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by George Ponder
Apr 18, 2012
For those hoping for a sequel to the Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone, the stars don't seem to be in your favor. In a recent interview with Forbes, Michael Dell re-affirmed his companies...
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by Seth Brodeur
Mar 29, 2012
Fare thee well, Dell Venue Pro. That's right, Dell has discontinued sales of the vertical-sliding Windows Phone handset in the United States, along with the rest of its smartphones,...
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by Seth Brodeur
Jan 20, 2012
Looks like Buy.com merchants are starting to get a little WP7-happy. First, we saw the Samsung Focus on sale for a cool $215, and now you can find the unlocked Dell Venue Pro for a low $269....
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 20, 2012
In what is undoubtedly a very pleasant surprise if you're an owner of an unlocked Dell Venue Pro, you can now reportedly upgrade your device to OS 8107.
For those unfamiliar, OS 8107 addresses...
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by Rich Edmonds
Dec 23, 2011
The Venue Pro, Dell's poor first generation Windows Phone, has found itself in trouble being plagued by issues (as well as lagging behind OS updates), been at the front of some good deals, and...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 02, 2011
While Dell gets (and deserves) much criticism for some aspects of the Dell Venue Pro, the unlocked version gets pretty decent update schedules. We were just told by reader Clifton Thomas that the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 30, 2011
Although just about everyone in the world has managed to get the Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" update, there was one straggler left: the AT&T Dell Venue Pro (see review) While not a...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 19, 2011
The website Daily Steals is offering the T-Mobile compatible Dell Venue Pro with 8GB of storage for $229 for the next...oooh 18 hours. Though the DVP gets some criticism, including no compass with...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 18, 2011
Bad news for you die-hard Venue Pro users, Dell has seemingly confirmed that no compass-support will be coming to the device. It was about a month ago after the unlocked and T-Mobile versions...
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by George Ponder
Oct 31, 2011
Not the best news in the world for AT...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 17, 2011
In order for our Windows Phones to ever tether via WiFi, it needs at a minium specific hardware--a BRCM 4329 chipset. A few days ago, via XDA, it was reported that the Dell Venue Pro had a BRCM...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 14, 2011
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 12, 2011
There has been some confusion surrounding tethering (Internet sharing) in Mango, but a list of supported handsets has been compiled over at the XDA Developer forum. OEMs and carriers have the...
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by George Ponder
Sep 28, 2011
Earlier we reported that the HTC HD7S has received the Mango Update ahead of schedule. We are now learning the Dell Venue Pro wasn't too far behind and is also receiving the official Mango update...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 23, 2011
We can't believe we're writing this because for some odd reason we thought it already happened. But evidently, those on AT...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 22, 2011
Dell has finally released some information about the upcoming Windows Phone Mango update and their Venue Pro. In a nut shell all unlocked handsets (in supported countries) will be updated when the...
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by George Ponder
Sep 21, 2011
The other day we posted that the Dell Venue Pro appeared to be no longer available with contractual discounts for either AT...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 17, 2011
Speaking of September 15th, the AT...
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by Rich Edmonds
Sep 09, 2011
The UK Dell Swarm for the Venue Pro has finished within 90 minutes of launch. The device was priced at £179.50 (about $285 US), a half price steep drop from the usual £359.00 and a reported 60...
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by George Ponder
Aug 20, 2011
A fix has surfaced for those having trouble sending or receiving MMS messages on the Dell Venue Pro using the AT...
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by George Ponder
Jul 24, 2011
Dell made a shaky entrance into the Windows Phone 7 market. You had supply issues, quality control issues and software headaches. Slowly but surely these problems are getting ironed out with the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 22, 2011
Looks like Dell is still either trying to push the DVP (see first impressions vid) as much as possible, or they're trying to ditch them. Either way, you can benefit from their price cuts, so long...
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by George Ponder
Jul 20, 2011
With Dell offering the Venue Pro for $299.99 out of contract, it was a Windows Phone deal too hard to pass on. So, we ordered one (actually two). Over the next few days we'll put it through...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 20, 2011
Busy day here at WPCentral, what with the news and all plus two of us here have received our unlocked (AT...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 14, 2011
A few days ago, we ran the story about how Dell's eBay account was selling "limited stock" of carrier unlocked Dell Venue Pros (16GB) compatible with T-Mobile or AT...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jun 27, 2011
At last, Dell Venue Pro users on T-Mobile may finally get some reprieve next month as Dell is evidently set to roll out a new firmware to address the plethora of bugs plaguing the device.
In...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 11, 2011
According to a reader, he was "notificated" and able to install the May security update (7392) on the Dell Venue Pro. Still waiting for Omnia 7 to get the heads up from Microsoft that the update...
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by Daniel Rubino
Mar 30, 2011
Looks like there has been some confusion regarding the Dell Venue Pro and the NoDo update, which started coming out today for the HD7. Many users have successfully received the pre-NoDo February...
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by Daniel Rubino
Mar 30, 2011
By now, a lot of T-Mobile US customers have received their alert about the February and March updates for their HD7s. T-Mobile has published a step-by-step guide on the process, which can be found...
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by Seth Brodeur
Mar 16, 2011
After a plethora of delays and limited availability through Dell, Clove's blog reports that they will be receiving SIM free stock of Dell Venue Pros for the UK on March 26. The vertical QWERTY...
