Android Phones
Dell offers “exclusive” deal on Streak as it preps U.S. launch
July 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Remember the Dell Streak? The Android MID that became an Android tablet that became an Android phone? Well, it seems to be getting ever-closer to a U.S. release. Dell has opened a sign-up page taking requests from customers interested in an “Exclusive Dell Streak pre-sale opportunity” that should be underway shortly.
Dell is offering to sell the Streak for an introductory price that is presumably less than retail, and it’s throwing in a Plantronics Bluetooth headset for only 99 cents. Anyone who signs-up will be eligible for an early sale for the device, which should be hitting the U.S. shortly. The Streak is already available in the UK through a contract deal with O2.
The Streak is attractive for having a 5-inch screen, a custom version of Android, and a 1 GHz processor. Depending on who you are, it’s also unattractive because of that large screen and custom version of Android, which is based on Donut (1.6). But someone in the market for a tablet or mega-phone will get the Streak for a cheaper price by signing up at Dell.
"Dell is offering to sell the Streak for an introductory price that is presumably less than retail" Where did you get this info that Dell is offering to sell Streak for less than retail price?
When you go to the registration page (link at the bottom), they offer an exclusive pre-sale deal for a limited time. It wouldn't make sense for them to make this offer if they weren't going to do it for less than full retail price. That's why I put presumably; it's not definite but they've painted that picture. I signed-up so hopefully we'll know for sure soon.
That's a stupid thing to assume. You think they'll offer you more than free two-day shipping and a 99 cent bluetooth headset? Because I bet that's what their "exclusive pre-sale deal" is.
We'll see soon enough.
Wowow such hostility