Dell will unveil its
second Android tablet in the next few weeks, this one sporting a 7-inch screen.
And a 10-inch model could arrive sometime in 2011.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal,
Dell's greater China president, Amit
Midha, said that Dell plans to release its 7-inch Android tablet "very,
very soon--within the next few weeks." Michael Dell revealed the 7-inch
tablet recently, and said that it would be available in Best Buy stores.
Amit Midha of Dell also indicated
that his company plans to launch "a whole slew" of new products in
the next 6-12 months, including a 10-inch tablet closer in size to Apple's
9.7-inch iPad. Midha said his company will offer products in multiple sizes,
including three and four inches, and some of them will run Microsoft Windows
instead of Android.
He also revealed that Dell will
provide tablets running Google's lightweight Chrome OS operating system,
designed for low-cost netbooks and lightweight portable devices. Google's browser-based
operating system is set to launch this fall.
In August, Dell launched the Streak,
a 5-inch device that functions as a Smartphone, but
has been pitched by the computer maker as a "tablet." The device runs
on the AT&T network in the U.S., and costs $299 with a two-year contract,
or $549 without. It also runs Android 1.6, though an update to Froyo 2.2 is
planned.
