Dell to Make Smartphones With Baidu for China Wireless Users
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Dell Inc., the second-biggest personal-computer maker, agreed to produce smartphones running Baidu Inc. software for users in China, challenging mobile device makers including Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
The phones will use the Beijing-based search-engine operator’s Baidu Yi mobile platform, Theresa Shen, a China-based spokeswoman for Dell, said by e-mail today without elaborating. Dell is among mobile device makers that Baidu works with, said Baidu spokesman Kaiser Kuo, declining to confirm that the collaboration includes the Yi platform.