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Dell Streak ‘Pocket Tablet’ launches on Rogers

November 10, 2010November 28, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 1.6, Android 2.2, canada, Dell, Dell Streak, google, launch, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, Stage UI, Streak, superphone, Tab, tablet3 Comments

The Dell Streak. What an interesting journey this odd device has had. Originally previewed by Dell as far back as CES in January, this 5” Android phone launched in Europe in June. Initial enthusiasm for this device was dulled by the fact that Dell inexplicably decided to launch it with Android 1.6, but the overall consensus was that the hardware was well made, and it would have potential with an OS upgrade. Then, after much confusion about whether Dell would sell it unlocked in the US, the Streak launched in…

Alienware’s laptop line up

August 18, 2010August 23, 2010 Doug Groves Alienware, Area 51, Dell, Futureshop, gaming laptop, Laptop, M11X, M15X, M17X, PC gaming6 Comments

Futureshop recently held a ‘Back To School’ event with various hardware vendors showing some of their wares. Despite the ‘…School’ moniker, there was a plethora of gaming oriented companies there. For example, Alex got to take a look at the Alienware notebooks coming to retail in Canada via Futureshop, including the M11X ($1199), a portable gaming rig in an 11.6″ almost netbook sized form factor. The M11X has switchable graphics so you can jump from the integrated Intel solution to NVidia’s GT 335M chip for gaming good enough to play…

Dell’s push back into mobile leaked

April 22, 2010 Doug Groves Android, Axim x51, Dell, Dell Lightning, Dell Smoke, Dell Streak, Dell Thunder, google, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, WP71 Comment

Dell was a pretty major player back in the days before PDAs and mobile phones were mashed together to become smart phones. A device with a 3.7″ VGA screen and a 624Mhz processor sounds like pretty decent specs. Well, Dell released the Axim x50v back in 2004. The next year, they release the x51v, which was the last of their Windows Mobile devices. Although they didn’t have phone capabilities, they were certainly very powerful devices back in the day, and even now holder their own against some mid range smart…

So you wanna buy a Netbook.

September 9, 2009 Danny X Acer, computers, Dell, Gateway, Hackintosh, HP, Mini 10v, MSI, netbook12 Comments

Recently I was in the market for a new laptop computer. I was going to be travelling in the near future and I needed something I could carry around with me. It didn’t need to be a workhorse or anything; just something with which I could stay connected for email, internet, write a few blog posts, and maybe watch some episodes of Burn Notice on in my down time. Having no desire to lug around my tank-like Macbook Pro for these meagre tasks, I made my way to Best Buy…