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I have a Dell Streak. I've had 9 of them over the past 9 months. Maybe 8, I've lost count.(And kudos to Rogers Wireless customer support for finally getting me

I have a Dell Streak. I've had 9 of them over the past 9 months. Maybe 8, I've lost count.(And kudos to Rogers Wireless customer support for finally getting me one that's okay and also waiving my 24 month HW upgrade fee.) I've had 3 new and the remainder have been refurbished models. Problems that have occurred: 1) Batteries not included. 2) PDMI cable not included, just a microUSB. 3) Screen tinted blue. 4) Dead pixels. 5) Vibrator damaged. 6) Accelerometer sluggish changing values. 7) Case peeling off in lower left corner. 8) Poor WiFi connectivity 9) Refusal to wake-up/power-off 10) Unlock slider resets mid-swipe, unable to unlock phone without fiddling with the power button and retrying several times. and 11) the ubiquitous back panel issue. It falls off, especially if in pocket. Coupled with issue #9 you need a pair of pliers to regularly bend the tabs so the back panel will 'snick' into place and stay there. It's been pretty useless as a phone. But I use it as a testing device. If an app works well on the Streak... Also, in airplane mode (with WiFi on) battery life is really good. DoD has to buy American if they can, but these things can't be relied upon.

jeffreyg 15y ago
Google, George Mason University, and the NSA have been working on a secure Android kernel for a while. I doubt it will be compatible with all Android devices, but I'm sure they'll consider it reliable before rolling it out in DoD.
- joezydeco 15y ago
  I know of one company designing a ruggedized phone for military use that happens to be based on Android (it's free, it's easy to port and get it running). I don't predict Navy SEALs will be carrying Dell Streaks on their missions.
  - josephkern 15y ago
    I dont think they will either, but their support crews might. All SOF need massive ammounts of logistical, technical, mechanical, and intelligence support. All of their ground crews and support personel would greatly benifit from a tablet, if it's a dell streak that they expect to break, so be it, just so long as spares are available. The greatest benifit that these support personel will have is a smaller foot print, and no manual pages to count. Yes that's right they actually count each and every page of every manual on an anual basis. Forgive the mispellings and grammar typing this on my phone.
- bostonvaulter2 15y ago
  Do you have any more information about this secure Android kernel? It sounds really interesting.

jeffreyg 15y ago

Google, George Mason University, and the NSA have been working on a secure Android kernel for a while. I doubt it will be compatible with all Android devices, but I'm sure they'll consider it reliable before rolling it out in DoD.

joezydeco 15y ago
I know of one company designing a ruggedized phone for military use that happens to be based on Android (it's free, it's easy to port and get it running). I don't predict Navy SEALs will be carrying Dell Streaks on their missions.
- josephkern 15y ago
  I dont think they will either, but their support crews might. All SOF need massive ammounts of logistical, technical, mechanical, and intelligence support. All of their ground crews and support personel would greatly benifit from a tablet, if it's a dell streak that they expect to break, so be it, just so long as spares are available. The greatest benifit that these support personel will have is a smaller foot print, and no manual pages to count. Yes that's right they actually count each and every page of every manual on an anual basis. Forgive the mispellings and grammar typing this on my phone.
bostonvaulter2 15y ago
Do you have any more information about this secure Android kernel? It sounds really interesting.