[Dell Streak 7] clubtech:
Those of you who are considering buying the Streak 7 are welcome to read my small personal review.

After reading all the horrible reviews from various blogs i had to go to T-mobile and see if it is really THAT bad....

After using it for about 3 days now i can certainly say that it is NOT that bad at all and i actually enjoy this tablet more than i enjoyed the Galaxy Tab.

I'll start with the good:

1) It is FAST and smooth. It is certainly faster than the Galaxy Tab (i had the at&t version). it is very responsive to touch and switching tasks. there is really zero lag here.

2) Quadrant is around 1900+/- which is not bad out of the box.

3) seems like it is being capped at 60fps (improvement from old streak which was capped at 30fps)

4) The browser is absolutely smooth and fast, unlike the Galaxy Tab's browser which is laggy and was the Tab's main fault (even after the recent leaked firmwares from Samsung where they fixed some of the browser issues). Flash plays very smoothly on this device.

5) It plays XVID out of the box (i tested a normal xvid file, not any HD content and it plays it with the built in player)

6) The speakers are one of the best i have heard. they sound much better than the galaxy Tab.

7) I bought the dock for it from the T-Mobile store. it enables full screen mirroring via HDMI and it does it very well. The Galaxy Tab HDMI out is very disappointing as its HDMI out is extremely blurry and poor.

8) I can make phone calls with it using a Google Voice account + Spidroid from the market. i can receive and make calls using the wired headset no problem and it works well over 3g/4g and Wifi (I'll write a guide later on how to do it).

9) Build quality is more than satisfactory, i just wish i could remove the DELL logo from the back :)

10) The 5Mpx camera is fine, though not amazing.

11) The tablet is Quad Band WCDMA (which is extremely rare). once we can unlock it i am moving this to at&t :)

12) Unlike what other people say, it has 512MB RAM with 364MB user accessible (which is NORMAL).

13) Very good GPS. i get instant locks and it is super stable.

14) Overall it is very stable for me with 95 apps installed.

The bad and not so bad:

1) The screen resolution is only 800x480 but its NOT THAT BAD. I agree that higher resolution would look better though.

2) Viewing angle is not that great, but again this is a 7'' tablet. you would normally be looking straight at it (unlike a 10'' tablet).

3) The colors are not very deep, but its not that bad really.

4) Battery life is disappointing BUT i have isolated the cause. It is the 3G radio that is killing it. If you put the tab into airplane mode and only use wifi you will see great improvement. Let's hope Dell will release a new radio which is more battery friendly. Initially i thought it was the screen, but it seems to be the radio.

5) Some apps and games wont load properly or crash. This is due to Tegra as these games and apps needs to be updated to use arm v7 (i.e. gameloft games, splashtop remote, super stunt car). 90% of my apps work fine though.

6) T-Mobile absolutely refuses to unlock it for me. They say they have an exclusive deal with Dell on the tablet and that's why they are not offering an unlock code. Shame because it is Quad Band WCDMA!!!

7) Camera flash is a bit of a joke. it is very weak.

Overall i am happy with the Tablet and i enjoy it more than i enjoyed the Galaxy Tab mainly because of the excellent browser, system speed and full HDMI out which i use often.