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Dell will not upgrade T-Mobile Streak 7 4G to Honeycomb

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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="232" mce_src="http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4688/dellstreak7ac0540x387.jpg" src="http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4688/dellstreak7ac0540x387.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="324" />Well that just sucks. T-Mobile Streak 7 owners, I hope you like Froyo. While users of the unlocked 3G and WiFi variants of Dell’s Streak 7 tablet are already seeing updates to the full tablet version of Android, T-Mobile customers will be stuck on Android 2.2 if they opt to stick with official software. Dell did not give a reason for their failure to send out an over-the-air update.</div>
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Android users are more than familiar with long delays for current software, but this denial of service will sting just for T-Mobile users, who are apparently plain out of luck, while the rest of the Streak 7 userbase enjoys Android 3.2. The snub is probably because T-Mobile hasn’t sold enough of the HSPA+ tablets to warrant the development time for an update – not that that makes the people who spent the most on the hardware (after two-year wireless service contracts) any happier.</div>
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A port of Honeycomb from the other Streak 7 hardware is likely if I know the good folks at XDA, but that’s not the point. It shouldn’t have been necessary for users to hack their tablets to receive functionality that’s been available in other tablets for the better part of a year already. This latest bit of news makes it more and more important to pay attention to the version of Android that’s on a device you buy – neither the manufacturer nor the carrier has any obligation to upgrade the Android software within, and unless you’re willing to throw your warranty out the window, you could be stuck.</div>
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Dell will not upgrade T-Mobile Streak 7 4G to Honeycomb

Well that just sucks. T-Mobile Streak 7 owners, I hope you like Froyo. While users of the unlocked 3G and WiFi variants of Dell’s Streak...

Dell Streak slips to $100 on contract at Best Buy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZa2PWw9c07EHv-i9b0w33yrjqvkEqabs5vvC4Y18GapVuGGAYiOSuQE7zaY5MQCudpTuxEB3bg_5sjVt6RgA4gwC-Qu8Jh7PU5UAcuyxNDdCkaH3v6JH5S-DZVDlicmZ6n-EMOlK4RY/s1600/10x1215b72bq1b36c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZa2PWw9c07EHv-i9b0w33yrjqvkEqabs5vvC4Y18GapVuGGAYiOSuQE7zaY5MQCudpTuxEB3bg_5sjVt6RgA4gwC-Qu8Jh7PU5UAcuyxNDdCkaH3v6JH5S-DZVDlicmZ6n-EMOlK4RY/s320/10x1215b72bq1b36c.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br>
<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003XVYBU8&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Discounts are raining down from the heavens these days as retailers try to offload old stock and do a bit of tidying up before rolling in the fresh batch of 2011 smartphones. Best Buy is keeping with this trend by treating its customers to a nice big saving on the AT&T-attached Dell Streak, offering it up for a mere $100 in upfront costs. The typical two-year commitment will be required from you, but that might just be worth it for this 5-inch Android slate, particularly if you load it up with the latest firmware.<br>
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Dell Streak slips to $100 on contract at Best Buy

Discounts are raining down from the heavens these days as retailers try to offload old stock and do a bit of tidying up before rolling in t...

O2's Dell Streak Android 2.2 update 'this week'

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/events/ces2010/dellstreak3-200-200.jpg"> </div><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004BW747K&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>O2 looks likely to be pushing out the new update to the <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3630952467398438450&postID=3911519115600138855">Dell Streak</a> in the near future, bringing with it a raft of new features.<br>
The overhaul has been <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/O2/status/14374173119881216">confirmed on Twitter</a> by O2 a few hours ago, with the site's official feed stating: "Great news for our Dell Streak owners – the 2.2 Froyo update is coming this week!"<br>
Whether this will actually happen on time, we don't know – <i>of course</i> we trust any UK network, but Android updates are notorious for their delays, for whatever reason.<br>
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O2's Dell Streak Android 2.2 update 'this week'

O2 looks likely to be pushing out the new update to the Dell Streak in the near future, bringing with it a raft of new features. The over...