Dell Streak to come preinstalled with Froyo

Dell Streak was really impressive as a handset; it bought together a mobile phone and a tablet PC. But people did have some complaints about it. The device was slapped a very high price of $549 and it came SIM locked too. A locked phone at such a high price might be unforgivable for some. The phone was covered by AT&T, a service provider that many people like the least mainly because of the way it handled the iPhone’s pre-order. The device came with Android 2.1 which is a dated version of the OS. There is newer and faster version lurking around so why didn’t Dell give it with the Streak?

It seems people’s prayers have been answered. Lionel Menchaca, from Dell said that the company will be skipping Android 2.1 and will upgrade the Dell Streak with Froyo, which is faster and more capable OS. Froyo is the codename given to the latest Android version 2.2. We don’t know when Dell will start shipping the Streaks with updated OS but we are very much glad to hear this piece of news. Dell Streak is one of the latest tablets to hit the market and these gadgets are now trying to share the limelight that the iPad is getting. The Streak has plenty of goodies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3G. It gives an excellent blend of a phone and a tablet PC with the features that it has to offer. There is also a camera for taking photos and it can record videos as well.

The Dell Streak is far from perfect though, the battery life is really small and Apple’s iPad wins by a big margin. The touch screen keyboard is not the best we have ever seen and your fingers will certainly feel the fatigue if you type for too long on this gadget. The music quality too could have been better.