Dell Shows Promise in Its Smartphone Forecast

The company hasn’t shown the same zeal and gusto that other smartphone developers have displayed, but Dell is finally in the game with some new, impressive devices. Details about a Windows Phone 7 smartphone and four Google Android smartphones are spreading like wildfire in the media. Many people thought Dell would never compete in the smartphone industry after receiving scrutiny over the years for not developing a smartphone in the U.S. Now the company has the devices to claim some significant market share.

Probably the most impressive of all the new devices is the Dell Lightning. This Windows Phone 7 device is expected to rock a 4.1 inch WVGA OLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, both AT&T and T-Mobile 3G compatibility, 1GB of flash, 5 megapixel camera, 8GB of storage on an internal microSD card, GPS and FM radio. The massive display screen slides up to reveal a sleek QWERTY keyboard, much like the Palm Pre Plus. This device is also rumored to be upgradeable to LTE in 2011.

High Ranking for Privus Mobile on Softpedia Top 100 List

Privus Mobile has continued to astonish smartphone users in North America and Europe with its accurate and reliable mobile Caller ID application. More and more customers are controlling who they talk to and when on their smartphones with better call management through Privus Mobile. Many of those customers shared their impressions of Privus Mobile with Softpedia.com and, as a result, two Privus Mobile applications, Privus Mobile for Android and Privus Mobile for Symbian S60, earned high rankings on Softpedia’s “Top 100 Most Popular Handheld Programs” listing.

Softpedia measures an application’s popularity by using a unique formula that combines four characteristics: total number of downloads, the users’ rating, number of comments and the Softpedia pick. The overall score determines the application’s position on the frequently updated list. As evident by this ranking that directly reflects customer feedback, Privus Mobile’s mobile Caller ID application has helped a lot of people gain back control of their smartphones,.

Privus Mobile’s ranking on Softpedia’s list is the second honor it has received in the past month. You may remember Privus Mobile recently being named by smartphone enthusiasts as Biz-News.com’s 2009 “Product of the Year” in the smartphone category. Both of these honors, along with the other recognitions Privus Mobile has received for its mobile Caller ID application, are testaments of the benefits it brings to all its customers.

Smartphone users can download the complete application with a 10-day free trial on their devices through Privus Mobile’s mobile site at www.privusmobile.mobi, the BlackBerry App Store or any of the numerous mobile application dealers. iPhone users can download Privus Mobile’s iPhone application, iPrivus, at Apple’s App Store.