Dell Streaks – in a Big Way!
Dell has recently launched its “Streak” mobile phone, running Android 1.6. Where most mobile phones in this, the “Smartphone” category are sticking to a 4.3” screen, Dell has opted for a potentially-pocket-busting 5” screen for this device, sporting a resolution of 800 x 480 and featuring touch input in a 220g package.
It’s certainly an impressive piece of kit, featuring better battery life than the HTC Desire (6 hours on WiFi versus 12 on the Streak) as well as playing for H.263 / H.264, 3GP, MPEG4 and WMV video. It has a 5MP still camera and a VGA-class (640x480) video camera. It isn’t HD-video, but then, it’s a phone!
Our overall impression is that this is a work in progress. We found small several bugs in the operating system (music playing over video clips from YouTube, for one) but all of these could be ironed out with a simple update, we’re sure. Whether this hardware heralds a breakthrough is a different question, and we’re inclined to see the device as evolutionary rather than revolutionary; we’ve seen enough, though, to make us think that Streak 2 will be unmissable.
Mark Warren
Nemark IT Support
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