VIDEO PHONE REVIEW: 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 Although the Dell Streak is still trying to find a niche for itself, its outdated Android experience doesn't particularly make it the most suitable tablet solution on the market.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.

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