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    Dell Streak review

    Posted on June 6, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Dell_Streak_review_it_s_a_huge_friggin_phone'; Streak. It needs no introduction, as this slate's been gaining a lot of attention amongst gadget lovers around the world. Thanks to the UK launch last Friday, we were one of the first on this planet to procure Dell's finalized Android 1.6 phone from O2. Yep, you heard right -- Engadget's now in possession of two Streaks, with the older one still in its original and somewhat unstable prototype state. Our new toy sports a matte "carbon" finish instead of chrome (no word on future availability; the red version's coming in two weeks' time), and now 399MB of RAM instead of 405MB (according to Android System Info app; yet it's advertised as 512MB). Anyhow, now that we have the real deal, there's plenty to go through, so join us after the break to see if the Streak's really going to start a new trend.

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    Dell Streak review originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Quartet of Dell Streaks spotted in the wild in Seattle, testing for AT&T

    Quartet of Dell Streaks spotted in the wild in Seattle, testing for AT&T

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Quartet of Dell Streaks spotted in the wild in Seattle, testing for AT&T
    It's not often you see four unreleased gadgets rather unceremoniously attached to a plank of wood on the sidewalk, but that's exactly what Seattle Times blogger Brier Dudley spotted: four Dell Streaks all in a row. AT&T network technicians were apparently verifying performance of the devices on the company's 3G network and also ensuring their ability to send accurate e-911 information. Among the four was a bright crimson model, but sadly the pink and orange versions we're holding out for were not present on this particular piece of timber. We should be just a few weeks away from the Streak going fully public, at which point you can hopefully find something a little more suitable to attach yours to.

    [Thanks, Kris Hill]

    Quartet of Dell Streaks spotted in the wild in Seattle, testing for AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Forget the whack-jobs, the NASA photos don’t show trees

    Forget the whack-jobs, the NASA photos don’t show trees

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Look at the photo above. Doesn't it look like rolling hills adorned with patches of trees? Well, it's not. That's a picture of Mars taken by the HiRISE, the most powerful camera sent to another planet, and the tree looking things are really just illusions. NASA says that they are just trails of debris left over from ice melt landslides and we can probably believe the agency.

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  • Fun Polaroid Simulator Will Waste Many Hours

    Fun Polaroid Simulator Will Waste Many Hours

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    The Polaroid is dead. It was killed by the digital camera, which obviated the Polaroid’s headline feature — instant photos — by making them even more instant, and even better, by making them free. Which is a shame, as the Polaroid had another appeal. The photos it produced had a certain look to them, a vignetted, [...]

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