Dell, entering the competitive world of smartphones, was something that everyone dreamed of and it seems as if their dreams are about to come true, and that too in a big away not too far in the future. The company is planning the release of a Windows Phone 7 handset and a leak few months back revealed the company’s plans of launching a few devices that will be powered by Android. It seems like the competition to get us to but smart phones just got even hotter.

The Dell Thunder is supposedly going to have a 4.1 inch OLED screen, but after HTC’s recent enforced change to Sony’s Super LCD because Samsung was not being able to cope with the demands for OLED screens, we can never be too sure until it is actually launched. The Thunder is also going to have an 8 MP camera that will have the capacity to shoot 720p videos, on the lines of the Droid X from Motorola, the Unlocked iPhone4 and almost all the new smart phones that are being launched in the market.

The model that was leaked was seen to be running the Android 2.1 but the actual release will probably have the Froyo or the Android 2.2, it was revealed by a source close to the company. However, when it will be launched and how much it will cost was not revealed.

However, with the lack of production of the Dell Aero which was released in March raises the question if Dell will actually be able to meet the demands if it does actually launch the phone into the market. The company has won over many hearts with its PC’s and laptops, but people and experts are already very skeptical about the long term success of the company in this market.

This may not be good news for Microsoft for their cell phone as initial reports that we have got from agencies say that this phone may be a waste of time and is not worth the price people plan to pay for it. This after our sources got to lay their hands on this phone for a demo run of it. Although this phone has been mostly criticized, we here have been somewhat cautious in putting this phone to the side and going against it. In fact we think that the phone has the potential to be pretty good because of the good hardware it carries.

In fact some of the reviewers have totally lambasted the phone and the software giant for having ever thought of coming into the smartphone market. It has been widely remarked that this phone is a complete waste of money and time. According to some experts, this phone will not attract any attention from developers nor from any of the major carriers in the market. They believe that Windows would be better off without this phone rather than trying to push it through in the market at their cost.

The major bone of contention for this phone has been the Windows Phone special UI or what is named ‘Metro’. This is a departure from the usual grid and icon interface which is there in the Android phones as well as the unlocked  iPhone4 and has a new hub like interface where the apps can be interlinked. This interface has in several places been called cumbersome and cluttered when multiple apps come into a hub. Furthermore, this device has been attacked for its efficiency in multitasking.

However it is sad that no matter how much we are hopeful about the Microsoft Windows Phone 7, it is indeed a pretty weak phone. It would have been nice however to have this company as an important player in the smartphone market.