Gadgetory

hey I'm Donnell Bell and today we're taking a first look at the Dell Streak seven this is a seven inch android tablet available from t-mobile for $199 with the two-year contract or $450 on a pay-as-you-go plan Dells first streak Android tablet which is still available use the 5-inch screen and I criticized it for feeling more like a smartphone than a tablet since that time they've upgraded to Android 2.2 dramatically changed the UI and fold it in Adobe Flash support it's a better device but it's still no match for the 7-inch version now the Android OS and the interface are essentially the same as the five but the extra screen size on the seven puts this neck-and-neck with something like the Samsung Galaxy Tab it's still half the size of the iPad but like we saw on the tab the smaller size can be a convenience it also works with t-mobile's 4G network which makes this the first 4G enabled tablet on the market taking a look at the tablet you'll see that the standard Android navigation buttons have been gathered up near the corner here putting on the right under your thumb when you hold this thing in landscape view you also get a headphone jack proprietary USB connector and a volume rocker open up this flap on the side and you've got your SIM card slot and a space for a full sized SD card flip it over and there's a five megapixel camera for taking videos or photos plus you get a flash there's also a camera on the front that works with video chat which t-mobile will let you run over their network the only bad thing I can really say about the streak 7 is that it's still an Android 2.2 device at a time when everyone is looking to Android 3.0 and alternatives like the BlackBerry PlayBook and HP's webOS tablet Dell did a lot of work to jazz things up but it's still essentially a 2011 tablet with a 2010 operating system now the low on contract price is tempting but with all the cutting-edge tablets coming out this year you'd be smart not to lock yourself down so that's the Dell Streak 7 a great 7 inch Android tablet with 4G speed but probably not the most advanced device we'll see this year for cnet.com i'm donald bell