Dell Thunder: Review and New Video

The Dell Streak has only just been released, but we have a full preview of Dell’s next big smartphone set to hit the market. It is called the Dell Thunder and Engadget has managed to obtain a couple of prototype devices before release.

Over on their website, they have given us an early review of the device, since it is not expected to release until sometime next year. As with the Dell Streak, the Thunder is another Android device, and is set to ship with Android 2.1, although this could be upgraded to 2.2 closer to release.

Engadget has given us detailed information on the hardware, the 4.1-inch display screen, software and performance. For those of you who don’t want to read the whole thing, they have also included a great video, giving you a recap of key features for the Thunder, in around 3 minutes of footage.

It may be a while until we hear any sort of official information on the Dell Thunder, so this detailed preview by Engadget is the best you’re going to get at the moment.

New Dell Smartphones: Flash, Lightning and Thunder

Last year Dell revealed that in 2010 they would try to establish themselves in the smartphone market, up until now I wouldn’t say they were established, however three recently unveiled Dell smartphones may help the cause.

These new handsets are the Dell Flash, Lighning and Thunder, later on today we will look all three handset in more detail, for now we will just highlight some of the most useful information.

The Dell Flash is an Android-based handset, it will run the Android 2.2 (Froyo), this handset will feature a 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 3.5 inch display.

The Dell Lightning is a slider handset which will run Windows Phone 7, it combines a full QWERTY keyboard with a 5 megapixel camera, it also features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4.1 inch OLED display and will be upgradeable to support LTE networks.

Finally the Dell Thunder is in my opinion a great-looking handset, this is another Android 2.2 (Froyo) based handset, however features a better camera and screen than the Lightning, this handset features a 4.1 inch OLED display, an 8 megapixel camera along with “Flash 10.1 support with an integrated web video Hulu app”.

As mentioned earlier we will look at the handsets in more detail later today, for now drool over the impressive looking photos below.

Which handset do you like the look of the most?

New Dell phones and Tablets in 2011: Release and Specs

It seems like we have a bit of de ja vu on our hands here, as you may remember us telling you about another Dell leak last year which revealed handsets in a similar fashion. A new roadmap leak has revealed upcoming smartphones and tablets that the company are planning to release.

As reported from Engadget, roadmap images have been acquired by Android Central and WPCentral and it shows a healthy collection of handsets which the computer giant are planning to bring to market throughout the rest of the year. It looks like Dell has something to show off at Mobile World Congress after all!

On the smartphone side of things, handsets revealed include the Dell Wrigley – a ‘next gen’ Windows Phone 7 handset with specs thought to be a 4-inch display screen, 1Ghz processor, 8 megapixel camera and 720p video recording. Next up is the Dell Hancock, which is looking to be one of the first handsets out to run on Android Ice Cream – Google’s successor to Honeycomb. Features include a dual-core processor and dual cameras.

Finally, we have the Dell Millenium which is meant to be hitting during the fourth quarter of 2011. Specs include Android Ice Cream, a large 4.3-inch display screen and dual-core processors.

Ready for more? The roadmaps also revealed Dell’s 2011 plans as far as tablets are concerned, and it looks like first up will be an April release for the Dell Gallo – a tablet which will be packing Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Other tablets have been mentioned for CES 2012, and titles include the Dell Opus One, Silver Oak, and the Dell Peju which is apparently a Windows 8 tablet – exciting stuff.

Which device are you most looking forward to? You can check out the full details of all of the leaks over at Engadget. We have to say that the Dell Hancock and Dell Peju tablet are the most appealing to us, especially since it will be running brand new software in Android Ice Cream and Windows 8 respectively. Stay tuned for more news.

On a side note, whatever happened to the Dell Thunder? You may remember it was a handset that was thrusted into the limelight after it’s initial leak. Check out a video of the handset in the wild below if you haven’t seen it yet.