Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I am walking with Streak in my pocket and I find it even more comfortable than carrying N900 in the same pocket, regarding its thickness.

As for the "I would like a dork answering the call with it" superstition.
I was playing Dungeon Hunter waiting for a train and my wife called. When we finished talking, a guy standing by asked me "How do you answer calls with your playstation". He was really amazed when I explained it's not a PSP and he asked for pricing availability etc.

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WTF are they strangling that thing with Android 1.6 for still...

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I can't speak for Smoku but most of us are on 2.1 now.

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I see no difference in 1.6 or 2.1. For me it's another "I have longer one" contest.

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* Mutitouch
* Speed - web and 3D parsing
* Some apps need it
* Voice control
* Bluetooth 2.1 support
* Better eye candy e.g live wallpaer and support for 16m res
* And of course Flash 10.1 on 2.2
More than that the streak is a very capable device.

I am still running 1.6 on my Archos 5 (bought a year ago). 2.2 is ported but still a bit rough.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Oh yes. Very good argument for 2.1 is that 2.2 has Flash... :D

Speed? I see no difference to 1.6.
3D? I see no difference to 1.6.

I finally moved to 2.1 because some apps (Gameloft games) required this (multitouch).
But it's not much of an upgrade for me. Basically no difference.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I am enjoying Skyfire browser at the moment. Its really great.

Repligo is the best PDF reader I have found but its still very primitive compared to iphone readers.

Wyse pocket cloud for remote desktop.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I like xScope too.

Thanks for the heads up. I had been using DataViz for PDF which is excellent but doesn’t remember the last page. Repligo does so it is now my default reader.

I do miss not having access to the iPhone App Store

This is probably the most compelling reason to upgrade, a case in point is Repligo which requires v2.0 minimum.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

It seems very common these days to confuse OS with UI.

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It is a little hard to say that when you are trying to install the latest applications on your device and they don't install because they need 2.1 or 2.2 to even install.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I've had my unlocked, unbranded, EU Streak for about a month. Its an awesome tablet/phone! Compliments my N900 perfectly. Dell has hit the sweet spot at 5' imo, top notch build quality to boot. Feels like im holdin a freakin star trek tricorder/scanner, lol. Got my streak brand new, in the box, off ebay for $500. Works on both att and tmobile. I love my N900, but ummmm, dont get caught sleepin on a fantastic device fellas.:D

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../streak001.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../streak100.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...100810_001.jpg

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Dell Suck PERIOD!!

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Nonsense. I have a 3.5 year old M2010 and it is the best computer I have owned in a 20 year experience of computers and I am in no hurry to change it for something else. Dell's customer service is second to none, so good it became embarassing.

It is a huge organisation though so I expect personal experience to vary. Clearly you appear to have a grievance.

The Streak is made for Dell by Qisda (formerly BenQ).

If you care to read Average Joe's post you will see him say "top notch build quality to boot".
I can second that observation and if you choose to look around you will find most other Streak owners to say the same thing.

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5 inch screen in my opinion is far too big. 4.3 is almost too big, but good enough. 5 inch is not a phone, it is a tablet. I reckon 4 inch screens are comfortable for a good experience, but not too big. I don;t like the Dell Streak at all much.

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sorry I don't have the time to read all 26 pages.. can somebody give me a short + / - list of the N900 vs. Strek Phone.. I've interests to buy a streak next month! :cool:

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Sorry but neither do I have the time to read and condense them for you.

Ever so busy too don't ya know.

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Looks like

http://www.kernelthread.com/publicat...s/nextstep.jpg:D

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

You mad?:confused: Cmon now TH3ORY, you can do better than that. I've looked at some of your recent posts. Clearly you are capable of offering up a better reply than this. Have you seen the streak in person? Have you held it in your hand and actually used it?

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Dude no i haven't played or seen the Dell Streak in person.. i just had some real bad experience with dell that's why i hate them so much that's all...

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I hear the streak is in line for an unofficial Froyo update!
http://androidcommunity.com/dell-str...ideo-20101008/

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I installed it yesterday and it works just fine. :-)

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Smoku, where did you bought your Dell Streak?
It's still not available in Spain and I would like to get one but I don't want to loose the warranty that I could have buying it directly to Dell.

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ebay.co.uk - It took 4 days shipping from UK to Spain.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Do you have the 2 years warranty from Dell buying from eBay?

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Yes. Through reseller.

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Mmmmm, that sounds very interesting to me.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I never had problems when buying this way. You just sent the device to you reseller, they send it to manufacturer and when it's fixed send it back to you. Yes, it takes time, but generally works.

With Dell it was even simpler. When I thought I killed my Streak by wrong flashing, I've written my reseller "my Streak does not boot". "We're sorry - just send it back to us and we will replace it." No problem.

It turned out that it's impossible to kill Streak by wrong flashing and I eventually got it back running and didn't have to return it. But the service was nice either way. :)

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Thank you very much for your info. My wife is desperate to put her hands into the Streak since I got my N900.
I'm also interested on it although I won't trade my N900 for anything :D, specially now that I have Baldur's Gate and Wagic.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

My wife also appreciates me getting the Streak.
Now she has the N900 (with all the games) all for herself. :D

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Dell Streak now available at Best Buy.

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My friend just sold his Streak again and came back to the N900.
He said it's just too big and he likes the hardware keyboard and Maemo more then the Dell and Android.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

Dell Streak for £364

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell...ked-inc/791343

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

So that's how BenQ comes in again through the backdoor!
:-(

See here:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2189109,00.html

http://www.smartinsights.net/smart-b...-goes-bankrupt
:(

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

My wife finally got one. It is really nice but the on-screen keyboard is awful, I have to test some other solutions like Swipe.

The configuration of the Wifi is quite painful compared to Maemo, and I have to manually change between static and dynamic IP.

There are thousands of useless applications that threaten your privacy. Most of the rest doesn't work without Internet connection, but still there are some nice and useful applications (most of them with open source alternatives in Maemo Extras).

The transitions and general feeling of the UI is awesome. Phone capabilities are beyond N900's, and the magnet is incredible useful for geolocation and augmented reality applications.

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been
 

What makes the Nokia n900 anything more than just an Arm powered Linux device?

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Lovin my N900/Dell Streak combo. Froyo comin next week:)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...94815_copy.jpg

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@Average Joe: do you have any cell data network access via T-Mobile (2.5g, 3.5g, etc...?) on the Streak, or are you just using wifi?

Re: Dell Releases What n900 Should Have Been (Dell Streak)
 

I must say, the coming Stage UI on the streak does look nice, but I'm starting to like the whole windows phone alot too. may pick one up on the 8th.

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Yes. My streak is unlocked and works perfectly with ATT/Tmobile 2.5g (edge only). Wifi works flawlessly as well.

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Froyo and Dell Stage are here already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802405
I installed it last night and so far it is exemplary. No doubt there are bugs to squash and improvements to come so it is a work in progress.

It looks very fine with this theme
http://android.modaco.com/content/de...froyo-stephen/
http://streak.forumgratuit.fr/themes...ikav2-t397.htm

DJ Steve has some overclocking 1.26Ghz goodies in the pipeline too. The man is on fire with his Streak development.