David Gilson

Dell Streak comparison photos

May 18

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In my continuing series of device gallery posts, I’m turning the camera onto the mammoth Dell Streak. Just like the HTC HD7, I’ll be writing a full blog post about the device soon. As a taster though, here’s the eye candy post!

The Streak is an Android device, and it’s honestly a matter of opinion as to whether it should be classed as a large phone or a small tablet. It’s a fully functioning Android phone, but its five inch screen makes it difficult to describe as “pocket sized”.

The differentiators of the Streak, apart from its screen size come in the form of Dell’s “Stage UI”, which I didn’t find too offensive in comparison to the pure Google experience offered on the HTC Nexus One. The other unique(ish) selling point is inclusion of the Swype virutal keyboard. I’ve tried Swype on Symbian, where I was quite underwhelmed. However, there’s something about doodling lines to type words on such a large screen that is actually an enjoyable experience.

Thanks to Tim Salmon for the loan of this one.

The Dell Streak, a 5 inch Android phone, or is it a tablet?

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HTC HD7 comparison photos

May 17

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With the expectation of fruit from Nokia’s and Microsoft’s partnership later this year, I’ve been borrowing the HTC HD7 from Steve Litchfield. The idea is to properly understand and research Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, as all of us at All About Symbian slowly adjust to the new platform. I will be writing a post very soon with my thoughts about Windows Phone 7, in its admittedly early stage of development.

In the meantime though, I wanted to give some attention to the hardware. HTC have come out with what is a somewhat conservative or ‘safe’ design. The HD7 is a fairly nondescript touch slab. There are some things to get excited about though. First of all, the brushed metal bezzle surrounding the camera, LED flash lights and speaker, doubles as a spring-loaded kick stand. I love this feature, and the angle it stands the phone at is ideal. I wish more phones had a kick stand. The kick stand is a perfect complement to the large and bright 4.3″ LCD screen.

There’ll be more on the HD7 here soon, but for now, just sit back and enjoy the the photo gallery!

The HTC HD7

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