Microsoft shows Venue Pro smartphone for Dell

Say hello to the Dell Venue Pro, and oddly named handset but one the PC giant hopes will win it business thanks to the slide down BlackBerry-style Qwerty microkeyboard. Of all the vendors directly or indirectly participatign in the Windows Phone 7 launch - to Dell's name add HTC, Samsung, LG and... er... that's it - Dell was …

[dogged]

alright, that one's fugly

The LG and HTC are quite nice but this one has lost the plot, especially with the vertical keyboard. Ew.

[Monty Burns]

maybe for you ....

but for me its ideal!

I'm desperate for a HD2 replacement. I want the same size screen (this one has gorilla if other websites are to be believed) and a slide out Qwerty. This fits me perfectly!

I will however, be very disapointed if it can't record 720p which, imo, should be "standard" now.

Now, can anyone confirm the UK launch date?

[beardman]

What!?

"no memory cards"

[Little Poppet]

Fail? Really?

Sure, it's a definite fail because it doesn't have any memory card expansion, just like the Apple iPhone.... lol

[Jim Coleman]

Actually...

According to Expansys and Clove, it DOES have an SDHC slot, so you can expand the storage up to 40GB in total. So there. I just ordered one :O)