What Dell may give, it will probably taketh away. That is the story with the Streak , which has quietly vanished from retail in addition to the outfit’s online storefront. We first got wind of this when a tipster wrote in to claim he had spoken to an organization employee, who said the 5-inch Android tablet / phone have been discontinued. After we reached out to Dell’s PR team to peer what’s up, we got the pat “Dell doesn’t touch upon rumors, speculation, or unannounced products.” So then we called customer support, pretending to reserve one, and that is the reason when things got interesting. The rep told us the Streak hasn’t, actually, been end-of-life’d; it’s just been pulled from shelves while it receives an update. The gentleman couldn’t say how severe the problem is, though he insists it has zilch to do with Android. Whatever it really is, Dell isn’t even accepting orders for the 5-inch Streak at present. If all goes in response to plan, though, we’re told it’s going to return on sale in early August.
[Thanks, Venkata]
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