Dell, the shift in the focus of work-and play tablets, smartphones

After "moderate success" selling smartphones and achieving tablets for consumers, Dell the focus is shifted devices that work and play, straddle CEO said the company this week.

Future tablets and Smartphones from Dell will be oriented to an audience, the it for both for business travellers as well as for personal use, will, said Steve Lalla, Dell's Vice President and general manager of mobility products and solutions at the Dell World Conference in Austin, Texas.

"We have playing go the first few years after a pure consumers." "We had moderate success, but we really wanted to align our strategy, our core-business solutions," said Lalla.

Dell Publishing this year a new smartphone or tablet, and more devices next year Lalla said to offer information.

Dell's consumer business has a back seat in recent years as the company builds to make a product portfolio, acquired more success in data centers. Dell has released streak tablets with different screen sizes, the Google's Android OS running and use place smartphones, the Android and Microsoft's Windows phone 7 operating systems.

In August set Dell streak 5 poor customer service, and the other products fared not much better. It builds alliances with wireless carriers and other partners, to its future devices successfully.

"I think it is on this path of this kind of a stand-alone [device], let it started us, we get a feel for that important, and now we are there to the next level, the" Lalla said.

Some of the features integrated in its future mobile devices will probably access to enterprise cloud applications, easy management and improve safety.

Lalla rejected rumors that Dell support for Windows phone 7 had set. Earlier this month, created rumors that Dell would not back Windows phone 7 for future smartphones, Lalla, said the company maintains an open approach with operating systems and builds phones depending on the needs of consumers.

Dell executives also said that the company plans to release new devices on Google Android and Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating systems based. Android successfully are a lot of excitement about Windows 8, according to Steve Felice, President of the consumer, on smartphones but less on tablets, and small and medium enterprises in Dell, during a question and answer session with press and analysts.

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TECHNOLOGY, KDDI Accelerates Smartphone Shift, Stays Mum on IPhone

KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile operator, on Monday announced a new range of smartphones, accompanying services, and a low-cost pricing plan, but stayed mum on whether it would offer Apple's new iPhone next year.
The Tokyo-based company, which runs the "au" mobile network, has been slower than its competitors to introduce advanced phones, and has seen its share of new subscribers fall as a result. Its lead over Softbank, the third largest operator, has dwindled as the upstart operator piled on contracts through its low-cost plans and exclusive sales of Apple's iPhone and iPad line on its network.
KDDI President Takashi Tanaka repeatedly declined to comment on local news reports that his company would soon offer the iPhone on its own network, but he said KDDI would accelerate its shift into smartphones that offer high-speed Internet through its WiMax service, a high-speed, long-range wireless Internet technology. KDDI had success with the previous generation of phones by offering designer brands and other features, and has lagged domestic rivals in moving to higher-specification models.
"In a few years, our share of traditional phones will be barely 30 percent, perhaps 20 percent. Once our customers try using the Internet with smartphones they can't really go back," Tanaka told reporters at a press conference in central Tokyo.
The new lineup includes the HTC EVO 3D and Motorola Photon, also available internationally, plus several handsets from local manufacturers like Fujitsu and Sharp that have technologies aimed at the Japanese market. Fujitsu's Arrows Z phone has a special interface for entering Japanese characters drawn by hand on the touchscreen, while a smartphone from Sharp's Aquos line is equipped with a sub-screen that lets users check the time and operate its music player without turning on the main display and draining battery life.
Tanaka also announced a new pricing plan that gives users unlimited free calls at certain times on the au network for 980 yen (US$13) per month. The plan is almost identical to one that Softbank has been offering for years.
KDDI's subscriber lead over its rival has steadily diminished in recent years. In June, 2008, the month Softbank began selling the original iPhone, KDDI had about 30 million subscribers to Softbank's 19 million, while at the end of last month it had 33.5 million to Softbank's 26.6 million, according to data from Japan's Telecommunications Carriers Association. NTT DoCoMo remains the number one operator with about 58.8 million subscribers.
KDDI is also emphasizing services on its high-speed WiMax network. On Monday it announced video calls over Skype would be available on a specially designed application, as well as a service to automatically save pictures taken with phones online and deliver them to computers through a tie-up with Eye-Fi, the maker of wireless-enabled memory cards.
The new phones and services will be available by the end of this year.

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