“The seven-inch tablet will run Google Inc.’s Android smartphone operating system, Chief Executive Michael Dell told an audience at an Oracle Corp. conference in San Francisco,” Sherr reports. “He didn’t provide other technical details or its expected release date.”
Sherr reports, “Dell released its first tablet device, dubbed the Streak, earlier this year in Europe before releasing it in the U.S. last month… The $299 Streak’s impact on Dell’s financial performance is expected to be muted.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Impotent.
…. and …. 7 inches is closer to half the size of a 9.7″ screen in area
It is like macabre entertainment watching companies marching behind one another toward the cliff. Everybody knows what the eventual outcome would be, but these *brilliant* business minds leading the U.S. industries that are supposed to get us out of a economic downturn cannot seem to come up with any other ideas even if their lives depend on it. I started to laugh but then felt an overwhelming desperation for their employees.
This Dell thingie is irrelevant, but what do you guys think about the idea of a 7-inch iPad?
For size reference, here’s a video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which also has a 7-inch screen:
I think an iPad that size would be great. Not that I want it to replace the 9.7-inch model, but in addition. I could see myself with both, frankly. Maybe leave the big boy home and take the smaller one when I need it outside.
Who in their right mind would say to themselves, “hmmm a Dell tablet or the iPad”, boy that’s a tough one.
OK Mikey, let me know how that works out for you.
BTW, in planetary terms, Dell is about the size of Earth. Your biggest problem is that Apple – relatively – is nearly the size of Jupiter.
But I’m sure you’re not worried about that in any way whatsoever.
@ C1
LOL. oh dear. that one one severe.
Mine is bigger… 9.7″ inches.. all the ladies want it!
@R2
If a theoretical 7″ish iPad had big storage, like ±100 GB, I’d buy one for my car. I can see that as the perfect music solution. But I don’t see it being more useful to carry around. My iPad is the perfect size – any smaller and it would be useless for magazines and less useful for games.
Dell fires up the copy machine yet again. Funny how the copies are so inferior to the originals, though.
When a company has to use the name of a competitor’s product in their own product’s introduction, it only states that said company is looking for attention that they normally would not get.
I don’t think Dell is under any illusion that this tablet is going to be any competition for the iPad at all. This move, like all the “iPad killers” from other companies, is a desperate attempt to remain relevant. They see how the iPad has shaken everything up, and feel they to have make some show of trying to compete or risk having investors abandon them entirely.
It’s sad when you think about it. Even sadder to think that someone somewhere will buy the piece of junk.
——RM
The results for the Texans at the Alamo were muted.
@ nflux
Dell can’t afford toner.
Gee, and it’s going to run Android, too. Yup, Android — that OS that its designer Google says isn’t ready for tablets.
So Mikey’s stock went down by 1.75% today after this “big announcement.” Maybe some investors aren’t as clueless as I think they are…
Hmmmm, let me see, an iPad, or an as yet unannounced tablet/slate from Dell…
…I’ll take the iPad, 64GB 3G version please. Thanks.
Once again MDN interprets “we’re launching a touch screen device” as “we’re going to kill the iPad/iPhone”. Presumably, the gross exaggerations of the claims are meant to make dell and whoever look sillier when it doesn’t happen.
Dell tries to excite the WS guys with a “maybe someday” announcement.
I think that is counterproductive.
If you announce it, give a date a week out when you will be shipping or SHUT UP UNTIL THEN.
The REAL 7″ iPad killer ?
Introducing their Android device at an Oracle event, when Oracle is suing Google over Oracle patents infringed upon by Android.
Now that’s ballsy!
@R2
I would buy a 7″ iPad for the kids.
As far as Dell….. LOL, it’s like saying Kia has just come out with a 3 series killer.
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The sad thing is that most of these tablets will run Android. I would have been very interested in them otherwise. Companies that chose Android only does so because it’s a fast way to get something on the market, not for the love of the system. It’s really sad.
“”The seven-inch tablet will run Google Inc.’s Android smartphone operating system, Chief Executive Michael Dell told an audience at an Oracle Corp.”
And once again, Google most emphatically stated that Android is INADEQUATE for iPad ripoff devices.
And once again Mikey Dell-Duh goes and does the wrong thing, to his detriment.
Another bloodbath, another mess to clean up. Call in the janitor!
Here is the article headline: “Dell Teases Its Next Tablet
CEO Shows Device With Seven-Inch Screen, Google Software.” No mention of “iPad Killer.” It’s all MDN having fun.
I have a feeling that all these guys are choosing 7″ because that’s the limit that google is putting on android machines. I think google wants anything bigger to run chrome. (speculation?)
It’s actually great for apple because all the “competitors” will be knocking each other out on the 7″ battle field, leaving the 9.7″ field wide open for iPad.
Meanwhile, i’ve always thought Chrissy gets way too much credit on this forum, but that reference to Mr Dell’s physiognomy is highlarious.
I am doing a report in Texas History and it is on Micheal Dell. We have to do 20 slides on a powerpoint, but i do not have quite enough notes. I need to know more about his family and education.
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