Elements of Dell's long-rumored mini-tablet have been spied on, leaked and whispered about for months now, but the device had never been officially announced — until Thursday, when none other than Michael Dell whipped the Android-powered, 5-inch Streak out of his pocket for an impromptu public demo. Dell even went a bit further, spilling details on the Streak's release dates and carriers.
The action happened Thursday during Dell's keynote at Citrix Synergy, a desktop virtualization conference being held this week in San Francisco. The CEO was pontificating about how "the device we use to access our information shouldn't matter anymore," eWeek reports — when all of a sudden, Dell surprised the conference's "full house" by whipping the Streak out of his pocket."Actually, I've got a new little device right here," said Dell (according to the eWeek story), who then gave the startled audience a quick demo of Citrix's Receiver app on the Streak and revealed some release dates: June for European carrier 02 Telefonica and "later this summer" on AT&T here in the U.S.
Dell wasn't all that forthcoming about the Streak's exact features and specifications, but we've already got a pretty good idea thanks to the cascade of leaks about the not-so-secret device.
Engadget got its hands on a prototype Streak back in February and dished out some juicy details: a 5-inch, 800-by-480 capacitive display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G support, 1.63GB of storage plus microSD memory expansion, and a 5-megapixel camera with a flash.
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