Dell Streak

Dell’s Streak was released today in Carphone Warehouse and O2 stores, with prices starting from free on £25 per month contracts. Here is a brief unboxing of our demo unit. Apologies for the quality of the pictures, they were taken with an iPhone and a Blackberry 8900

Just inside the box

Contents of the box

Booting up

Still booting, just displaying the animated O2 logo

Still Booting

First screen you see when you turn it on is a picture of the O2 arena. Clever.

Next to an iPhone, it doesn't seem all that huge

iPhone 3GS and Dell Streak side by side, brothers in arms

With an iPhone piggybacking on top of it, the Streak only looks a little bit bigger

First Impressions

Before the streak came out, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. It seemed too small to be a decent tablet computer, yet too big to be a phone. Since playing with it, I’ve really grown to like it. Images and video display beautifully on the screen, and HD playback is smooth too.

While the 5 megapixel camera isn’t the biggest or best I have seen on a phone, the pictures look good on the 5 inch screen. Video recording is in 640 x 480 – not HD, but it’s still gorgeous.

On first sight, the Streak looks pretty sizeable compared to most phones out at the moment. While it might feel big when you hold it up to your face to talk, it actually fits snugly in the front pockets of my trousers. It’s slim size – slightly thinner than the iPhone – makes up for it’s width and length. The micro fibre case it comes with is a nice touch too, as it cleans fingerprints from the phone as you take it out.

Overall, the Streak is a nice looking and even better performing phone. It’s size makes it perfect for multimedia, and while it is only running Android 1.6, an upgrade to 2.x is in the works. Definitely a great alternative to an iPhone, but I’ll be waiting until monday to see what WWDC brings us.

What’s this? Apple is releasing it’s shiny new iPad on UK shores this month? And it’s up for pre-order now? That’s right folks! As promised, Apple’s new tablet computer is now available for pre-order in nine countries outside the USA, including – you guessed it – sunny United Kingdom.

If you want to make sure Apple keeps one of their shiny new toys aside for you on the 28th, head on over to the Apple Online Store now with your address and card details. Full list of prices after the break:

Source: Apple Store

iPad Wi-Fi

• 16GB – £429
• 32GB – £499
• 64GB – £599

iPad Wi-Fi+3G

• 16GB – £529
• 32GB – £599
• 64GB – £699

Update: Data plans for O2, Orange and Vodafone are now available, image after the break

Apple today announced that they plan to make the iPad available in nine more countries – including the UK – on the 28th of May. Pre-Orders go live on May 10th, with prices ranging from £429 for the 16GB, Wi-Fi Only option, to £699 for the 64GB, Wi-Fi+3G Option. Rumours suggest that mobile phone networks may offer the iPad at a subsidised price when taken with a contract, but this is yet to be confirmed by Apple or the Networks themseleves.

Source: Apple (Via Engadget)

Hello (again) World! My name is Mitchel Moriarty, and this is my brand new blog.

After leaving the old one to stagnate for over a year, I’ve decided to start again from scratch. This time i’ve ditched the crappy, self-made theme I had before, and switched to using Colourise by Theme Lab for a much better looking, more professional approach.

So a lot has happened in the year or so since I last posted. We’ve had a new iPhone (The 3G[S]) as well as the HTC Hero and Desire, three of my favourite phones. Motorola have risen from the grave and moved their focus towards Android. We’ve seen 3D become more mainstream and the success of Avatar in the cinema. Microsoft and Apple have both released new versions of their Operating Systems. Windows 7 in the Microsoft camp and OS X Snow Leopard for the Apple fanboys. More recently, we’ve seen months of rumor and speculation take form in Apple’s ‘revolutionary’ iPad, soon to launch this side of the Atlantic. In the near future, we’ll see the introduction of the iPhone V4 and hopefully some interesting new products from the Palm/HP merger.

All in all, this looks like a good year to be a tech blogger

Cheers,
Mitchel