{"id":14743,"date":"2010-07-28T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T16:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=14743"},"modified":"2010-07-28T08:35:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T16:35:03","slug":"dell-streak-coming-to-att-for-299","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/electrotech\/dell-streak-coming-to-att-for-299","title":{"rendered":"Dell Streak Coming to AT&T for $299?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dell has been touting it’s massive Streak smartphone for quite some time now. \u00c2\u00a0The phone has been out in the UK for some time now, and is supposed to be coming to the US in “late July.” \u00c2\u00a0It’s late July now, and we haven’t heard a lot from Dell about the release of the product.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday Dell posted a video on YouTube announcing that, as rumored, the US version of the Dell Streak will only be available on AT&T’s network. \u00c2\u00a0So it looks like that for now those hoping to get the 5-inch smartphone\/tablet on T-Mobile will just have to wait, or deal with EDGE data. \u00c2\u00a0The video also showed off the Streak running it’s customized skin on top of Android 2.1. \u00c2\u00a0The phone will ship (and has shipped in the UK) running on Android 1.6, and an update to Froyo has been promised for shortly after launch.<\/p>\n

On the same day Dell posted and took down a blog post detailing the pricing of the Dell Streak. \u00c2\u00a0Before it was taken down sites like Engadget<\/a> and Boy Genius Report<\/a> were able to pull the important information. \u00c2\u00a0It looks like Dell is planning on selling the Streak on AT&T for $299 with a two-year contract. \u00c2\u00a0For those who don’t want to buy a contract, or just want to use the phone as a small Wi-Fi tablet (not a terrible idea for those who hate the iPad), it will be available unlocked for $529. \u00c2\u00a0It seems a bit expensive, but given that the phone is almost in the realm of a tablet, and the unlocked Nexus One ran for $580, it’s not a terrible price by any means.<\/p>\n

As for that “late July” time frame, we have no idea. \u00c2\u00a0There’s still a few days left for Dell to release the smartphone, but it seems almost unlikely it’ll be out before the end of the month. \u00c2\u00a0If you can’t wait for the phone, you can always sign up with Dell<\/a> to be notified when it finally does go up for sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dell has been touting it’s massive Streak smartphone for quite some time now. The phone has been out in the UK for some time now, and is supposed to be coming to the US in “late July.” It’s late July now, and we haven’t heard a lot from Dell about the release of the product.<\/p>\n