Dell has stopped selling the Dell Streak 5 inch Android tablet/smartphone. The original Streak launched last year as Dell’s first Android product. It blurred the lines between a tablet and a phone by pairing a reasonably large 5 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display with cellular capabilities.
The device hasn’t been in stock at Dell.com for a while, and now the company has posted a page saying goodbye to the Streak and suggesting other devices you might be interested in including the Dell Streak 7 Android tablet, Dell Venue Android phone, or Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 device.
As smartphone displays get larger and larger, the Streak doesn’t look as unusual today as it did when it launched, and while Dell always positioned the device as a tablet that could make phone calls, today it looks more like a bulky phone.
I have had a Dell Streak since July 2010 and love it, my contract runs out in July 2012 and there is nothing out there to replace it with the same size screen.
I find the size perfect, any smaller and it would not be so useful on the internet.
I hope Dell come up with something to replace it.
If I had to change the only other option as far as I am concerned would be the Samsung Galaxy S2 but the screen is a little small, my having been used to the streak.
It makes sense to kill it. Â I bought one several months ago and felt like it was too much of a compromise. Â Too cumbersome to use for voice calling, to put in your pockets and use with one hand. Â At the same time, the 5″ screen wasn’t much better than 4″ displays. Â Needless to say, I returned it (in addition to the fact that Dell sold me a refurb without ever mentioning it). Â
Damn it. I was hoping they work working on a  Wifi only model.Â