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Dell Streak 5 – The Hardware

In Computing, Technology on 6 March 2011 tagged android, Computing, dell, Hardware, mobile, streak, Technology with 1 comment

I’m using the Dell Streak as a sort of mini-tablet, which is I think what Dell was going after. I haven’t enabled a voice or text plan on this thing so it’s strictly data. Shout-out to B at the local Rogers store for helping me set that up when the people at Rogers HQ said [...]

Froyo on the Streak

In Computing, Technology on 26 February 2011 tagged android, Apple, Computing, dell, devices, firmware, gear, Hardware, iTunes, mobile, streak, Technology with 3 comments

First of all, what’s a Froyo? It sounds like a hobbit. Knowing the Android team’s predilection for dessert foods, however, it’s probably some kind of ice cream. Whatevs… [update, official Rogers update available via this thread: http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/Android/message-id/927] Now that Rogers has finally released a Froyo update for the Streak, I think my own upgrade exploits [...]

Dell Streak Froyo Update Live on Rogers and AT&T

In Computing, Technology on 23 February 2011 tagged Computing, dell, firmware, mobile, rogers, streak, Technology with 1 comment

via Streaksmart and Android Central. Still have a post on upgrading to alternate firmware forthcoming, though it’s less urgent all of a sudden.

Experiencing The Dell Streak

In Computing, Technology on 12 February 2011 tagged Computing, dell, firmware, Hardware, mobile, phone, streak, tablet, Technology with no comments

in all it’s majesty. First, some unboxing pictures. Out of the Box Powering up the Steak[sic] for the first time was exciting. After waiting a few minutes, I looked through the installed apps and menus. Something didn’t seem quite right though. This was not the OS I was expecting, having played with a few different [...]

Streakin

In Computing, Technology on 4 February 2011 tagged android, Computing, dell, gear, Hardware, mobile, streak, Technology with 2 comments

Two months ago, I ordered a Dell Streak. There were some angry, frustrated tweets about Dell’s incredibly bad customer service while I waited. I got a note saying my device shipped on December 12th. On January 6th, I started phoning. I was bounced around through no fewer than 7 different customer service groups trying to [...]

Dell Mini 10 Trackpad fix for Crunchbang Linux

In Computing on 17 January 2010 tagged Computing, dell, drivers, Linux, mini, netbook, synaptics, touchpad, trackpad with 1 comment

Late last week I was griping about the poor trackpad performance on the Dell Mini 10 and decided to try to fix it. It was usable, but difficult and caused a lot of erroneous clicks and mouse-moves and was a bit like trying to use a Fisher Price toy to perform brain surgery. Clunky, imprecise, [...]

Dell Mini 10 with Ubuntu /Crunchbang touchpad issues

In Computing on 14 January 2010 tagged Computing, dell, drivers, mini, netbook, trackpad with 1 comment

A commenter asked about the horrible touchpad on the Dell Mini 10. Not sure if he was using Linux or Windows, but a couple of quick searches found some mention of a better driver. Top link was on superuser.com and has some hopefully helpful links. I’ll post back with results when I’ve had a chance [...]

Dell Mini 10 and Crunchbang

In Computing on 27 December 2009 tagged Computing, dell, firefox, laptop, Linux, netbook, thunderbird with 6 comments

Over the past week and a bit, I’ve been playing around with Crunchbang Linux on a Dell Mini 10 netbook. The experience has been entertaining at least and Crunchbang works surprisingly well once you get it configured. Out of the box, Cunchbang is a fairly minimalist desktop environment, using Openbox and Tint as the desktop [...]