Dell to launch gaming Pocket PC handheld in future?

There are rumors these days that Dell is working on a gaming-oriented handheld console (probably Pocket PC but maybe a mini UMPC), although details are thin on the ground. This new future coming mini-gaming machine more likely to resemble UMPC than PSP. All this can be true because a senior Dell executive has admitted the company could look to make a gaming handheld in future.

Global gaming chief Abizar Vakharia was speaking at Dell's European Innovation event in Marbella. There, Dell had earlier launched the XPS 710 H2C top-line gaming PC. When he was asked about a future gaming handheld, Vakharia looked serious as he said: You know, that's definitely one that's on the radar screen, but we have no plans to talk about anything today.

After last year's acquisition of Alienware, Dell has made no secret of its desire to grow share in the gaming space and any such handheld would be almost certainly a great product. It is likely this gaming handheld to be Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) style device because of Dell's close connections with Intel and Microsoft.

It will be a great delight if Dell release a Windows Mobile based gaming device, since although the X51v is fantastic.