Dell just confirmed the price for the upcoming 5-inch Streak mobile tablet: it’ll be sold for $299 if you pick up the tablet-slash-Android smartphone along with a two-year AT&T contract or $549 if you want an unlocked version you can use with any mobile network. The pricing makes it significantly cheaper compared to Apple’s 3G-packing iPad that starts at $629, and could probably be better if you prefer a more mobile slate that can actually run Flash.
The problem is, no one knows when the Streak will be released—at least in the US. According to Dell’s website, the Streak will go on sale before the end of July, although a Dell spokesman recently mentioned in an interview that “the Dell Streak won’t go on sale in July.” It’s already been launched in the UK since last month, running on Android 1.6, although it’s being rumored that the US version might come loaded with an Android 2.1 operating system.
Despite the lack of info, it’s starting to look like a hit though—there are reports that the Streak’s pre-sale page has been getting a lot of orders way before Dell even outlined the price and release date.
Tags: Android, Dell, Mobile Phones, Streak, Tablets
