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Zhang Jun, an analyst at research firm Wedge MKI, told that China’s overwhelmingly dominant mobile carrier is looking at a couple of Dell’s smartphone models with a possible deal to distribute one or two of them reached by August. This would then clear the way for Dell devices to hit the Chinese market by the end of the year. China Mobile was unavailable for comment, while a Dell spokesperson declined to comment. Dell is waiting for China Mobile to pick one or two models from smartphones it has offered and the two firms could reach a deal around August, Zhang Jun, an analyst at research firm Wedge MKI, said in a phone interview. The world's number two PC vendor has strongly hinted it plans to offer a smartphone or mobile Internet device, but it has not given any details or said if it will offer such a product in China. Dell will also offer a TD-SCDMA netbook with the launch of its Inspiron Mini 10 in China this Thursday. Other firms designing OMS phones include High Tech Computer (HTC), the manufacturer of the G1 smartphone, and Chinese telecommunication equipment providers Huawei and ZTE, Zhang said. Lenovo Mobile is set this spring to launch the first OMS smartphone, a touchscreen handset called the OPhone, according to research firm BDA. Lenovo Mobile was sold to a group of investors in January, 2008 by Chinese PC giant Lenovo.
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