Dell Streak 7 Review

GENERAL             

2G Network           GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network           HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 1700

SIZE       

Dimensions         152.9 x 79.1 x 10 mm

Weight   453.6 g

DISPLAY               

Type       TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors

Size        480 x 800 pixels, 7.0 inches

- Gorilla Glass display

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Multi-touch input method

SOUND 

Alert types             Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker        Yes

3.5mm jack           Yes

MEMORY              

Phonebook           Practically unlimited entries and fields

Call records          N/A

Internal                16 GB storage

Card slot               microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA     

GPRS                   Yes

EDGE                   Yes

3G                          HSDPA, HSUPA

WLAN                    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth               Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

Infrared port          No

USB                       Yes, v2.0

CAMERA               

Primary                5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features                              Geo-tagging

Video                    Yes, 720p

Secondary             Yes, 1.3 MP

FEATURES           

OS                         Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)

CPU                      1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core processor, Tegra 2 chipset

Messaging            SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM

Browser                HTML

Radio                    No

Games                 No, downloadable

Colors                   Gray

GPS                       Yes, with A-GPS support

Java       

- Digital compass

- Social networking integration

- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

- YouTube, Google Talk

- QuickOffice document viewer

- Photo viewer/editor

- Organizer

- Adobe Flash 10.1 support

- Predictive text input

BATTERY               Standard battery, Li-Ion 2780 mAh

Stand-by                Up to 72 h

Talk time               Up to 4 h

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Dell Streak

As it seems, the Samsung Galaxy Tab reigns on top of the Android tablet market right now with its solid performance and up-to-date experience. Although the Dell Streak is still trying to find a niche for itself, its outdated Android experience doesn't particularly make it the most suitable tablet solution on the market. Despite boasting a very good camera and phenomenal battery life, it doesn't play to the needs of strictly tablet users out there. Sure the Android Market and eventual upgrade to Android 2.1 might make it a tad bit more polished, but it doesn't exhibit the Tab's already superior offerings from a tablet perspective. As for Samsung's pride and joy, its remarkable ascension to the top of the Android tablet market is quite fitting, but it still requires some fine tuning to truly make it a standout competitor outside of the Android space.

Dell Venue Pro Review

GENERAL

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100

SIZE

Dimensions 122 x 63.5 x 15.2 mm

Weight         192.8

DISPLAY     AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size             480 x 800 pixels, 4.1 inches

                     - QWERTY keyboard

                     - Gorilla Glass display

                     - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

                     - Multi-touch input method

                     - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND

Alert types      Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker  Yes

3.5mm jack     No

MEMORY

Phonebook   Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records  Practically unlimited

Internal         8/16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

Card slot       microSD, buy memory

DATA     

GPRS           Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE           Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G                 HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN           Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth      Yes v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port  No

USB              Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA     

Primary         5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features       Geo-tagging

Video            Yes, 720p

Secondary    No

FEATURES

OS               Microsoft Windows Phone 7

CPU             1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset

Messaging   SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser        HTML

Radio            Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games          Yes

Colors           Black

GPS             Yes, with A-GPS support

Java              No

                       - Digital compass

                       - Microsoft office document viewer/editor

                       - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player

                       - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player

                       - Organizer

                       - Voice memo

                       - Predictive text input

BATTERY    Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh

Stand-by

Talk time         Up to 7 h

Dell Streak Review

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• Full phone functionality
• 5" 16M-color TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (800 x 480) pixel resolution
• Android OS v1.6 (Donut) with nicely customized homescreen
• 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
• 512 MB of RAM, 2GB internal storage
• microSD slot, 16GB card included in the package
• 5 MP autofocus camera with smile detection and geotagging
• VGA video recording at 30fps; 720p video recording after 2.1 Eclair/2.2 Froyo update
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g support
• GPS with A-GPS; Digital compass
• Accelerometer, ambient-light and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo Bluetooth v2.0
• 10mm slim profile, impressive build quality
• Office document editor
• Secondary video-call camera
• Swype predictive text input
• Very good speaker performance

Main disadvantages

• Too large and heavy for a phone, and too small for a tablet
• Proprietary 30-pin connector for charging and USB connectivity
• Disappointing screen quality and sunlight legibility
• No Eclair/Froyo update yet (most units are still stuck on 1.6 Donut)
• No smart dialing
• No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
• No Flash support in web browser (yet, Froyo will add it)
• No FM radio
• Homescreen has landscape-only orientation