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Dell: Making It Easier to Buy From a Cellphone

Justin Scheck

There’s still no mobile phone from Dell (DELL), despite plenty of chatter about that possibility over the last 18 months. But it’s gotten easier to buy from the company using a mobile phone.

Dell recently, and quietly, went live with a new version of its Web site that works better with mobile phones. The new site–-easy to reach by typing in Dell’s Web address from the browser on a BlackBerry or similar handset–-says it’s in beta mode. It makes it easy for users to search Dell’s product listings and order PCs and other devices from their handhelds. It also has a link to Dell sale items.

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