Dell Streak owners who took the plunge and bought their device unlocked are likely already enjoying Android 2.2, and even the ones on contract likely shoehorned the updated OS into their half-smartphone half-tablet mythological beast. For those who aren’t rich nor tech-savvy and waiting for an official update from Dell and AT&T, some internal e-mails indicated that Android 2.2 will be rolling out the week of January 12. Think of it as a late Christmas present.
The Dell Streak launched with Android 1.6 to the chagrin of many, but still had some charm about it – a 5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, 1 GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera with front-facing conferencing camera, Wi-Fi, 3G, and GPS are nothing to sneeze at. Folk interested in a full-blown Android tablet are probably more interested in the Samsung Galaxy Tab, or some of the other options coming out soon,
We’ve seen the Dell Streak running Froyo in the past, and given the pseudo-tablet form factor, we can only expect it to benefit even more from an Android 3.0 Honeycomb update which is optimized for bigger screens. Dell has shown a slight preference to working with Windows Phone, which might explain the lag in this update, and I can only wonder if they’ll make another Android phone after wrestling this much with the Streak. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen the Thunder / Venue… Maybe they’re trying to get Windows in there instead?
[via StreakSmart]