How is the Streak 7?

[graffixnyc]

I'm thinking of getting the streak 7. How do the people who have it like it? I heard battery life sucks.. it's like half of the galaxy tab. Is it rootable yet?

 

[Hellzya]

Battery is the only flaw ive found thus far. And yes it is rootable. Dj_steve is doing some performance tweaks for it as well. If your not concerned about battery i say get it.

sent from my re-engineered dInc

 

[graffixnyc]

Battery is the only flaw ive found thus far. And yes it is rootable. Dj_steve is doing some performance tweaks for it as well. If your not concerned about battery i say get it.

sent from my re-engineered dInc

I think I will.. I mean right now it's my only option for a tablet.. I dont have the cash up front and I have a dell credit account so I could get it and not have to pay all at once for it out of pocket.. Having a $4000 credit limit with dell is dangerous.. since aug I've bought a laptop, dell duo, printer, memory upgrades.. haha I just plan on paying off as much as possible when my student loan comes in.. So the fact that I can get the Streak 7 right now is making me want to click that order now button quicker! screw it.. I'll order it..

 

[Hellzya]

Like i said if you can look past the battery as most cant. Its actually a great tab. The screen is actually pretty good. As some reviews have called it ****ty. I for one love it.

sent from my re-engineered dInc

 

[graffixnyc]

Like i said if you can look past the battery as most cant. Its actually a great tab. The screen is actually pretty good. As some reviews have called it ****ty. I for one love it.

sent from my re-engineered dInc

I read somewhere that even though it's a 1ghz that they actually underclock it to 800 for battery reasons.. ok.. I think I will take the plunge.. if worst comes to worst and I cant stand the battery life I can always pass it off to my daughter. hahaha

 

[graffixnyc]

Just ordered it! I'm not using a plan. I'm just going to use my mytouch 4g as a wifi hot spot when I'm in a place I dont have a wifi signal. I heard the battery life is better if you turn off the 3G radio. Which in my case will be turned off all the time since I'll only be using wifi

 

[hvbelton]

I keep mine in Airplane mode most of the time, running it in wifi mode. This helps a bunch with the battery.

 

[Hellzya]

Turning on airplane mode does help. I dont have a data plan either. I can see about 2-3 hours of heavy use. Also if your not using it say for a couple hours turn it off. I also use my dInc as a hot spot when im not around wifi. Enjoy it!

sent from my re-engineered dInc

 

[graffixnyc]

Thanks! they said estimated ship date is tomorrow! haha since I didn't get a plan I paid full price for it but got free shipping and a $45 EPP discount

 

[Arun01]

Yea i have to admit i love my Streak 7..battery life on my Archos 70 was better but oh well ..i think i'm going to keep this tablet & get the Xoom too (for home use) as the Streak 7 is more portable.but idk...

 

[slave-zeo]

Im really pleased with my Streak 7. I use it everyday and my kids use it even more. MY main complaint is a lot of apps aren't updated for the tegra 2 chipset yet. Especially games.

The battery is a non issue as I charge it every chance I get. Just like I do my mobile phone.

The screen is not bad at all, only thing is the screen looks fuzzy with older games, non native resolution i guess. Newer ones look great.

I'm happy with it. One of the best $199.00 i've spent.

 

[Hellzya]

Couldnt agree more. If you look past the battery its a great device.

sent from my re-engineered dInc

 

[MikeTheSith200]

Wait it has a Tegra 2?? man if it does i really want one. payed with it and it was really nice. so much lighter than my 10 inch G tablet. 40 a month is steep but it includes wifi sharing so its kinda worth it.

 

[stacyh]

I just ordered mine after looking at the fine print on the Xoom. It is not flash certified, and the SD card slot does not work. 4G upgrade will be free to the orginal purchaser only sometime in the future.

Too many ifs , buts and future promises.

I have a Streak 5, he could use a bigger brother.

 

[Hellzya]

I just ordered mine after looking at the fine print on the Xoom. It is not flash certified, and the SD card slot does not work. 4G upgrade will be free to the orginal purchaser only sometime in the future.

Too many ifs , buts and future promises.

I have a Streak 5, he could use a bigger brother.

And on top of that the locked up bootloader.

 

[KenpoAP]

And on top of that the locked up bootloader.

The bootloader on the xoom is unluckable and relockable says motorola and retweet by cyanogen a couple of hours back!

www.gotopuertorico.com

 

[Hellzya]

wow thats surprising. I stand corrected

Sent from my Dell Streak 7

 

[chamberc]

Love my Streak 7... battery life isn't great, but I don't see what all the complaints are regarding the screen resolution. It doesn't have great viewing angles, but what LCD does?

A real bargain and I love it!

 

[RootaToota]

It's very nice

I love my Dell Streak. I was hunting this tablet for a month and bought it Feb 2nd on release day.

Battery life is not too bad if you have a widget to turn off data and wifi. When I open my tablet, if not using it for music or text, I'll quickly turn on data, check my e-mail and social networks, then turn it back off.

My benchmarks are consistently 1850++ on stock OS.

I rooted it within a few hours of purchase taking a chance and it no longer let me save pics or alter anything. No restore in any form would work- even with Dell's ''expert" techs.

Seeing how Quadrant is not made for Dual- Core or 2.2 Android, it spanked the test...

If it is supposedly at 800 MHz, then it's even more remarkable.

My Stock Glacier on 2.2 with 1660 Quadrant @ 1 GHz...
Later Rooted/S-Off - CM7 2.3 with 1761 Quadrant @ 1 GHz

I bought it for Hardware reasons. It charges fast with a 2 amp Charger.

NEEDS SOFTWARE BAD THOUGH. Lol.

 

[Hellzya]

Flash steves perf mode .2 really brings the thing alive.

Sent from my Dell Streak 7