-honest-sim-cards/) control (http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/dell-cops-to-venue-pro-wifi-defect-offers-exchanges-11-19) issues. Still, less competition is almost always a bad thing — now there's one less company to keep the big guys on their toes.
Dell hasn't said that they would ditch Windows Phone completely, so there's still hope for an WP8/Apollo device, but that's an awfully long time for Dell devotees to hold their collective breaths.
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