We already knew that it’s big, and we knew it will ship with the Android Kindle app. And unlike the original source of these photos, we already knew it will come in a variety of colors, including red. We also knew that it has cleared the FCC with AT&T 3G bands, but one key bit of information we don’t have on Dell’s Streak – previously known as the Mini 5 – is exactly when it’s planned to drop.
And while we still don’t have a window more specific than late Summer, it’s good to see that someone was recently spotted out in the streets of Seattle, testing a handful of Streaks’ e-911 performance on AT&T’s network. The tester was apparently a bit nervous about having the photos taken, but I don’t think there are to many surprizes left up the Mini 5’s sleeve anyhow:
This shouldn’t be surprizing considering that Dell’s Streak – what amounts to a giant Android handset (albeit a special one) reportedly dropping this Summer – was initially called the Mini 5. The computer OEM has two more Android tablets on deck: one with a 7″ screen and the other with a 10″screen, both of which officially make the Mini 5 miniature in comparison. The 7 incher should be launching later this year and the 10 in 2011. In other news, analysts estimate that 24% of tablets released this year will run Android.
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 :
Yes, I’m posting the same leak video I did last month, featuring the guy whose videos inspire more thumb comments than a Richard Gear story ever did those of the gerbil variety. I think it’s cool that the dude hung onto the seemingly superfluous digit – not an easy task in any modern culture. On the other hand, I have no mercy for his my-heart-will-go-on musical taste, so bash the hell outa that. I made the finger an issue, didn’t I? What was I saying? Oh, yeah… (cont.)
New news. The story popped up at digitimes in a post about Dell outsourcing the production of multiple MIDs to Qisda, was picked up by SlashGear where (I think) the AT&T bit was tacked on and was nicely packaged up over at Gizmodo, where I found it. So Dell’s going all out on this Android thing, which isn’t a surprize considering their support of Linux for the mainstream. You go, Dell!
Preliminary specs: 5-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen, Android 2.0, WiFi, Bluetooth, US 3G, 5 MP cam with dual-LED flash, a microSD, and a 1,300mAh battery.
We already knew that it’s big, and we knew it will ship with the Android Kindle app. And unlike the original source of these photos, we already knew it will come in a variety of colors, including red. We also knew that it has cleared the FCC with AT&T 3G bands, but one key bit of information we don’t have on Dell’s Streak – previously known as the Mini 5 – is exactly when it’s planned to drop.
