"Aligning the mobility organization with the company's broader global capabilities and structure is a commitment to a bigger and more integrated mobility focus across all segments at Dell," the spokesman said.

The spokesman said Garriques would help manage the transition through the end of the year with consulting services through end of 2011.

After the Venue Pro went on sale Nov. 8, Dell had to offer replacement phones to buyers who had problems with Wi-Fi and batteries labeled as samples. Once the problems surfaced, Dell quickly posted a note on its Web site announcing that the phone was not available. A separate blog post indicated that the smartphone will now be available by the end of this week.

However, the Venue Pro was not available for sale as of Thursday. The spokesman said Dell would not make any formal announcements about Venue Pro availability "at this time."

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