Dell Mini 3i is like totally not official, man

Oh, how we love PR people and their eternal clarifications on things. Apparently, the Dell Mini 3i's appearance at a China Mobile event on Monday was merely a proof of concept, and -- wait for it -- "it wasn't officially, formally introduced so much as it was waved around." Thank you, Dell, for our quote of the week. Unwilling to yet commit to the handset and specs on display, Dell is saying that it was there to support China Mobile in its role as a development partner rather than to promote any retail products. We wouldn't read too much into this supposed refutation -- if the phone were indeed a concept, that'd have been made clear at the show (and it wasn't, based on the original report), and what we're experiencing now feels very much like post-event spin.

[Via Mobile Review]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:20AM]

OBJECTION!

[Level 5 Posted Aug 18th 2009 7:02AM]

+1

But no seriously guys, drop shadows on low-contrast Photoshop text next time, yes?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 7:11AM]

Well ... that doesnt matter really... the phone looks like crap anyway ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:23AM]

LOL, what else can be said really?

[Freakin Ijit Posted Aug 18th 2009 7:27AM]

It looks like the photoshop of the Palm EOS?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:31AM]

All right , All right..
i dont care about this...

[stridermt2k Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:36AM]

OOOOH Manufactured drama!

Nice try Dell.

[rento Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:48AM]

I am not offficially writing here.

[Ladderless Posted Aug 18th 2009 6:53AM]

~~~Waves Around~~~

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 7:13AM]

Well, I might as well get this over and done with before someone else does...

The first rule of the Dell Mini 3i is, you do not talk about the Dell Mini 3i
The second rule of the Dell Mini 3i is, you do not talk about the Dell Mini 3i
The third rule of the Dell Mini 3i is, you've stopped reading this, haven't you?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 7:15AM]

What's the 4th rule?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:09AM]

Not sure but I think that it has something to do with fish...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:24AM]

This whole article smells like a fish-stand in the middle of a heatwave.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:40AM]

Thank goodness for that - I thought that smell was my socks.

[steel Posted Aug 18th 2009 8:17AM]

Someone at Dell realized that it didn't have wi-fi or 3G and a vortex from 2002 opened up and swallowed it back into the era it belonged.

[artshark Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:18AM]

with only 2G and no wifi, i seriously wouldn't even bother with a us launch if i was them

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 9:58AM]

Ah, so at least now we all know the official term for what the Adamo event at CES was. It wasn't an unveiling, it was a wave around.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 18th 2009 10:27AM]

WTF does waved around mean? Like on a flag pole? or like the mean kids used to do with my lunchbox?

[ohmygosh82 Posted Aug 18th 2009 3:16PM]

=| maybe they fear the iphone

[OLight Posted Aug 20th 2009 8:53AM]

Who knew, a Dell PR statement could double as a rape defense.