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Say tell me...exactly how much sales has Dell ever had in cell phones of any kind? What about Intel? How much sales have Intel chips ever had in the smartphone business?

I'm not sure about Dell, but Intel provides graphics tech for many cell phones, and will come out with a large line of cell phone platforms next year. So what do you say about the combined power of these companies in the phone industry?

China Mobile
Broadcom
Qualcomm
Synaptics
TI
LG
Motorola
HTC
Samsung
Vodafone (Verizon)
Sony Ericsson
Toshiba
ARM
Marvell
nVidia

And before we forget, two years ago, didn't Nokia control close to 50% of all cell phones(and way over 50% of smartphones) sold on the planet?

So true. Also true is that Android consortium companies provide the parts that go into Nokia phones. For example, the N900 runs on a TI chip. RIM uses Qualcomm and Marvell. Apple uses Samsung. They all use ARM. Samsung probably makes all of their OLED screens, and odds are that one of the Android companies makes their flash memory.

Two years ago, no one even believed such a thing was possible

Only people who were absolutely clueless. Much of the big muscle in the phone industry banded together as the Open Handset Alliance before the first Android phone even shipped. Shortly after they got even more heavies on board. Android only had to not totally suck in order to be a big success.

I'm not sure about Dell,

Chortle!
Reality: Dell has accounted for close to ZERO percent market share in smartphones for as long as I can remember.

but Intel provides graphics tech for many cell phones, and will come out with a large line of cell phone platforms next year.

Which cell phone companies are those?
And how many cell phones do these firms that use Intel graphics cards to, sell?
And how many of their cell phones sport Intel graphics chips?
Remember, we are talking about from 2 years ago to the present, when Android came from zero market share to come and dominate Apple, then you turned round and mentioned the power of Dell and Intel in helping Android grab market share. So again, I ask ya, exactly how relevant have Dell and Intel been in the cell phone market in the last 2 years?

So what do you say about the combined power of these companies in the phone industry?

I say, Window Mobile and plenty of mobile versions of Linux had the “power” of most of them companies FOR YEARS, and they went nowhere. If that is all it took, other versions of Linux and Windows Mobile would be dominating by now