Dell in talks with Google Chrome using operating system

The American technology company Dell is in talks with Google about using the operating system Chrome on their laptops, said on Monday a senior executive of the company.

"We must have a view of industry and technology leadership to two or three years, and we continually work with Google on this," he told Reuters Amit Midha, president of Dell China and South Asia, in an interview.

"There will be innovations in the market only two or three years, with a new form of computing, we want to be in that first row (...) So with Chrome or Android or any thing we want to be a leader" , Midha said, adding that no firm would have ads, but that discussions were ongoing.
Google has said it plans to launch a "late autumn" Chrome boreal your operating system, a rival of Microsoft Windows.

Midha said Dell would launch a new smartphone for the Chinese market in coming months which would work with TD-SCDMA, the third generation mobile network in China.

The new phone will be sold to China Mobile and have all kinds of features, including a TV tuner, said.

Dell entered the smart phone market late last year with the launch of the Mini 3 in China.
Midha said he expected Dell tablet, Streak, due in U.S. in July, was launched in China at the end of the year, but said a date had not closed.

Dell plans to release a smartphone in the U.S.

Dell plans to launch a smart phone with Android software from Google via AT & T operator, according to a source, which would be the first PC maker's foray into the arena of mobile telephony in the U.S..
Dell will be the last manufacturer of technology in trying to settle in the rapidly growing market led by Apple and Research In Motion. The phone also plans to give a boost to the fledgling mobile platform from Google, which competes with Apple and Microsoft.
A source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters that Dell plans to introduce a U.S. version of its "oPhone" for China - powered by Android - and the device is certified by AT & T for your home network.The Wall Street Journal, which broke the news on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the matter saying that the phone could be launched Dell in early 2010.
Smart phones - mobiles with complex functions ranging from email to media - have exploded in the corporate and consumer market as more and more users access information and entertainment outside the home.
Dell spokesman Andrew Bowins declined to comment on a deal with AT & T but said: "We are deeply committed to our operator partners around the world to offer computing devices that work with mobile broadband.
He added: "We have not announced anything about Android although we continue to explore opportunities in these areas with operators around the world."
Google declined to comment, as did AT & T. But the spokesman for the telecommunications giant, Michael Coe, said: "We expect to sell phones with Android in the future."

Dell will pay 4 million after complaints from consumers in the U.S.

The computer maker Dell Inc. will pay four million dollars in compensation and fines, more than a year after a New York court ruled that the company incurred false and deceptive advertising and promotional collateral on loans.

New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo said that some consumers paid for things they never received, including warranties that cost them additional payments of between 99 and 250 dollars each.

Cuomo said that Dell should clearly disclose that most customers are not eligible to get free plans for financing or repair "the next day.

Dell did not admit any fraudulent act in an agreement with the authorities of the State of New York announced on Tuesday.

U.S. customers can apply for rebates through cibersiitio www.nyagdell.com. It was not clear how many customers were affected.

A spokesman for Dell, a company based in Round Rock, Texas, said the company is pleased to resolve the matter.