Tegra 2, 512MB RAM, 4G speeds on an unlimited data plan; what's not to like?
All right, I know there are some quibbles out there. It only runs FroYo (presumably with no dual processor support), the screen is "low res," and the battery life sucks. As for the screen, I saw it and it looks great to me. It's the same ppi as the iPad, and I don't see anyone crying about the "crappy" screen on the iPad.
As for the other two issues, the battery and FroYo, I would like to say they don't really matter; but they do. Or, maybe they don't. That's what I'm not sure of, so I'm here to ask you people for some educated opinions before I take the plunge.
What's the future of Dell Streak 7 development? Everything hinges on this question, for me (my only Android device is an OG Droid, so I'm a bit spoiled with ROMs).
Battery life will be improved greatly with some tweaking (such as adding Honeycomb, underclocking settings, new kernels, removing T-Mo bloatware and such), and FroYo can be replaced. As I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong), the S7 has an unlocked bootloader and is fully rootable/ROMable.
My issue is, I don't see a lot going on for this tablet. It's near perfect hardware (though I suppose the screen and battery could be better, but they're good enough for the price). Right size, right processor, enough RAM, 4G, GPS, all that. Why isn't there more development for it? Even the Nook Color has HC running on it, and the XOOM is already overclocked.
Is this tablet a dead end if I'm looking for one with custom ROMs? I wish I knew how to code for Android, but I don't. I really appreciate all the devs do, and I couldn't live with an Android with no dev support. I had an Archos A70 for about a month, but returned it because it was so limited in this regard. Is the S7 another player with great potential that will probably, ultimately, be left behind?
Even if all it gets is Honeycomb stable and not much else, I'd still probably pick up this tab.
What are your thoughts and opinions?
All right, I know there are some quibbles out there. It only runs FroYo (presumably with no dual processor support), the screen is "low res," and the battery life sucks. As for the screen, I saw it and it looks great to me. It's the same ppi as the iPad, and I don't see anyone crying about the "crappy" screen on the iPad.
As for the other two issues, the battery and FroYo, I would like to say they don't really matter; but they do. Or, maybe they don't. That's what I'm not sure of, so I'm here to ask you people for some educated opinions before I take the plunge.
What's the future of Dell Streak 7 development? Everything hinges on this question, for me (my only Android device is an OG Droid, so I'm a bit spoiled with ROMs).
Battery life will be improved greatly with some tweaking (such as adding Honeycomb, underclocking settings, new kernels, removing T-Mo bloatware and such), and FroYo can be replaced. As I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong), the S7 has an unlocked bootloader and is fully rootable/ROMable.
My issue is, I don't see a lot going on for this tablet. It's near perfect hardware (though I suppose the screen and battery could be better, but they're good enough for the price). Right size, right processor, enough RAM, 4G, GPS, all that. Why isn't there more development for it? Even the Nook Color has HC running on it, and the XOOM is already overclocked.
Is this tablet a dead end if I'm looking for one with custom ROMs? I wish I knew how to code for Android, but I don't. I really appreciate all the devs do, and I couldn't live with an Android with no dev support. I had an Archos A70 for about a month, but returned it because it was so limited in this regard. Is the S7 another player with great potential that will probably, ultimately, be left behind?
Even if all it gets is Honeycomb stable and not much else, I'd still probably pick up this tab.
What are your thoughts and opinions?
