Google, Dell to produce piss-poor smartphone.

: Both Google and Dell are collaborating on a handset, says a new claim by ad magazine MarketingWeek. Reportedly contacting “senior industry sources,” the publication believes that the two firms will announce a phone as soon as the Mobile World Congress show in mid-February.

Considering the DELL efforts before with the ill fated AXIM PDA running Microsoft software and the fact they had their market cut out from them by Microsoft with the “PlaysForSure” debacle, this would seem to be a sound strategic partnership. Google has yet to screw over any partners, it saves that experience for customers of companies it acquires.

Of course, it’s possible that these two industry giants could be teaming up to flood the market with another piss-poor smartphone