Dell has big plans for 2011, having announced a new 10-inch Android tablet. This rounds out the largest product line-up the company has ever launched, under the name of The Dell Means Business. The Dell Means Business Product launch is comprised of 39 products including laptops, tablets, desktops, and workstations.

There’s also rumour of Dell creating a Windows Tablet 7 to join the current Dell Streak 5, 7 and Venue and Venue Pro smartphones.  The new 10-inch Android tablet will run on Android 2.2, the OS responsible for the growing number of returned Galaxy Tabs (13% return rate in December 2010) in comparison with iPads (2% return rate).

At the Mobile World Congress, coming up on the 14^th of February, show organizer GSM Association hinted at who will be the stars of the event. The omnipresence of Android  is noteworthy, as at least 200 Android products will be displayed at the event, among which Samsung will introduce a new version of its Android-based Galaxy smartphone. Another Android-related device is Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, previously advertised during the Super Bowl.

As fellow reporter Maria mentioned, the Android pushes through the market and might become a major selling point for AT&T. Following several complaints over software errors that ended up in extra-charging clients along the years, AT&T lost the battle of exclusivity over iPhone to Verizon. Once the sole promoter of Apple’s iPhones, AT&T switches gears, looking to Android devices as ‘highly functional, highly capable smartphones that run really well with the AT&T network’.

Although Android preserved its second place position among the most popular US smartphones platforms, its market share sky-rocketed about 34% from 21.4% in the three-month-average ending September 2010. Google has been aware of Android’s lower performance from an OS fragmentation prspective, but  is determined to get ahead of competitors.