Hasta La Gadget!

Dell has reportedly been working on a smartphone for more than a year. But so far, the device has been a bit of a mythical beast — often written about but never seen.

Now, the first blurry pictures have leaked. According to the fairly trustworthy mobile rumors site Boy Genius Report, the Dell smartphone will have a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 3-megapixel auto focus camera with 8x digital zoom and 30 fps video shooting mode. It will also have GPS capability.

As Wired.com had reported in April, the phone will launch first in China and is expected to be available by the end of the year.

But from what little we can see of the Dell smartphone, we are not impressed. If this is indeed the form factor and design, it seems two years too late to the party. The slim brick-like look is reminiscent of the recently launched T-Mobile myTouch or for that matter every other touchscreen smartphone since the iPhone. And the specs aren’t hefty enough to make the device stand out. Unless Dell has some features in there that we don’t know about, this device is likely to face a tough battle for consumer attention.

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Photo: Rumored Dell smartphone/Boy Genius Report