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Recently, my O2 mobile phone was upgraded to Dell Streak, which runs on Google Android with loads of build-in applications such as facebook, twitter, gtalk, gmail, youtube, map and navigator. It comes with a 5 inch screen. It has got 2 cameras, a 5 mega pixel camera on rear cover side and an extra camera on screen side.

These days, Iphone is in a high demand and everybody around me has been carrying it. For some reason, I am not so keen on it. When I came across the fact that the Dell Streak had been available on O2 network. I decided to take it straight away.

According to my personal experience, I found out some good and bad things.

Good points:

• Big screen. Comfortable to use.
• Slim. Easy to put in trouser pocket
• Wi-Fi and fast HSPA connectivity
• No software required to sync with desktop computer
• If you are using Google calendar for your daily and montly plans, this Dell Streak will act as your best organizer. It will synchronise everything with your plans in google account.
• Gtalk facitly is really handy. I can keep chatting while I am shopping and eating.
• Expandable memory (micro SD). Mine is 16gig which is more than enough
• Easy access to application on Android Market. If you have Google check out, very quick to buy. Of course, there are loads of free Games and applications
• It is easy to locate yourself in big cities. You can share your location with your friends.

Bad points:

• Version 1.6 of Android is relatively old. For me, it does not matter. Anyway, version 2.2 will come soon.
• Back, Menu and Home buttons are vibrating on touch initially. After a few days, intensity of vibration getting less. Sometime, no vibration at all.
• Camera button is difficult to press it. But if you use touch button on screen, no problem.
• Slow camera focusing despite reasonable good image
• People might say it is a big mobile phone. I would say it is more than mobile phone. It is a tablet. So size is acceptable.

This is my impression on Dell Streak after using it in last 3 weeks.

My rating is 8 out of 10

Some related video clips about this device.

Close-up photo I took with this Dell Streak.

Nowadays, with the advances in technology, incredible electronic devices are available in the market. Sometime, some people including me find it difficult to cope with those stuffs. A couple of days ago, I bought Samsung U600 from Car Phoneware house. It is stunning in look. Very thin and light. Black and Gold colour. 3.2 mega px camera phone with many advanced features. Moreover, it is not locked to any line, so working with any SIM cards.

My problem started on Day 1. It has 4 touch buttons in addition to normal press buttons. These are quite sensitive even though there are 3 levels of sensitivity you can choose. So whenever I opened this slide phone, part of my finger was on one touch button. As a result, recent call list came up. With a further subtle movement, my phone had already been ringing the last contact I made a call. It happened several times in my 48 hours use. When I tried to stop it, I had to unlock first by pressing the middle circular button. So just after 48 hours of use, you may check below. I broke it into pieces simply. I have no time to go back to shop to return or to exchange. Anyway, now I am in piece of mind.

a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-7Di61TjOvA/RjzVoiIwPdI/AAAAAAAAABg/96TL-qSawYY/s1600-h/mtas+offline.jpg”img style=”cursor: pointer;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-7Di61TjOvA/RjzVoiIwPdI/AAAAAAAAABg/96TL-qSawYY/s400/mtas+offline.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061154973592600018″ border=”0″ //abr /Doctor recruitment website for the new system of training for junior docs to become consultants a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.mtas.nhs.uk/”www.mtas.nhs.uk/a has been offline due to a big security breach after a series of errors of shortlisting the applicants.br /br /br /br /blockquoteThe security breach came just a day after the department was forced to block a loophole in the site which allowed the private details of applicants to be read by anyone typing “info” after the site address.br /a href=”http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2749859320070427″Reuters news/abr //blockquotebr /br /I am just wondering who the responsible person is. These days, security should be top priority. I suspect those IT men don’t care about our confidential data. Withot having enuogh knowledge , I have no idea why they took the contract to run doctor recruitment web service. They are really bloody IT. I think prosecution would be only option in this civilized era.br /br /Related newsbr /br /a href=”http://www.itv.com/news/index_4c936041302e2729b21a279ac51f714a.html”Doctors furious at training reforms/abr /a href=”http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1263206,00.html”Government Slammed By Angry Doctors/abr /a href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6599151.stm”PM ‘must act’ over medic training/a