Dell Streak 7 Review | Specifications and Photos

Dell Streak 7 Review | Specifications and Photos - Coming to T-Mobile as their first 4G tablet, Dell is set to launch its foray into the 7-inch tablet market with the Dell Streak 7. Packed with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 dual core processor and a 7-inch 800×480 Gorilla Glass touch screen. Is it poised to take on the Tab? Check out the full review.

The hardware design for the Streak 7 is vastly improved from the Streak 5. I was one of Dell’s harshest critics of the Streak 5 as the back battery panel came to easily detached from the device.

Like the Tab the back of the Streak 7 is a solid non-removable panel. The back also contains a small diamond texture design similar to the texture feel Dell has been putting on more of their consumer notebooks.

One of the things that stands out the most with the design of the hardware is that it appears to be designed with landscape mode in mind as the major way the product will be used.   From the camera positions, to the power and volume buttons and most noticeably the orientation of the side buttons.

The design of the Streak 7 is much like the design of the Streak 5 where the sides of the device, if you are holding it landscape, have a slight curve. On the top of the device there are only two buttons, off and one and volume up and down. The Home, Menu and Back buttons are on the front. One thing that is noticeable is the absence of the search button so commonly found on other Android hardware. This could mean Dell intends to make the move to Honeycomb quickly where search is integrated more into the core operating system, or it could just frustrate users.

There are two speakers on the Streak 7 on both ends of the device, which gives it a true stereo experience with applications that use audio. In comparison the Tab has two speakers but they are both at the bottom of the device.

The tablet itself is 7.9 x 4.7 x 0.5 and weighs 1lb compared to the Tab which is 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches and 13.4 ounces.  In this side by side comparison you can see the Streak 7 is slightly longer.

Main Features:

• 1 GHz dual core Tegra T20 Processor
• Android 2.2 (Froyo) with Over the Air Upgrade Capability
• 2 Camera; rear facing camera with 5 mega pixel and front facing camera of 1.3 mega pixel
• Gorilla Glass Display
• Full HTML WebKit browser
• Adobe Flash 10.1 (Froyo)
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
• Wi-Fi 802.11
• Bluetooth 2.1
• 3.5mm audio jack,
• Internal Memory: 16/32 GB
• MicroSD and MicroSDHC: Supported
• Other: Calculator
• GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• UMTS: 850, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
• Supports: HTML, Flash

Conclusion

Dell Streak 7 is 7-inces capacitive multi-touch screen based on 4G network support, 5 mega pixels Camera with Auto-focus, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 1GHz processor, 16GB built-in memory and a 3.5mm jack.