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AT&T, Rogers’ Froyo for Dell Streak Rolling Out

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 23rd, 2011 2 Comments

Dell has finally announced the beginning of the Froyo rollout for their Dell Streak (5 inch) on both Rogers and AT&T. The update has been available in leak form for quite some time now. We once believed it may have been shipping on new devices, but that never ended up being the case. It’s finally [...]

Leaked Dell Roadmap Shows Honeycomb Tablets, Ice Cream Smartphones

by Kevin Krause on February 17th, 2011 8 Comments

Dell has a pretty busy year ahead of them, according to a leaked roadmap that shows their time split pretty evenly between Android and Windows products as they ramp up their mobile game. Two new Android smartphones will be coming towards the latter half of the year while there will be a total of four [...]

[Update: Maybe] Dell to Announce a 10-inch Android Tablet Today

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 8th, 2011 9 Comments

We were intrigued by Dell’s “Dell Means Business” conference today where they’ll be announcing some of their latest moves being made to help business professionals connect their lives, and we believed Android could have a role in their forthcoming strategy. As of the time of this posting the conference is still going on, but Android [...]

Original Dell Streak Next Up For Honeycomb SDK Port

by Kevin Krause on February 8th, 2011 3 Comments

While Dell is busy improving their Streak lineup with the release of the Streak 7, the good old boys at MoDaCo have been doing a bit of polishing themselves. That is, they have been polishing up a Honeycomb SDK port for the original Dell Streak. Don’t worry. It’s still far from useful, but the team [...]

Dell Streak 7 Has Hidden Phone Functionality

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 4th, 2011 5 Comments

The folks at Streak Smart have uncovered some underlying phone functionality in the Dell Streak 7, but it isn’t pretty. The dial pad doesn’t show up in landscape mode, and calls made will make phones on the other end ring but won’t actually allow you to speak to or hear the person you’ve called. Jenn [...]

Dell Venue Now Available for Pre-Order for $500 Unlocked (AT&T or T-Mobile 3G), Coming February 18th

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 4th, 2011 6 Comments

The Dell Venue hasn’t been the most exciting device to follow, but it’s actually a nice-looking device that could attract a few eyes sitting on store shelves. Dell’s just put the thing up for order for $500 unlocked. Dell’s letting customers choose between versions with AT&T or T-Mobile’s 3G bands, so even if you live [...]

Dell Streak 7 Now Available through T-Mobile for $199

by Kevin Krause on February 2nd, 2011 8 Comments

Today is February 2nd. I haven’t checked to see if the groundhog has seen his shadow, but I did just double check the T-Mobile website to see if the Dell Streak is available as promised. Sure enough, it is. You can grab your 7-inch 4G HSPA+ tablet for just $199.99 on a two-year contract. It’s [...]

How to Root the Dell Venue

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 1st, 2011 8 Comments

We still have yet to hear of this thing outside of India and South Korea, but the Dell Venue has been rooted. We’re sure a good chunk of our reader base doesn’t have this phone, but for the sake of anticipation, we’ll inform you guys anyway. A quick download of the drivers needed and a [...]

Official: Dell Streak 7 Coming Feb. 2 for $199.99

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 31st, 2011 6 Comments

T-Mobile’s finally made the Dell Streak 7′s pricing and availability information official: you’ll be able to grab this thing up for $199.99 after a two-year agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate on February 2nd. We were a bit worried when T-Mobile denied the rumored pricing earlier this month – $330. Thankfully, the final retail price [...]

T-Mobile G-Slate, Dell Streak 7, & Vibrant 4G Release Dates Leaked

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 25th, 2011 15 Comments

TmoNews stumbled across a nice helping of release dates for several tablets and phones to be offered by T-Mobile soon. The Dell Streak 7 will be available February 2nd for $299.99, the G-Slate by LG will be available March 23rd, and the Vibrant 4G is said to be coming February 23rd – just as we [...]

T-Mobile Not Claiming the Rumored Price for the Dell Streak 7

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 21st, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday, it was discovered on the Dell Streak 7′s sign-up page that the device may be $330 based on fine print that stated those interested could opt to pay 4 separate installments of $82.50. T-Mobile’s chimed in to tell us that this is false as it was simply the product of a technical error. Bummer. [...]

Dell Streak 7 Price Incidentally Revealed? $330 on Contract?

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 20th, 2011 2 Comments

Streak Smart is at it again, obsessing over yet another Dell Streak device. (I know, I say that as if there have been more than two.) This time, they actually read the fine print on T-Mobile’s coming soon page for the Dell Streak 7 and noticed a pretty revealing line of text: “$82.50 down payment, [...]

Dell Looking Glass Tablet Passes through the GCF

by Kevin Krause on January 18th, 2011 8 Comments

It’s been a while since we heard any news of the Dell Look Glass, but while the hubbub has been squarely directed at the upcoming Dell Streak 7 on T-Mobile, the company’s other 7-inch Android tablet has quietly passed the GCF. The Looking Glass supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and quadband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz according to [...]

Dell Streak 7 Landing at T-Mobile February 2nd?

by Kevin Krause on January 17th, 2011 9 Comments

While the T-Mobile G-Slate, the carrier’s first 4G tablet with Android 3.0, remains a mystery in terms of release date, the Dell Streak 7, the carrier’s first 4G tablet of any kind, looks to be getting a release on February 2nd. That is what an internal document snagged by TMoNews says, anyway. In other news, [...]

AT&T Dell Streak’s Froyo Delayed Again? “A Couple of More Weeks At Least”

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 14th, 2011 8 Comments

Yet another swing and a miss. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Dell Streak’s Froyo update on AT&T. The last time we visited this scenario, we were looking at emails from within the company stating it had been delayed. Dell later confirmed those emails to be true. Now, we’re faced with the same: [...]

Dell Streak 7 Sign-Up Page Goes Live, Gets Torn Down on Video

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 11th, 2011 5 Comments

T-Mobile never set a firm release date for the Dell Streak 7 – “in the coming weeks” is all they could provide – but they’re now taking email addresses of those who want to be notified of any new news and information regarding the device, the most desirable pieces of information obviously being pricing and [...]

Dell Streak 7 Announced for T-Mobile [VIDEO]

by Rob Jackson on January 6th, 2011 10 Comments

We told you just before the press conference started, but the Dell Streak 7 was just announced here at the T-Mobile Press Conference. Check out the live video of the announcement along with some talk on the features: It should launch in the first quarter and pricing is yet to be announced. As for some [...]

T-Mobile Announces Dell Streak 7, G-Slate, 25 4G Devices In 2011

by Rob Jackson on January 6th, 2011 9 Comments

The  Press Release stated Phillip Hume “made” his first public appearance, but technically I’m still waiting for the T-Mobile Press conference to start. A press release just published makes the following exciting announcements: Dell Streak 7 – 4G Tablet G-Slate by LG with Android 3.0 and 4G 25 4G devices in 2011 Here is the [...]

Dell Venue Announced with Android 2.2, No Keyboard

by Quentyn Kennemer on December 16th, 2010 8 Comments

KT out in South Korea has outed the Dell Venue – an Android version of the Windows-running Venue Pro. When rumors first began to swirl about the device, we’d heard it’d be getting a full-portrait QWERTY keyboard to somewhat match its older brother, but that seems to have been ditched. Instead, expect a 4.1-inch AMOLED [...]

Dell Streak Now $99 through Best Buy

by Kevin Krause on December 15th, 2010 3 Comments

Aside from the Dell Streak’s big size for a phone, the other factor that might keep some away is its big price. But once again, the holidays come to the rescue with an offer that is just too good to refuse. $99.99 dollars and a two year contract with AT&T are all that keeps you [...]