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Dell Venue: A quality Android smartphone you may not have considered

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    The Dell Venue is available as an unlocked device in both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G versions. The Dell Venue runs Android 2.2 with some Dell custom home screen elements.

    Check out ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog for all the details and a video of the Dell Venue.

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    The entire back pops off to reveal the battery, SIM card, and battery.

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    The Dell Venue Pro, WP7 device, looks similar to the Dell Venue from the front.

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    Both of these devices have the same decoration on the back, while the Venue has a matte finish and centered camera.

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    The Dell Venue Pro (top) is slightly thicker than the Venue due to its slide-down QWERTY keyboard.

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    The bottom of these two devices looks nearly the same with soft touch material and the microUSB port.

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    As you can see these are both rather large devices and with the slide-down QWERTY keyboard the Venue Pro is a rather huge device.

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    The back is attractive plastic with a center Dell logo, camera, and flash.

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    The upper back shows the camera is centered above the Dell logo.

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    The Dell Venue is an attactive device.

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    The volume button is on the right side of the Dell Venue.

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    The power button and 3.5mm headset jack are found on the top of the Dell Venue.

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    The speaker, microphone, and microUSB port are found on the bottom of the Dell Venue.

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    The box of the Dell Venue includes some pamphlets and cables.

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By Matthew Miller | March 17, 2011 -- 06:59 GMT (23:59 PDT) | Topic: Mobility

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Dell used to make some fantastic PDAs, but then had a rough bit of luck with smartphones. They then released the Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 device, my personal favorite, and followed up with the similar Dell Venue Android device.

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The Dell Venue is available as an unlocked device in both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G versions. The Dell Venue runs Android 2.2 with some Dell custom home screen elements.

Check out ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog for all the details and a video of the Dell Venue.

Published: March 17, 2011 -- 06:59 GMT (23:59 PDT)

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By Matthew Miller | March 17, 2011 -- 06:59 GMT (23:59 PDT) | Topic: Mobility

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