When it comes to deciding how to pay for your cell phone, the choice can be tough. If you use your cell phone a lot, chances are you may want to sign up for a contract. If you only use your phone occasionally, a prepay plan may be the best option for you.  It’s not always that clear cut, however. Let’s take a look at exactly what prepay and contract mean, and which is a better plan for you and your needs.

When the time comes to ditch your ancient cell phone for a brand new Blackberry, what should you do with your old cell phone? Rather than stuff it in a drawer never to be seen again, why not do one of the following with it:

Dell has shown off a sleek Android-powered tablet or slate at CES 2010. The company has revealed during its keynote speech that a “5-inch tablet concept” with a 5MP camera will be available this year. Rumors suggest that the device may be heading for AT&T.

All major US carriers have now pledged allegiance to the Android platform. AT&T has revealed its plan to offer five handsets running on Google's Android platform in the first half of 2010. These upcoming Android Smartphones will be manufactured by Dell, HTC and Motorola.

Dell, the former #1 PC manufacturer has diversified and entered the mobile market. Joining the computer manufacturers Apple, Lennovo and others, Dell decided to reorganize and added a mobile division to their company, headed by Motorola's former executive, Ron Garriques. This has been announced earlier together with showing their new product Dell Mini 3i.

Dell has just officially announced their first mobile phone offering, the Dell Mini 3. The phone, which was previously referred to as the Dell Mini31 and Mini 3ix, is an Android-based full touchscreen phone that was launched in China last August. Dell is now formally introducing it to the rest of the world, and reveals that it will be made available in China, Brazil, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the US as well.

I know that it's counterintuitive to say this (especially working for a cell phone blog), but we need to stop advancing electronic devices. Remember those old chemistry problems where you have a balanced chemical system, and you're given the amount of each compound on the left hand side with the goal of finding out the amount of one of the compounds on the right hand side, except that there's a limiting reactant in the fray keeping the product amount from being anywhere near what it is capable of being?

Think of that, except with portable electronics, and instead of making salt water you can bankrupt companies and make consumers very angry.

Rumors of Dell's plan to enter the smartphone market floated this year but no announcement has been made. However, Dell’s CEO Michael Dell has confirmed that his company is planning to launch an Android smartphone for the US market in 2010. The Dell Android phone is expected to be sold via AT&T.

Rumor has it that in the next few months, Dell will be bringing their Chinese flagship Android phone to US markets. Find out more about this pretty little piece of plastic after the jump.