Baidu Loses Partner as Dell Quits Android Smartphone Market
Marbridge Consulting, 12/17/12
Jeff Clarke, director of Dell's sales department, announced yesterday at the Dell World Conference that Dell would be pulling out of the Android smartphone market next year, according to a recent report by Forbes.
Dell, in cooperation with Baidu, released the first smartphone based on Baidu's mobile app platform in November 2011.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Baidu, Dell Launch Smartphone" MD 12/20/11 issue.
Keywords: enterprise-branded handset smartphone wireless Baidu Dell Jeff Clarke mobile OS handset BIDU