Dell Streak Android tablet PC now available on Vodacom

R6999 for this ? what have they been smoking ?
at that price you are near the 64GB iPad wi-fi + 3G model .

yesterday i saw the Galaxy TAB at a Vodacom shop for R8999! what happened to the price reduction ?
 
william riker said:
R6999 for this ? what have they been smoking ?
at that price you are near the 64GB iPad wi-fi + 3G model .

yesterday i saw the Galaxy TAB at a Vodacom shop for R8999! what happened to the price reduction ?
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Near is the right word .. add GPS, GSM and 2 cameras .. and cram it into a package 1/4 the size ... and theres your price difference

Now why not MTN .. cmon .. been waiting to upgrade for 5 months already
 
I wouldn't actually rush to buy a tablet yet as this year will be tablet year - I am waiting for the Playbook to be released I might just snitch one for myself...

R7000 grand is madness I can buy a top of the range notebook for that price, still overpriced for South African consumers unless you someone wealthy and rich
 
jetlee said:
Near is the right word .. add GPS, GSM and 2 cameras .. and cram it into a package 1/4 the size ... and theres your price difference
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There are smart phones smaller than the Streak with higher specs and lower prices.
It's really just an enlarged smartphone, the screen resolution isn't even any high than other smartphones despite the larger size.

At that price the Streak has no place in the market, in my opinion. Rather get a smartphone like the Desire HD or Galaxy S. They're cheaper and better in very way.

The only point I can imagine for the Streak is if you have poor eyesight or fat fingers that make the smartphones difficult to use.
 
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I really want to see someone make a phone call with this monstrosity in a restaurant or pub. :p
 
Good to see another tablet landing in SA! But I'm going to wait for a 10' tablet, 5' is just a bit too small. Still... awesome news!
 
As I said in another Tabled thread:

tablets... meh... fuss over nothing... bigger cellphones

They take a netbook, chop off the only useful thing a netbook has the keyboard(lets face it their specs suck). Then they go "omg you guys i totally know how to make this thing even more useless... lets load wait for it... a cellphone OS on it!!" TOTALLY U GUYS!

My dad asked me the other day about the ipad... "I need to stay current with technology son" My answer: "what can it do that you can't do already?" His answer wait for it... "I can print all my photos" "Dad IT CANT EVEN PRINT!!" WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Usb stick? "NO DAD"
Connect my camera "NO DAD"
"Isn't it a small computer?"
NO I SAID **** NO!
 
I got a Dell i5 notebook for less than that. Vodacom is smoking something, R6999 for a 5" device? You gotta be kidding!!
 
Vegeta said:
My dad asked me the other day about the ipad... "I need to stay current with technology son" My answer: "what can it do that you can't do already?" His answer wait for it... "I can print all my photos" "Dad IT CANT EVEN PRINT!!" WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Usb stick? "NO DAD"
Connect my camera "NO DAD"
"Isn't it a small computer?"
NO I SAID **** NO!
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:)Like
 
Maddmatt said:
There are smart phones smaller than the Streak with higher specs and lower prices.
It's really just an enlarged smartphone, the screen resolution isn't even any high than other smartphones despite the larger size.

At that price the Streak has no place in the market, in my opinion. Rather get a smartphone like the Desire HD or Galaxy S. They're cheaper and better in very way.

The only point I can imagine for the Streak is if you have poor eyesight or fat fingers that make the smartphones difficult to use.
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On expansys the Dell streak is cheaper than the Desire hd 2 (7.5k) and about the same price as the Galaxy S (6k).. compare apples and apples
 
Vegeta said:
As I said in another Tabled thread:

tablets... meh... fuss over nothing... bigger cellphones

They take a netbook, chop off the only useful thing a netbook has the keyboard(lets face it their specs suck). Then they go "omg you guys i totally know how to make this thing even more useless... lets load wait for it... a cellphone OS on it!!" TOTALLY U GUYS!

My dad asked me the other day about the ipad... "I need to stay current with technology son" My answer: "what can it do that you can't do already?" His answer wait for it... "I can print all my photos" "Dad IT CANT EVEN PRINT!!" WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Usb stick? "NO DAD"
Connect my camera "NO DAD"
"Isn't it a small computer?"
NO I SAID **** NO!
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Well said! Hehehe!!

Really don't understand what the Iprat fuss is about?

My wife wanted one. Bought her one of those cheap 7" Android tablets for under R900, just so she can browse the web, facebook etc of my WiFi and leave my laptop alone. She loves it, I love the fact that I have my laptop to myself. And for JUST R6099 more I could have had a SMALLER version of what basically amounts to the same thing? Mmmmmm.....choices....choices.....choices....
 
william riker said:
R6999 for this ? what have they been smoking ?
at that price you are near the 64GB iPad wi-fi + 3G model .

yesterday i saw the Galaxy TAB at a Vodacom shop for R8999! what happened to the price reduction ?
Click to expand...

You can get the Galaxy tab for R185/m (abt R4440) if purchased at Vodacom online
 
This Dell streak has gotten really negative reviews. Battery life sucks and the screen sucks. And the price! No thanks.

The tablet market is huge - the PC for your average joe. In the future a traditional PC will exist only for geeks and developers like us.
 
jetlee said:
Near is the right word .. add GPS, GSM and 2 cameras .. and cram it into a package 1/4 the size ... and theres your price difference

Now why not MTN .. cmon .. been waiting to upgrade for 5 months already
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why would you want a tablet a 1/4 of the size of an iPad? If you want a tablet get a tablet.
 
Vegeta said:
As I said in another Tabled thread:

tablets... meh... fuss over nothing... bigger cellphones

They take a netbook, chop off the only useful thing a netbook has the keyboard(lets face it their specs suck). Then they go "omg you guys i totally know how to make this thing even more useless... lets load wait for it... a cellphone OS on it!!" TOTALLY U GUYS!

My dad asked me the other day about the ipad... "I need to stay current with technology son" My answer: "what can it do that you can't do already?" His answer wait for it... "I can print all my photos" "Dad IT CANT EVEN PRINT!!" WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Usb stick? "NO DAD"
Connect my camera "NO DAD"
"Isn't it a small computer?"
NO I SAID **** NO!
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Airprint? Ipad Camera connection Kit? USB connection no. Please pass on to Dad!
 
This idea is chock full of fail, I mean R6999.....LOL.
The slow person who buys it at that price should consult me I'm selling a few unicorns for R1billion each.
 
MonTage said:
why would you want a tablet a 1/4 of the size of an iPad? If you want a tablet get a tablet.
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Thats a great view of life .. why buy a mercedes when a beetle is also a car ??? .. its called choice and my needs are not neccessarily the same as yours .. carrying a 7 inch tablet may be too big for me If I lug around armfulls of things to clients .. maybe I just want it to read ebooks on .. maybe just to watch video on the train ... everyone has different needs .. assuming that everyones is the same as yours is naive at best
 
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