Dell's Venue Pro Smartphone Will Debut During the Holidays

At an event in New York City on Oct. 11, PC maker, Dell, unwrapped its entry into the smartphone market, the Dell (News - Alert) Venue Pro. Powered with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system, Venue Pro will be available in the United States this holiday season with T-Mobile (News - Alert) services.

According to a Direct2Dell blog post on the same day, the Venue Pro is designed to be a multi-purpose always-connected device to help people be more efficient, always connected and entertained.

Some key features of the Dell smartphone include a 4.1-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive, multi-touch display, a full portrait QWERTY keyboard to provide a better viewing and messaging experience, and Gorilla glass for durability and scratch resistance. In addition, it offers a slender pocket-friendly form.

Since Dell’s Venue Pro was unveiled in NYC during the launch of Microsoft’s (News - Alert) Windows Phone 7 OS, the blogger also highlighted few attractive features tailored to make entertainment, social networking, playing games and listening to music a lot easier for mobile devices running Windows Phone (News - Alert) 7. Plus, as per the blog post, it delivers a deep portfolio of applications such as Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Office Mobile, Zune, Windows Live, Bing and more.In essence, it is designed to make a smartphone “Always delightful and wonderfully mine”, stated Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer.

Other phone makers running Windows Phone 7 on their respective smartphones include Samsung, LG Electronics (News - Alert), and HTC. Starting November 8, AT&T will offer three Windows Phone 7 based smartphones, which include HTC Surround, LG Focus and Samsung Quantum. Likewise, T-Mobile will offer HTC HD7 and Dell Venue Pro.