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"Great but needs update on os"
4.5 starson by mac0579Pros: The dell streak is great in my opinion its just about big enough that touchscreen games and apps are usable and still is useable enough as a phone, the things can get running on it are great am looking forward to the better 3d games coming out.
Cons: Annoyingly only running on android 1.6 and has no HDMI port, though the system will be updated from 1.6 to 2.2 in sep and I think there is a dock with HDMI.
Summary: I think the product is great its a nice size for touchscreen apps and games as I said I feel that anything smaller than a 5inch screen just makes using touchscreen stuff awkward and far to small to see what your doing, it is a bit large for a phone but not so big that its unusable, I find its a great balance between being a more open ended ipad and a phone so does everything. There are some things people are complaining about, no radio (but you can download a free app that gives you all radio stations from the world) no media player supporting different formats (but again there is an app thats called xyplayer i think its brilliant) no HDMI but theres a dock with one, also the system is getting updated to android 2.2 in sep. I can seem to do everything I want with this and its powerful enough that its going to have no probs running the new 3d games that are coming out, the camera is more than clear enough and the device also has cameras at the front so you can video chat on msn etc. Definetly a worthwhile purchase just a matter now of waiting on the proper nex gen stuff coming to the android marketplace. Im only giving 4.5 star raiting cause it currently runs on android 1.6.
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Great review, I'd just like to mention that RockPlayer (Arm 7) is a better choice than XYPlayer. RockPlayer is more stable and supports more video codecs (flv, xvid, divx, mov. wmv etc) than XY in my testing of it. For anyone buying the Streak, I'd recommend installing RockPlayer (ARM 7), ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro, Powerstrip, Handcent, Astro File Manager and Apps Organizer. These apps will make your Dell Streak run as if it were a Android 2.1 or 2.2 device (minus a few key features native to those OS versions of course)
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Great review, I'd just like to mention that RockPlayer (Arm 7) is a better choice than XYPlayer. RockPlayer is more stable and supports more video codecs (flv, xvid, divx, mov. wmv etc) than XY in my testing of it. For anyone buying the Streak, I'd recommend installing RockPlayer (ARM 7), ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro, Powerstrip, Handcent, Astro File Manager and Apps Organizer. These apps will make your Dell Streak run as if it were a Android 2.1 or 2.2 device (minus a few key features native to those OS versions of course)