Dell Venue Pro smartphone *finally* available in the U.S

Dell’s Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 (WP7) has finally been announced for the USA, after a long cycle of rumors. The vertical QWERTY slider carrier is T-Mobile, but the phone itself can be bought at the store.microsoft.com or dell.com – there’s no sign of it on tmobile.com (strangely). If you are not familiar with the Dell Venue Pro, it’s a Windows Phone 7 handset with a vertical slider keyboard that seems to have a good build quality (we have yet to confirm that). If you’re un familiar with Windows Phone 7, check our Samsung Focus review and HTC Surroud review. Here’s the Venue pricing, the specs from Dell are in the full post: 

Carrier: T-Mobile USA*, with two-year contract† and qualifying data plan are required 

• New Activation: 8GB = $99.99*
• New Activation: 16GB = $149.99*
• Upgrade Activation: 8GB = $199.99*
• Upgrade Activation: 16GB = $249.99*
• Without Contract**: 8GB = $449.99
• Without Contract**: 16GB = $499.99

• Portrait slider with QWERTY keypad
• 4.1” WVGA AMOLED multi-touch display
• Windows Phone 7 operating system
• Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon solution with integrated 1GHz processor
• 3G + Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
• Bands/Mode: UMTS 900/1700/2100/AWS, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900; HSDPA 7.2Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps
• 5MP auto-focus camera