Dell Streak 5 has reached it's End-of-Life, but what about those of us who still own one?

I personally think Dell is planning to move their offices overseas since other cointries get more mobile and tablet devices than we in good ole USA. Whats odd is Dell dropping the streak when other manufacturers are ramping up 5" tablets.  Why is dell reacting so backward?

From the recent news I've read, it seems that US Market sales for the Streak haven't been hitting their expected quarterly margins, so Dell just quietly ended the mini.

To be honest I don't see why people haven't taken interest in the Streak.  It's a wonderful slate and it easily fit's in my pants (fact being I don't wear skinny jeans, usually just cargos or pants) and  5" is the perfect size to view web pages, not to mention a great view of any Angry Birds playing field as well :)

I agree 100%.  Now others are releasing 5" screnes and dell will miss out. What I dont understand is why pull it and make nothing than let it stay and make "something".  This is totally backwards

Thanks for starting this thread!

I agree the size, utility, convenience/portability and appearance of the Streak are perfect for everything from web surfing to ebook reading!  It is no wonder that others are getting into the 5 models.

I do have occasional problems with unexpected shutdowns.  They started after I installed 2.2.2, and seem at times to be associated with Wi-Fi operations.  Can anyone suggest what I should do?  (Am I on the correct forum for such a question?)

Thanks

Ive not experienced shutdowns or other issues except when I was getting some annoying accuweather error constantly, even when I never used accuweather. Had to reinstall the os file to make it stop

You are correct!  SO MUCH potential going down the toilet with dell making that heartbreaking decision!  It was the Streak that made me fall BACK in love with Dell! I aint ashamed to say that, lol.  And now he left me "for someone else,rofl".  I doubt too, that we get any more updates.  So poof went my hopes for Gingerbread.   Oh, yep, I knew about the fm radio. Actualy got it to work once but cant get it to do so anymore.

Yeah, I get those too, but only when I kill all active tasks. I really wish Dell would also let us remove some of the bloatware on our streaks without me having to resort to rooting the thing. I don't use LOTA and it gets annoying and I've never used that Assistant app. I also remember reading that our phones have an FM radio receiver but we don;t have any official application to actually use it and we need to root our phones if we wanted to do so. There's a lot of stuff I wish Dell would do with the streak, but from the looks of it, it seems as if they don't care. I mean, I even doubt we'll be able to get a firmware update to Gingerbread, let alone Honeycomb. Plus if we actually wish to use Skype in the way it's intended to, we're all going to need to have Gingerbread on our phones installed anyway else all we can do is use the back camera to chat.

Yup, I hope with the fact that the Dell Streak isn't in development anymore doesn't mean that Dell wants us to "piss off", but sadly from the looks of it they are already telling us that. I just wish a Dell Employee would just help answer the questions I have in the first post, else we're all gonna be in limbo about the future of our Streaks.

Sorry for the typos. Using a bluetooth keyboard

They are not even considering giving us a response or some sot of explanation.  Went to their dell facebool pafe and not one word or comment for their streak (former) customers. This is sad. Cant help but wonder wbat are really the underlying factors that prompted dropping ALL of us like the plague?

I love my Streak 5 and just cannot understand Dell seemingly determined to continue not supporting this very unique device. Samsung are as we speak developing a 5" Q phone and I guarantee it will be a success and Dell will lose out.... Personally I ditched Android 1.6 donut immediately and have been hanging off DJ Steves coat tails ever since loading his new Streakdroid ROMs, one after the other. Currently on 1.9.1  I am loving all the Ginger goodness it provides. He has decided that Honeycomb after extensive efforts will not port to streak 5 without losing voice so next Viable upgrade will almost certainly be Ice Cream, I confidently predict your Streak 5 will then be the handset it always should of been, DJ Steve willing that is.  As much as the "fantasy rumour" of a twin core Streak 5 excites me, Sony are proving with their new handsets that a single core can be just as effective, given the right ROM to run on it and ICE CREAM will be that icing on the cake.  

I have spent many hours comparing many, many smartphones and tablets... eventually came to conclusion that Dell Streak 5 is the most perfect option on the market. Not too big, not too small!

I waited several months for my current contract to expire, which it did today. About to go sign for Dell Streak 5 and what do I find¿ "Discontinued".

Epic Fail from Dell!!  I would never in my life have considered a product from Dell (as top of the list) if it wasn't for this sleek 5" creation.

Now I fear investing in the phone-tablet because I'm not sure if I'll still receive support and updates for the next 24 months?!  

VERY DISSAPPOINTED because now I may need to settle for one of the other average flippin phones :(

I can tell you that Dell should just have marketed this streak it would have taken off big time, everybody I ask about the streak has never heard of or seen it!

Perhaps Dell should just adopt a new motto like "Viva Suicide"

Jeeez man how sad!

EVERYONE I know that has, or wang a Dell Streak are so  baffled at Dells discontinuing the Streak.  Total shock thats not yet subsided.

I really REALLY hope that Michael Dell is hearing the voices of those speaking out about how much superior this phone is over all the other android devices!  Hes got a GOLDMINE in his hands if only theyd remarket it and get a top agency to promo ot right and keep it home in the US!   Im still not believing it is just gone, like that with no consideration to us at all.

Dissapointed totally

I bought a Streak the second it came out, sixteen months later it is even more relevant than it was when launched. I  have never understood the tech press for not getting behind it as it fulfils so many functions as we all know. Very recently I saw a write up for the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy note where the clearly uninformed reporter remarked that with its 5" plus screen, it was first handset to bridge the gap between phone and tablet?!?!  

I am clearly preaching to the converted here so I will keep it brief. The only reason why I have continued to enjoy my Streak is because of DJ Steve's efforts on updating the ROMs for us. Currently I am running 2.0 Gingerstreak and it is excellent. Dell sadly have no idea how to treat its customers and seemingly do not understand how to market it, it could really have been a big success if they had just supported it more.

I now have a Dell Venue Pro running Windows 7, very nice to apart from the woeful camera. Both handsets look and feel nice and therefore Dell are on the right track, so why shoot themselves in the foot and not update the Streak?  Who knows and that is why I will be buying the Samsung Galaxy Note when it comes out.