Dell’s Mini 5 (Streak) gets more interesting by the day
I have to admit that Dell’s Mini 5 has been more of a curiosity to me than a potential wish list contender. It looks really nice, has a glorious 5″ WVGA screen and a 5MP cam, but who wants to lug that thing around in their pocket? It can’t be comfortable, and that makes it an unlikely purchase or recommendation for me. However, Dell’s bulky gadget just gained a few points in my eyes.
Not only will the Mini 5 (referred to internally as Streak) be shipping in a multitude of colors, but Amazon.com is on board, providing Kindle “book reader” applications, Amazon MP3, streaming video, and the Amazon Store. I’m still not sure I would this it for my daily use phone, but it would be cool to have around the house. Check out the slides that are the source of this information, posted by Engadget :
Via Engadget
![SGP Neo Hybrid for Galaxy Nexus [Video]](http://www.droiddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DD.png "SGP Neo Hybrid for Galaxy Nexus [Video]")
Has anyone else noticed in this photo that the version of Android has changed?? The previous press photos showed it with the black boxes around the icons remember?? This version has no black boxes and a white status bar up top… can that be the updated version we have been hearing about?? I wonder if this is 2.0 or 2.1 or later. Also the Amazon streams are DRM protected… so this obviously will support DRM, thus you can play digital copies of DVD and Blu-Ray. Can't wait for this to come out!!!
I think I agree with the “not as my everyday phone” sentiment– it seems a little bulky for that. But the device in and of itself looks pretty fantastic, especially with all of the Amazon applications and the capabilities of playing digital copies of movies. Nice.
This probably has an updated BIOS/Firmware already.
With the added software that will come with their partnership with Amazon, this is really good to have around the house. Or to bring with you on travels. :)
This probably has an updated BIOS/Firmware already.
With the added software that will come with their partnership with Amazon, this is really good to have around the house. Or to bring with you on travels. :)
This probably has an updated BIOS/Firmware already.
With the added software that will come with their partnership with Amazon, this is really good to have around the house. Or to bring with you on travels. :)