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Dell Streak 7" Tablet (Wi-Fi+3G/4G)
$179.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: Refurbished

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I've always thought "Streak" was an odd name for a tablet.

Dell is hit or miss with their products in my experience. I had a Dell 37" TV and it served me well for 4 years or so until I upgraded to a newer set with apps and Netflix and all that.

I had an Inspiron laptop which cost us $1500 back in 2004 and the thing fell apart within a year and a half.

I also had an Axim X5 PDA in 2003 and it was mega cool for the time. People thought it was amazing I could browse the web and watch video on a device that could fit in my pocket! Who figured?!

More recently I've seen people with huge, heavy, and ugly Dell laptops bought for $500 or less and loaded with garbage software. Dell's support seems terrible too.

Me, I've moved to a certain Cupertino-based company's products.

C|Net review.

I passed on this one last time due to low rez.

From C/net review on 1/31/2011:
The good: The Dell Streak 7 tablet offers dual-core processing, 4G network compatibility, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, front and rear cameras, and an inventive reimagining of Android 2.2.
The bad: Dell's Stage interface doesn't make up for the stale operating system. Screen quality and responsiveness are not as good as they could be.
The bottom line: The Dell Streak 7 polishes Android 2.2 to a tablet-worthy shine, and is the first to deliver 4G compatibility--but it's not enough to distract us from the incoming wave of Android 3.0 tablets.

I just seen the wifi only for 135 a little bit ago elsewhere. +Free shipping.
poor reviews all over for the screen

Got one of these on an earlier Woot. I really like it but it has the poorest battery life of the three tablets I have. The Thrive is the best and the Touchpad is in between. About 4 hrs. Med. Use on the Streak.

I noticed that this said it was a t-mobile Streak. You will not be able to update to the honeycomb (3.2) version of android. Here is a link to a community page talking about this. http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2011/10/07/android-3-2-honeycomb-update-to-dell-streak-7.aspx

"Unfortunately, Dell will not be offering the update for customers locked to T-Mobile in the U.S. With each software update, the requirements for offering the update vary by carrier, region and device, and Dell has decided to not offer this update to T-Mobile customers in the United States."

Edit:
However the specs do say that its at Honeycomb. Go figure

The screen is an absolute deal breaker for these.

I mean seriously, it's appalling when rebel scums design decent hardware but go cheap on a screen.

Everything else about this is solid though. But the screen, oh the screen!

If you were to compare this to a nook color/tablet/kindle fire screen side by side, you'd have no doubt how ugly the streak's screen is, and how that, yes, it does matter.

I've got the wifi version.
Pros: Good price point for a 4G-capable tablet. Easy to carry, friendly size, responsive in the menus, charges off USB.

Cons: LAUGHABLE battery life - keep a USB booster battery on you, poor quality screen compared to competitive tablets.

More on the screen: Of all my Android devices, my Dell Streak has the lowest grade display. If you're used to high res, it can look blocky, and it washes out - even at full brightness - under sunlight. Further, it has a surprisingly narrow view angle.

Final verdict: Even with its shortcomings, I still love my Streak, and would recommend it. And a USB booster battery...

As more and more places stop offering free unlimited wifi, having 3G/4G connectivity will become more and more attractive.

This is a cheap way to get in, if you don't mind using 2.2

I have one on a desktop dock hacked into the dash on my car. The viewing angle is no problem if you are above it, but it looks abysmal from below.

TMobile has some nice pay as you go data plans now.

It multitasks pretty well. I can run Torque, Navigation and PlayerPro concurrently.

Will this work with my peanut-butter jelly time? Woo hoo...refurb! It's a trap!!

I bought the new 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 a few weeks back, and it is an amazing tablet with a great screen for $240 (plus tax).

Is there anyone left who a) wants a tablet and b) hasn't bought one yet? Really?

Damn... I was hoping for a Motorola XOOM so I'd had something to use with my leather case and sound dock I bought earlier this woot-off...

is it me? or is this just a gaint version of my old cellphone made by dell.....

roknich wrote:Damn... I was hoping for a Motorola XOOM so I'd had something to use with my leather case and sound dock I bought earlier this woot-off...

Yes, more Xoom goodies please! I'm sad I missed the sound dock.

I am still waiting for a nice tablet like the thrive or something with SD USB & other features so I could use it also to store pics from camera while on trips. *also to use for browsing net & skype calls*

Editing this as somehow it double posted & all i did is press 1 time.
Might I say how nice it is to have servers acting faster then ever

There are Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) builds reportedly available from several different sources, although some are still in beta. There are also stable builds of Android 3.2. I think the most reliable source to look us the XDA web site, for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538392

What kind of math is this?

(Wi-Fi+3G/4G) = (Wi-Fi) + (3G/4G)

Do I need to solve for i or G?

dessndave wrote:Editing this as somehow it double posted & all i did is press 1 time.
Might I say how nice it is to have servers acting faster then ever

keep waiting

Lost me at T-Mobile

Wi
- Fi
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18i

3G
÷ 4G
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.75G

18i
+.75G
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18.75iG

pr0gr4m wrote:What kind of math is this?

(Wi-Fi+3G/4G) = (Wi-Fi) + (3G/4G)

Do I need to solve for i or G?

The Gs cancel out, so solve for i.

LOL, math nerds.