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Dell Streak 7 to get Honeycomb 3.2?
While Dell may have bid the Streak 5 a tearful goodbye, they have not forgotten about the Streak 7. Under the hood the Streak 7 has some decent specs, but we’re guessing that the 800×480 resolution may have turned some potential customers away, what with the Super AMOLED displays floating around in the market nowadays.
We’re also guessing that the Android Froyo 2.2 platform is a huge turn off as well, but that may be changing soon as word has it that Dell has plans to start rolling out updates for their Streak 7 device. The update is expected to bring the device from a lowly Froyo 2.2 all the way past Gingerbread and right smack into Honeycomb 3.2! That’s a pretty huge update!
Several demo units spotted at IFA were running on Honeycomb 3.2, which may explain how this speculation came about. Do you think you could look past the 800×480 screen resolution if the device came loaded up with Honeycomb 3.2, or is display a bigger purchase factor?
The Dell Venue Pro comes has one advantage this time around, where it is on the receiving end of the Windows Phone Tango update. After all, this is not exactly the newest smartphone around, and to see the hardware still being supported is definitely worth a look. The Venue Pro is nearly a couple of years in age, and has the virtue of being one of the first Windows Phone powered devices to arrive at the market, so to see it being supported by the latest updates is always an encouraging sight.
To date, it was revealed that only one user in Germany was on the receiving end of this update on his handset, although others should follow suit pretty soon. Do bear in mind that this is not the Windows Phone 7.8 update which was promised to current Windows Phone 7.5-powered devices, and there is no certainty that this particular device will receive the update as well. Still, to see Dell extend such support is always worth mulling over.
Some leaked documents have found their way over to our friends over at Neowin (via MyBroadband) and it indicates that Dell’s first tablet will be called the Latitude 10. The documents show that the Latitude 10 will have a 10.1-inch screen and it will be running Windows 8. Besides that, the display will apparently have a resolution of 1366 x 768 and the whole setup will be powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor that is said to be based on the Clover Trail platform.
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If you are an avid fan of Dell smartphones and you also live in U.S, we regrettably inform you that you will not be able to purchase a Dell smartphone in the land of the free anymore because the company has allegedly stopped their sales of smartphones in the U.S. From online reports, it seems that the company has decided to reinvent their mobile strategy in order to concentrate on higher margin profits and upcoming markets.
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