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Dell Streak is in the shops
TIN BOX VENDOR Dell's Streak tablet is now available in O2 stores across the UK and for order online.
While we're not expecting people to queue around the block from their O2 store, or that police will need to be called to keep Dell fanboys from rioting because they can't get one, we have to say that the Streak does not look too bad.
Although it is much smaller than the Ipad, Dell's 5-inch tablet computer is capable of phone calling, full page web browsing and Sat Nav with voice navigation.
It runs the Android OS and packs a whopping 16GB of storage. And if that isn't enough for you, you can increase it to 32GB by replacing the MicroSD card.
It has a 5 megapixel camera, an additional VGA front facing camera for video calls, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM and 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. And it can multi-task, which is more than anything that Jobs' Mob sells can do. We bet it will also run Flash, too.
O2 is offering the Dell Streak for free on 'Data Only' tariffs starting at £25 a month, 'Voice & Data' starting at £35 a month or on Business tariffs from £25.58 a month. If you're looking to buy one with no contract it will set you back £399. µ
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It's a great device, and is the kind of device Apple could be making right now and probably will, as and when it downsizes the iPad. But sad to say, if it doesn't have that forbidden fruit backlit on the front, there's no point in it and you may as well send them straight off to landfill. It's not about the device at all - it's *all* about the brand. And Dell makes the clunky desktop you use at work, so...
Would I buy something to amaze my friends or something that have a slight chance of being actually useful for myself?
Tough choice.
That's basically the sort of device I expected Apple to produce. The iPad is too big at 10", it's not a portable size.
With the addition of proper Flash and video calling this is actually quite an interesting sounding device.