[Dunhamzzz]

I've just uploaded a video of me unboxing my new Dell Streak. You can see the snazzy box and all it's contents.

YouTube- Dell Streak Unboxing

YouTube- Dell Streak Unboxing

It takes ages to start up the first time, hence the pause! I'll make more content and videos on the Dell Streak after I've had a play over the weekend

[kaik541]

so lucky to be living in the UK =P

looking forward to it hitting the US shores in July. Hopefully AT&T will actually subsidize this (unlike the iPad)

[formerglory]

Originally Posted by kaik541

so lucky to be living in the UK =P

looking forward to it hitting the US shores in July. Hopefully AT&T will actually subsidize this (unlike the iPad)

Even if they don't subsidize this, I've heard rumors of this retailing for around $400-500 USD. I'd pay something like that for one of these things, if that meant not renewing my contract (I'm grandfathered into the unlimited $30/month iPhone data plan , so I just have to swap SIM cards).

[rrfranczak3]

good luck to you guys, but I aint spending no $500 on a glorified cellphone

[kaik541]

Yeah they're definitely going to be sold unsubsidized (like I imagine Dunhamzzz's was since he said he didn't buy through O2) on dell's website, but I'd rather keep the price down to under $200 and use my upgrade credit through AT&T (if I can). If not, guess I'll put down the cash to buy the new iPhone and actually use that credit and sell it.

I guess I must be the only one not hot and bothered by AT&T's new data plans for smartphones. I guess I'm a little on the spoiled side when it comes to wifi access though, being a student and working in IT. No one in my family has yet to use more than 200MB a month, so even 2 GB seems like plenty and would still save me some money at $25 + 15% corporate discount.

[rrfranczak3]

I refuse to even get a data plan, I wanted a blackberry but when Verizon wouldnt sell it without the data plan I told them to forget about it....I dont wont or need a data plan on my phone, my ISP has free wi-fi all over and I just use my Mini 10, I dont want to surf the net on my phone and I dont want to talk on my Mini

[kaik541]

Originally Posted by rrfranczak3

I dont want to surf the net on my phone and I dont want to talk on my Mini

Fair enough. I certainly used to feel exactly the same way. But after living with android phones and iPhones for close to a year now, I've gotten pretty used to their extreme mobility and usefulness. I have wifi access at 95% of the places I go to, but for those rare moments where I don't, the usefulness of a smartphone starts to make sense. If I'm out for dinner, and want to check movie times, a phone is the perfect tool to look up movie times nearby instead of driving all the way home or calling someone to look up the times for me.

The extra $15 (soon) a month or so is worth it for the provided convenience and mobility (even if this thing is big, it can still fit in a guy's pocket or jacket) that even the minis can't provide us with

[samtoomer]

I think it's a promising form factor, and this device doesn't have any direct competitors as yet. It is between a phone and a small tablet like an iPad. Apple's device is too big so you can't fit it in your pocket, therefore you may as well just carry a netbook which is much more powerful and capable and convenient. And a phone is often just too small. This device pushes the limit of what you can put in your pocket, and that's great!

02 in the UK is a negative though, for a device which is reliant of data connections for its primary purpose, and 02's network isn't exactly reliable...