Dell Streak 7 Android Tablet Review
First half of 2011 seems to be all on the boards. In fact, the craze for tablets that have been so strong in the last year is finally here. Although dozens of tables were announced and presented at CES in January, not most of them to come later this month or in March in the near future. The main reason for the delay, as most manufacturers are stuck waiting for Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first version of Android, which are specially configured for use on the press table. Motorola is pleased to present the first cell, Xoom. Announced at CES shelves this year, however, one of the first version, the new Dell Streak 7.
Part of the family of Dell Streak, Road 7 was able to take full advantage of the tablets at CES to beat the market, Dell has decided to launch Android 2.2, also known as Froyo. This means that the consecutive 7, 5 in a row before him, it will be released with a version of Android is designed for tablets, but the latest versions of what is generally regarded as a receiver operating system.
Dell Streak 7 runs on NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core SoC, which is consistent with some of the most powerful films to come as Motorola Xoom is GTABLET Viewsonic, as I recently reviewed. Streak 7 is the first dual-core tablet seven inches, but no less important. Other features are similar to what you would expect from an elite Android tablets, except for the screen, which has a resolution of 800x480, slightly lower than most other high-end shelves. Dell does not advertise the amount of RAM in a row 7, but judging by the information system on the memory usage seems to row 7 is a suite of approximately 512 megabytes (available on the Linux kernel, 360MB, still We are hoping that the actual number of officers from Dell).
Streak of seven, which will be updated when available phones in the coming months remains uncertain. Dell is committed. However, Dell is focused on a row 7, the ability to receive updates as well as all other Android devices, which certainly is not impossible. Would not surprise me if Dell said the first seven streak without other packaging cell only appeared on the market and plans to upgrade later, but this is pure speculation.
Update 02/11/2011 - I have contacted Dell about the possibility of renewal and comb to confirm that the road is. "Cell update, Dell is designed to update the unit to meet and keep people updated D2D improvements, as was the case with 5 in a row is updated to 2.2."
However, the cell or not, row 7 is here and brilliant seven-inch sheet of the tablet with an impressive resume of good. We have one of the HotHardware labs for a week and wrote a comprehensive analysis of the child, read on to know the juicy details.
This is not surprising that the Dell Streak 7 is similar to the line 5 in almost every way except size. Row 7 is basically the same approach in a row 5, but with two extra inches of screen. Both devices have the same black screen with a curved edge on both sides. A closer look reveals that seven in a row, facing the camera above the screen and the sequence of buttons on the side of the system differs from the line 5 functions.
Only the back, which is clearly distinguishable from July 5 in a row in a row in appearance. Instead of designing segmented row 5, 7 in a row has a new uniform texture, interrupted only with the Dell logo metal, printing T-Mobile label and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash.
Run of seven feels great in hand, feels solid and well organized. Excellent fit and finish is refreshing and weight, that feels important, but not heavy. The front is dominated by a seven-inch, which is covered with a sheet of Corning Gorilla glass. Glass is off the screen to ring up and down. However, the rounded edges of plastic. Rear of the unit consists of a durable plastic with a light texture that makes it easy to understand. Our review unit has a new gray, but other colors are also available.
Slightly rounded edges widely seven in a row a little longer than the Galaxy Tab. First he looked to the downside, but it soon became evident that the edges as handles, making it very easy to spend seven consecutive horizontal position. The speaker is located on the shore in a row seven, allowing acceptable stereo. The headset on the left hand, while with the card and SIM card slot for SDHC slot to the right. The entire design in a row 7, it seems appropriate for the child.
Run of seven is not a common search button, which, frankly, we have enough. The other three buttons are located along the right edge of the landscape at the top of the tablet. This puts them in an ideal position to take a pill on both sides of a rounded edge. The front camera is focused on the screen to space "up" platform in the landscape, while the camera returns to the top, below the area where the buttons. In total, seven in a row is clearly intended to be used by the landscape, but there's nothing like using a single course.
Despite Android soft keys are well placed to the landscape, the volume of material, the power button are aligned along the top edge. This makes them very difficult to achieve, as you may need to capture or release on one side of the tablet to reach them, or drag your hand up along the edge.
Streak 7 has been carefully packed in a box slightly larger than the film itself. The device comes with a set of accessories, including USB AC charger, Dell 30-pin dock to USB cable and headphones.
With the combination of the original row, row 7 has a 30-pin compatible USB charging port when used with an adapter, for example, cable included. When connected to a USB port, wall charger, the tablet is removed as expected. But when connected to your laptop or desktop via USB, seven in line to pay, if. If the row was seven, even in standby mode, the device will not be held liable. This is a problem I noticed some Android tablets, and although the same problem that has no effect on the Android phones.
Run of seven features front and back of the room. Return unit number 5 megapixel (2592x1944) with LED flash and autofocus. Front camera 1.3 megapixel (1280x960), the development unit is attached and without flash. Both cameras can be used to capture photos and video. Streak 7 uses a standard application for Android switch between camera and the room is done with a single click on the menu on the camera application.
In a brightly lit room, the camera is very sensitive and soft, with excellent balance. Two examples of the photos were taken in direct sunlight. Exposure chamber was quick and easy. Unfortunately, photographs measuring algorithm a bit on the dark side, despite some very bright scenes.
Digital viewfinder light down a bit abrupt and images to show visible artifacts. Two images below were captured in a dark room with a light source (fluorescent lamps equivalent to 60 W). The House took a little longer to process the image, but the exposure is acceptable. The measurement algorithm works better here than the photos, which are much brighter than the scene.
Despite the streak seven build quality is excellent, and the camera is decent, can not be said of the screen. Dell Streak 7 is a conventional twisted Nematic (TN) LCD screen is not very good. Although the light is bright, the viewing angles are not only high, even compared with other TN panels. The screen looks very consistently and correctly, unless in a row, 7 in a horizontal position. In problems of vertical viewing angle are clearly visible.
What is worse, row 7 has a 800x480 screen resolution poor. It is not clear and not nearly as influential as the problem of viewing angle. When watching videos or surfing the web, with a minimum resolution disadvantage. Run of seven compared with a resolution of 1024x768 Apple's iPhone and Samsung Galaxy Tab is 1024x600. In addition to the IPS panels, iPad, screen 7 run pretty disappointing.
Dell streak 7 Android 2.2, also known as "Froyo". In contrast with the upcoming Android 3.0, also known as "honeycomb" Froyo operating system is not oriented to the film. However, Dell is trying to solve this problem, the management of the stage of your skin interface. Both Froyo and theater can also be found in row 5 and is nearly equal in row 7.
Phase mainly consists of a series of widgets phase. These elements are large and have one purpose, such as email or musical performances, with the exception of the host widget, which is a combination of recently used applications, then shown again. Another interesting feature of the interface, showing how the edges of adjacent screens, where widgets. You can use the edge of the widget and content of the left and right at home on the main screen is active.
IU every scene is not bad, certainly not the way. We liked the design of widgets, and found that some of them very useful. But you can not escape the fact that the scene of the user interface is not only very fast pitcher Android. It's actually a bit slower than the starting values Froyo. The transitions between scenes just were not as smooth as possible, and made seven consecutive seems slower than it should be, especially compared to something like the iPad. Fortunately, the installation of third pitcher, for example, PSA or LauncherPro dramatically accelerate things. I installed and running LauncherPro between the screens was a good oil.
Note that the pitcher's performance does not affect the other device or interfere with the performance of applications. It is unfortunate that the user interface arena Dell Streak 7, seems a little slower and less powerful than it really is.
Dell Streak 7 comes with a host of other applications than conventional video games, Google, Gmail, and as the official market. AccuWeather.com row 7 pre-set time application performance Quickoffice application Qik Video Chat, Kindle demand applications Zinio Reader, Slacker Radio, and the use of overproduction.
Also included are a variety of applications, such as T-Mobile T-Mobile TV, T-Mobile and T-Mobile to start the device. These applications can configure and manage aspects of your company T-Mobile and access to the transmission of TV services T-Mobile. T-Mobile is also Wi-Fi hotspot applications to create a hot spot for Dell Streak 7 and included a request for a quick guide to using the device.
For entertainment, the popular Golf 3D, Gameloft Asphalt 5 pilot awards, golf included. Application Portal Zoodles children also comes pre-installed games and applications and provides a portal designed for young children. Lookout mobile security software is included, although the user must create an account before you can help protect your computer against malicious programs and steal.
Dell Streak 7 uses the browser Android Stock Exchange, based on WebKit, and works well. Browser streak was difficult and all the usual multiple functions are present and available. The zoom is good and very fast loading of pages on mobile devices.
In general, Dell Streak 7, a device fun to use. It worked, and any other device Froyo and, despite the sweet scene of the interface does not seem to leave much. But we will not go wrong step user interface, row 7 is very strong, we will find items in the following pages.
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