Dell 7-inch Streak discontinued in the US

Dell has decided to stop rolling out there 7″ Streak tablet, at least for folks living in the US. This is the larger sized sibling of the 5″ Streak model which incidentally, was also discontinued earlier in 2011. If you happen to point your browser towards the official product page of the 7″ Streak tablet, it states that this “Streak 7 is no longer available online”. Of course, if you do want to pick up a copy for yourself, you can do so in other markets save for the US.

What is the reason behind this move? Well, slow sales definitely contributed to the stopping of sales of the device, not to mention reviews that did not exactly cause the Streak to glow, as well as competition from other tablets like the Galaxy Tab in the 7″ segment. Heck, there is also the issue of low-cost specialized devices from Barnes & Noble (Nook Tablet) and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It does seem as though Dell is going to pull out from the Android tablet market in the US, and it remains to be seen whether they would plunge into this market down the road, assuming Windows 8 performs as promised.