Dell is working on its own tablets, like almost every other worldwide known brand. They are the 7-inch Dell Looking Glass due to come on the market in November and the 5-inch Dell Streak 5 coming in September this year.
Dell Looking Glass is running on a Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and Android 2.1 operating system, but only recently due to an information leak we found out more about Dell’s tablet. The 7-inch screen has a resolution of 800×480 pixels, the same as Dell Streak 5, normal for this screen size.
The tablet has an optional TV Tuner module allowing it to decode ATSC, ATSC-MH and DVB-T programs and from the leaked images we can tell that is running AT&T’s U-verse browser. Connectivity includes wireless WLAN802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR, USB2.0 and a mini card modular HSPA 3G modem capability.
Dell Looking Glass has 4GB of RAM and a 4GB flash drive for storage that can be supplemented with the help of a card reader supporting SD, SDHC and MMC up to 32GB. Its dimensions are 198 x 130 x 12.75 mm, weighs 0.5kg with the included 2100mAh battery. Other features are a G-sensor, e-compass, and A-GPS. Dell Looking Glass is basically a bigger Streak with a better processor, its specifications are listed below:
- Display: 7-inch TFT WVGA, 800×480 pixels resolution
- Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2 (Nvidia T20)
- Memory: 4GB DDR2 RAM
- Storage: 4GB NAND Flash (plus additional SD card up to 32GB)
- Webcam: 1.3 Megapixels web camera
- Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 EDR, USB2.0 and modular HSPA 3G modem
- TV Tuner: optional DTV module (ATSC/ATSC-MH/DVB-T)
- Video playback: H.263, 3GP, H.264, FLV, MPEG4, WMV
- Audio playback: Midi, AMR, WAV, MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ (HE-AAC v1), eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2)
- Email: POP3, IMAP4 and Idle, Webmail, IM, SMS, Microsoft Active Sync
- Browser: Android web kit
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 12.75 mm
- Weight: 0.5kg
- Battery: 2100 mAh
- Features: G-sensor, e-compass, A-GPS, 30 pin USB dock connector
- Accessories: Sync and charge cable for PSU, stereo headset
- OS: Android v2.1
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