Dell streak tablet entices people to watch, surf, connect, listen, and play on 5” of power and portability
• Streak to launch early June in the UK exclusively on O2 • Available at O2 stores, O2.co.uk, The Carphone Warehouse and later next month at Dell.co.uk • U.S. availability to arrive later this summer
5/25/2010; Bracknell, United Kingdom – Today, Dell released plans for Streak, a 5-inch Android-based Tablet designed to provide people the best “on-the-go” entertainment, social connection, and navigation experience. Early this June the Dell Streak will be available across the UK at O2 stores, O2.co.uk, The Carphone Warehouse, and later in the month at Dell.co.uk. Pricing and data plans for the UK will be announced by O2 ahead of availability. Later this summer, Dell plans to make Streak available in the U.S.
The Dell Streak is a compact and powerful companion for people who want to expand their ability to access their digital lives on the go, and realize tomorrow’s technology today. The spacious 5-inch screen is ideal for experiencing thousands of Android Market™ widgets, games and applications, all without squinting or compromising portability. B uilt-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and available 3G connectivity brings easy access for downloading and listening to music, updating social networking status in real-time, and staying connected to friends and family through e-mail, text, IM, and voice calls.
On-the-go students, mobile professionals, and active families will find Streak’s web-browsing capabilities as natural as a laptop. The 5-inch screen is large enough to present Web pages in their natural form, create a comfortable viewing experience, and make turn-by-turn navigation simple and safe. The Dell Streak leverages Qualcomm’s Snapdragon™ solution with integrated 1GHz processor to combine basic functionality, performance, and benefits of a laptop in a pocket friendly size.
“The Dell Streak hits the sweet spot between traditional smartphones and larger-screen tablets,” said Ron Garriques, president, Dell Communication Solutions Group. “Its unique size provides people new ways to enjoy, connect, and navigate their lives.”
The Dell Streak was designed with the future in mind and will support over-the-air updates including platform upgrades, Adobe Flash 10.1 on Android™ 2.2 later this year, video chat applications and other software innovations.
Dell is a member of the Open Handset Alliance™ (OHA), a group of technology and mobile companies working together to accelerate innovation in mobility. Together, the OHA created Android, the first complete, open, and free mobile platform to provide people a richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience.
Key Features:
• Integrated Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views
• A full screen browsing experience with a 5-inch capacitive multi-touch WVGA display
• Easily integrated social media apps: Twitter™, Facebook, YouTube
• High resolution 5 MP camera, VGA front facing camera, removable battery, built-in Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth connectivity options
• 2GB* of internal dedicated storage provides plenty of space to access and download Google Android Market’s many options
• Packaged with cushions made from 100 percent sustainable, compostable bamboo
MacDailyNews Take: That last one is certainly some “key feature.” (Stupid SOBs deserve their failure.)
Specifications:
• Android platform complete with Android Market and Dell user interface enhancements
• ARM-based Processor: Qualcomm’s powerful and efficient Snapdragon chipset and software platform with integrated 1GHz processor
• 3G + WiFi + Bluetooth
• UMTS / GPRS / EDGE class 12 GSM radio with link speeds of up to HSDPA 7.2 Mbps1 / HSDPA
• 5 MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash. Easy point, shoot, and uploads to YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and more
• User accessible Micro SD expandable memory available up to 32 GB2. Store up to 42 movies2 or 32,000 photos2, or 16,000 songs2 with 32GB* Micro SD
Source: Dell
MacDailyNews Take: With a screen that’s just one-fourth the size of Apple’s iPad, this looks to be beleaguered Dell’s try at an “iPod touch killer.” Apparently, Dell will attempt to bore iPod touch to death.
I’m very worried about the Streak…this POS could set back US/UK relations 30 years…
Alot depends on the price. If it were $299 for example. And the memory IS user upgradable with cheap memory cards, with Android now able to store apps on those cards.
In short, the specs aren’t bad, and I don’t see why it merits such derision from this crowd.
I like my iPad hugely, but yes there are times when it is a tad too big.
Might as well prepare ourselves for the competition which is coming – there will surely be some very enticing iPad clones.
my reply to Ziffel has been deleted by MDN. how gracious.
It actually looks very impressive. Never thought I’d say that about a Dell.
Shameful.
Shameful, how bad the hardware resembles iPhone industrial aesthetics.
Shameful, how bad the OS resembles iPhone OS and Mac OS X.
Do these people have no pride, originally or aplomb of their own?
How can they all be so clueless…
Dell marketing should have called it the ‘Losing Streak’ to commemorate their company’s track record in portable devices.
Continuing Dells “Losing Streak”.
Jax44
from my iPhone
Given the 5″ form factor, I prefer the name “Bacon Strip”.
@Bot(net)vinnik:
-“multitasking”, which is vying for top spot in tech’s “I don’t think that word means what you think it means” contest, is a known feature of the 4.0 OS.
-there’s several apps that allow you to wirelessly print.
You’re a pretty awful troll, if that is actually what you’re trying to be.
3 mins of battery life when watching any flash content and 1.5 hours of battery life when connected to any network cell or wifi. 3 hours of battery life with cell and wifi networking off. Android the new Windows Virus and Malware infested crap targets.
32GB micro SD card – $200.00. Now that’s an upgrade!!!!
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Now this alone should win everyone over, especially Panda Bears: • Packaged with cushions made from 100 percent sustainable, compostable bamboo
Streak. Like a bug on Apple’s windsheild…
I hate people who start answering a question with the word “So”.
Big-Ass Table….meet Big-Ass Phone
I prefer NON-compostable bamboo for my cushions. Just sayin.
“STREAK” You mean like the brown streak on DELL underwear? Ahahahahahaha….. what a POS!
Turn that puppy sideways and tell me WTF you can do with that streak in that orientation.
Now, now, without streaks we wouldn’t have underwear.
Oooh – Oooh! I have a five incher. Beat that Apple.
@TowerTone
Priceless comment. Had me laughing and laughing.
@Rosswell. You really haven’t got the hand of this forum have you! Anything without an apple badge is automatically met with derision.
Credit to Dell. Looks like they will be first out of the door with an intermediate sized device. Wise move – it will avoid direct comparisons with the iPad, and get them a toe in the market before others do: Apple is rumoured to have a similar sized one in the works.
The presenter’s opening is the same one given by Steve Jobs when he introduced the iPad. No originality here.
@kevt: “Credit to Dell. Looks like they will be first out of the door with an intermediate sized device. Wise move.”
It’s a wise move only if there is a market for such a device. Apple took a huge risk with the iPad, as there was no defined market for it. When it was introduced, the tech pundits all asked the same thing: “Who needs it?/What it is for?” Given the sales curve, it appears that Apple did, in fact, make a wise move. There’s no way to be certain (yet) whether Dell is making a wise move. Given the much lower level of differentiation between a smartphone and the Streak, please explain why you think this is a wise move. I don’t say it’s impossible, just unlikely.
“Apple is rumoured to have a similar sized one in the works.”
Not a chance in hell. If you believe that rumor, you have no business commenting on Apple.
Looks to me like Dell is trying to backdoor their way into competing with the iPhone, so as not to be just another Android phone, but it’s too big for a phone and too small for a tablet.
Hey,
This looks like a nice product. And it seems to run well. snappy.
Of course :
It looks like an iPhone (slightly bigger and harder to fit in your pocket)
It operates like an iPhone .
It has wigets and apps like an iPhone.
It will make phone calls like an iPhone.
It will multi-task like an iPhone OS 4 will.
I have to wonder what the price is and if its sold thru Dell, there will be no cell phone carrier discount.??????
So, exactly why do I want this device?? Oh yea. its screen is slightly bigger than an iPhone….
Course, I could take and plug my iPhone into a tv set and watch my stuff on a 32 inch screen…… just a thought.
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Trying to make a phone call with that thing is going to be awkward, you have to find a private corner or bathroom to hold that thing to your head and no one breaking out into laughter nearby.