Dell Smoke slaps Android in the wild form factor you secretly wanted

Okay, so imagine a Pixi, but awesome. We think you’d end up with something closely resembling the phone that Dell’s whipping up with a codename of “Smoke,” running Android Froyo atop a 2.8-inch QVGA display (looks more like WVGA to us, but whatevs). Dell calls it a “non-conforming style,” but we just call it drop-dead gorgeous — assuming the final product even remotely resembles the company’s renders — and they’re even promising a price that “won’t break the bank,” which is always a nice little bonus. The description we’re reading of the phone leads us to believe that Dell will be targeting a corporate audience with the Smoke, and that’s certainly the clique that tends to enjoy portrait QWERTY keyboards, so this should fit right in amongst the sea of BlackBerrys when it launches in the second quarter of 2011. That’s a hell of a wait, yes, but in return, you’ll be getting Qualcomm’s next-gen MSM7230 processor at 800MHz, a 5 megapixel autofocus cam, 14.4Mbps HSPA, microSD expansion to 32GB, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and dual-mic noise canceling tech in a 12mm package. Check out the full gallery below!

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