Dell Streak surfaces on the black market

Well, leave it up to the western hemisphere to manage to get their hands on the new Dell Mini 5 tablet aka, the Dell Streak. A prototype surfaced on the Shenzhen black market this week and, in one case, is being sold for the equivalent of $1,098. Guarantee that that price is at least double what the retail price will be.

And the specs are the same as they were before: Android 1.6, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-inch 800×480 touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G. Not too big but should run pretty smoothly. What concerns me is the size. 5-inches is too large to really fit easily in your pocket but is too small to be anything more than a web browsing device. I don’t look forward to trying to use the on-screen keyboard on it either.

It’s things like this that make me wish I had access to a “black market.” Of course, legality issues would stop me from purchasing but you know, I like to window shop too. I don’t know, I guess it’s just the mystique of the thing that intrigues me. Oh well. I’ll just have to hope the Streak goes into US production.

Read [Electronista]