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Dell Streak vs. the tablet market: It doesn't fit and never will

ZDnet: The Dell Streak. Everybody is talking about it as the high and mighty product of the year. But it isn’t, and doesn’t give anything back to the market except a bridge between a smartphone and an iPad, which even then it fails to really grab the eye.

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Why Size Does Matter: Are Larger Smartphone Screens the Future?

So industry 'experts' think that smartphones with larger touchscreens aren't the future. We are all apparently happy with 3.5 inch phones and are shunning larger devices. I can think of about 10 million reasons why this isn't true. But there is a good point to come out of this -- when does a smartphone become a tablet?

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Prophet-Gamer4766d ago

If the phones just keep getting bigger we might as well all just carry around pads. I'm okay with current size of smart-phone screens, imo there's no need to keep making them bigger.

TheEatingVodka4766d ago

4-4.1 inches for the screen is enough.

Gondee4765d ago

If they would utilize the device better we could see 5 inch screens on devices of the same size as now.

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Dell US now offering Streak unlocked with Froyo, in Cherry Red

Engadget: We knew good and well that Android 2.2 was sneaking out and making itself active on Dell's unlocked Streak units, but now it seems that the backlog of older units has been cleared. That has made way for new stock over at Dell's US site, with a 16GB Carbon Black unlocked Streak going for $579.99 with Froyo from the factory; the 32GB model is listed at $678.99. Curiously, that 16GB model is $30 more than what the unlocked Android 1.6 model went for back in August.

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Pocket-Lint: Dell Streak Android 2.2 update hands on

Pocket-Lint: Dell has updated its 5-inch Dell Streak tablet-come-phone to Android 2.2 this week, and Pocket-lint has managed to grab a handset off Dell for a quick review to see what’s new and what the update brings users.

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