Diversifying Dell takes aim at mobile market

Later this year, Dell will continue its expansion with another round of mobile products. Nevertheless while the unsuccessful Dell Streak models of two years ago ran on Google's Android operating system, these new devices will likely use Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.

The first attempt didn’t go so then

The first attempt didn’t go so then. The Dell Streak, a smartphone-tablet hybrid introduced in the summer of 2010, never saw its second birthday. However the company best known for its PCs is today attempting to reinvent itself as a much broader player in IT services – and that means attacking all manner of tech sectors, from cloud computing to network security to, once again, mobile devices.