Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) on Friday launched the Dell Streak 10 Pro
tablet in China. This is the
company's first 10-inch tablet. It
runs Android Honeycomb 3.1. Dell Streak 10 Pro The device has work and
personal modes, with a firewall
of sorts between them so
there's no leakage of information
between the two. "What's interesting to me is that
Dell set up this tablet for both
work and play modes with a
security firewall of sorts
between the two," Charles King,
principal analyst at Pund-It, told TechNewsWorld. Other tablets on the market
don't have such an integrated
approach, King pointed out. Dell said it's launching the Streak
10 in China and will focus on that
market and other emerging
nations because that's where
the growth lies. "I think the bigger issue is that Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) relatively weak in China, so Dell will be able
to define their market and
they'll be able to do better with
a product that hasn't done well
so far," Rob Enderle, principal
analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. Dell did not respond to requests
for comment by press time. Oh Yes, They Call It the
Streak The Dell Streak 10 has an Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) Tegra T20 duo
dual-core 1GHz processor. It has a Gorilla Glass 10-point
capacitive touch 10.1-inch WXGA
screen with a resolution of 1,280
by 800 pixels. The Streak 10 has a 2MP front-
facing camera and a 5MP rear
camera with autofocus, flash and
zoom. It can shoot 1080p high-
definition videos. It also features 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. It
supports SDHC cards of up to 32
GB capacity. Dell's tablet
supports Bluetooth and WiFi, and
Dell says it will add 3G support if there's demand for that. The device has dual stereo
speakers, two microphones, a
micro USB interface and a battery claimed to offer up to
12 hours of life. The Streak comes in black or
gray, has a brushed aluminum
back, and supports traditional
Chinese. It has the standard
sensors -- GPS, an accelerometer, a compass and a
gyrometer. Its weight is about one and a
half pounds. It measures 10.3 by
7 by 0.5 inches. Software includes Dell Work
Profile 1.0, Dell Stage and Sync
Up, Dell Backup and Restore, Dell
OTA software for over-the-air
updates, Swype, Baidu apps, and
apps for Accuweather and Quickoffice. The Dell Divide software consists
of a separate, secure desktop
with work apps, widgets and
shortcuts that provide secure,
managed connections to work,
as well as communication and productivity tools. SyncUp lets Streak 10 owners
autosync the device on their
home WiFi network. Dell's offering the Streak 10 at
about US$460 through today. Exploring Cathay Launching the Streak 10 in China
underscores the importance of
that country to Dell, according
to the company. It points out that more people
are online in China than
anywhere else in the world and
says it has a significant retail
presence in the country, with
thousands of Dell-authorized retailers in more than 2,000
cities across the nation. Presently, Apple dominates the
tablet market in China. Figures from Analysys
International show that the iPad
accounted for more than 78
percent of the market in the
first quarter of 2011. Samsung was a feeble second, with just over 5 percent. Dell didn't even show up in
Analysys's figures. However, Dell might just have a
chance to make some headway
in China. Many Apple products, including
iPads, are sold on the gray
market in China, and although
demand for them is strong,
"Apple just doesn't have the
presence in China, and they're not likely to get it because
they're so concerned about
knockoffs there that they're not
going in big," Enderle said. "That creates the dynamic for
Dell to be successful in the China
market,"
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