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HotHardware have published their review of the Dell Venue Android smartphone. 'The Venue is unique in a number of ways. For one, it's a Dell, and Dell only makes a handful of phones. But it's also an unlocked 3G phone with support for AT&T's 3G frequencies. The only other major Android AT&T phone that was ever sold unlocked in the US was the HTC-built Nexus One, a phone that Google has since stopped selling. In other words, this is pretty much your only option at the moment if you need a phone that is both unlocked and capable of working with AT&T's 3G network. At a glance, you may assume that the Venue is similar to the Venue Pro, the latter of which has a slide-out keyboard. But the Venue "non-Pro" is a slimmer phone, although it is still pretty sizable. The 4.1" display is very spacious, but it relies on the same screen resolution as the smaller Nexus One. Honestly, we wish Dell would've cranked up the resolution a bit given that we're being asked to carry such a large phone.'

PC Magazine have published a review of the Dell Venue (AT&T) Android phone. 'The Dell Venue measures 4.8 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs a hefty 5.8 ounces. It's made mostly of plastic, with thick chrome accent bands on the sides, a soft touch bumper on top, and a textured plastic back panel. I'm not sure why it's so heavy. The 4.1-inch, 480-by-800-pixel, Gorilla Glass AMOLED capacitive touch screen looked good, if not quite as sharp, next to the Super AMOLED screen of a Samsung Galaxy S 4G ($199, 4 stars) I had on hand. But the Venue's screen is slightly curved, and not as nice to touch as the one on the Galaxy S. There are only three function keys at the bottom; the usual Search key on Android phones is MIA.'

Reg Hardware have published a review of the Dell Venue Pro WinPho 7 smartphone. 'As far as looks go, the Venue has a lot going for it as its certainly is a handsome and well made bit of kit. Dell has gone all out to make it look and feel a boardroom quality item with a gloss black body, chrome edging and stylish patterned back. The bevelled edges and slightly curved screen glass add to its aesthetic appeal. The look and feel come at the expense of size and heft though - at 192g it's very heavy for a mobile phone and the 15.2mm thickness will further help ruin the drop of your suit.
 Like the Palm Pre and Blackberry Torch, the Venue Pro is vertical slider, a form factor with a lot going for it if you want to swap back and forth between keyboard and touch screen while still holding your phone like a phone.'

Laptop Magazine have published a review of the Dell Venue Pro (T-Mobile) Windows Phone 7 handset. 'The top half of the Venue Pro houses a headphone jack on the left and the power button on the right, which is not only recessed but positioned on a downward slope. This makes waking the phone unnecessarily difficult. Two large silver volume buttons and a camera button line the right side, and on the bottom you'll find stereo speakers and the microUSB port. While the Venue Pro's heft is a telltale sign of its high quality, its presence was felt in our pocket. Measuring 4.8 x 2.5 x 0.6 inches and weighing 6.8 ounces, this smart phone has the same thickness but weighs much more than the LG Quantum (6.2 ounces), which also has a slide-out keyboard. The HTC HD7, which has a larger but inferior 4.3-inch display, weighs 5.7 ounces. The Samsung Focus, which has a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen but no keyboard, only weighs 4.1 ounces.'