Michael Dell has hinted that a smartphone could be in the works.
In an interview with Om Malik of GigaOm, Dell was asked about the company's plans in the smartphone industry. At first he gave a vague answer: "We are certainly looking at the whole smartphone category, but I wouldn't expect anything anytime soon." But when Malik pressed him about whether his company was more interested in a Symbian or Android OS for any potential handheld device, Dell was slightly more informative.
"We're not ready to publicly disclose our plans there...we're kind of working on that," he said.
Dell has been out of the handheld business for over a year, but there have been signs it has been testing the waters, such as when it picked up Zing in August. One round of rumors put the device as Android-based and more recently as Windows Mobile.
Dell did warn not to expect any product anytime soon.
This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.
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