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"The price of the Android-based Dell Streak 5-inch tablet has finally been revealed \u2014 $500 unlocked, direct from Dell. It will become available to U.S. consumers starting next month, and potential buyers in the UK will be able to pick up the device as early as tomorrow.\nWe've been keeping an eye on the Dell Streak as one of an initial batch of alternative tablets to Apple's iPad. The problem, now that we know the price point for the device, is its size; it's larger than a smartphone but much smaller than the iPad, despite being within range of the latter's lowest-end model.\nDell executive Ron Garriques pitched the Streak as the \"largest Internet device that still fits in a man's shirt pocket\" (and where do women carry their Streak, we wonder?) on stage at D8. Show producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher seemed unsure about the prospect of this 5-inch tablet form factor; Mossberg saying it felt like \"like holding a waffle to his head\" and Swisher quipped that the Streak looked most promising as \"something to eat.\"\n\n\n\n\nDell itself points to the dual cameras and videoconferencing features of the Streak as two of its key selling points, and Garriques went on to say he thought the device could eventually replace other gadgets with both smaller and larger screens that an owner might already have in his or her arsenal. We're not so sure \u2014 if we don't happen to have a wardrobe full of top-pocketed shirts, it's hard to imagine how exactly we'd carry this thing around other than in a bag. And if we're already carting around a bag, why not \"upgrade\" to a device with a larger screen?\nThere's one other problem with the Streak. Rumor has it that there will be a subsidized price for the device \u2014 but only with a monthly plan from AT&amp;T. It's hard to imagine a worse carrier choice for a tablet that hopes to compete with Apple's iPad. Still, neither Dell not AT&amp;T have commented officially, so we could potentially still see other carrier options emerge for the Streak.\nCheck out a hands-on demo of the Streak below courtesy of CNet along with the D8 Dell demo session below that. What do you think of this device and its price? Is $500 too much? \nDell Streak Hands-on Demo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDell Streak D8 Demo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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