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Buy from Dell or o2?

I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?

o2. it will save you £20. £449 from dell, £429 from cpw locked to o2. plus you can walk into a cpw and get it on the day

regtee2 said:
I am planning on getting a Streak as a replacement for my HD2
I will be using an o2 sim card with the Streak. Would you recommend buying it from o2 or Dell? Are there any differences between the devices?
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The only difference is from o2 it has a bit of o2 software on it and its locked to o2. From dell its unbranded and unlocked and they are both the same price but dell has added £20 delivery on to there total. I would recommend getting one from dell you don't know in 6 months you may not be on o2 and you would have a phone locked to them where as for a extra £20 you can have any Sim card

Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?

regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...

regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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elbowz said:
If other devices are anything to go by updates for the unbranded Streak will be out before the operator versions...
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Dell said at the launch that it will defiantly get 2.2 so cannot see them going back on that just wonder why they did not build it with 2.1 on board strange

regtee2 said:
Thanks for the replies
Dell are doing 10% discount on the Streak through EPP - So that means I can get it for £409.08 including delivery.
Will we be able to upgrade the device with Dell's firmware, or would you have to wait for o2 to release their version of the firmware?
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Hi Regtee2 - Can I ask how do you get this 10% EPP? Have googled it and tried various things on the Dell website and the most I can achieve is 3% EPP off a dell desktop.. Have you actually gone through to the basket and got this 10%? Ta.

You can get it from O2 online for £399. Thats £50 saving over Dell UK.
http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/Dell/Streak_16GB_PayG
EDIT: Just to confirm I have ordered one and will be receiving it tomorrow total cost £399. I tried getting one from a O2 store but they wanted me to purchase a £10 top up aswell. I already have an O2 contract I want to use, didn't fancy spending a tenner to chuck in the bin.

I went into 3 O2 shops and tried to buy a Dell Streak on PAYG. Two of the shops wouldn't sell it to me on PAYG, just contract and the third said they can't sell it until the 24th July.
Think I'll go buy direct via Dell.

Hi all
Just a couple of points the only branding on the Streak from 02 is an 02 splash screen on boot up and some 02 themed wallpapers and that's it. Oh and the first bookmark and the page that the Browser opens up to is set up to be 02 but this is easily changed or can even be deleted if you want.
Also the update will be coming over the air direct from Dell not from 02 as their is no 02 branding on the device for them to need to approve it thankfully.
Marc

Streak from CPW
Hi all
I got a Streak from CPW believing it to be unlocked, but from CPW they are still locked to o2, thus my story begins.
Since it was locked I looked into ways of unlocking it or using an o2 PAYG sim with it, you cannot according to o2 use PAYG as the streak relies on their post pay settings, so I looked online and found the Rebel simcard option, and gave that some thought.
However in the meantime I visited the o2 store at Hempstead Valley, and at 1st there only option was for me to "put that one you have on ebay and buy a new one from us", I was not overly impressed with this, and after some cajoing the Sales assistant called o2 and they said they could not sell me the price plan (I want data only as I have a vodafone contract) without selling me a new streak. I went away, had a subway and returned to the store with a mission, get a data plan from o2, as they locked the handset, they could bloomingwell support it! after a few more phone calls they decided that they could do me a MBB plan with a dongle and just put the sim into the streak! success, all on 3g and works like a dream,
a message to o2 however, if you are gonna sell a device, no matter who it is bought via, you have to support it, not just tell people to bay the one they have and buy a new one in store!

Bulgarian Streak?

Hi all!
One of our Operators here in Bulgaria is promoting the Streak! I'm thinking of getting one the minute they are actually available in my city but was wandering will these be DELL units or branded ones... We are small country so they may be DELL ones but....
Any ideas anyone?

Ask the People that are promoting it they might know

OrionBG said:
Hi all!
One of our Operators here in Bulgaria is promoting the Streak! I'm thinking of getting one the minute they are actually available in my city but was wandering will these be DELL units or branded ones... We are small country so they may be DELL ones but....
Any ideas anyone?
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Which operator is it??

The Operator is VIVACOM but as usual most of their stores don't even know they are selling it! It will be at least a week until they have it in stores! ;(
I hate VIVACOM's promotions! They have it on their web site and the state that is available in the stores but.... They do this every time! I guess I can't do anything but wait! At least it will cost me around 23 Euro a month (for 2 years) to my current contract which is not so bad.

Hello!
Now we have two And I bought my Dell Streak Vivatel of a two-year contract. Looks great device.

[Q] Seems to have found the 16 GB version...

..but, am uncertain about the "validity" of this online shop.
Anyone have experience with this merchent?
http://www.cellgsmphones.com/conten...omnia_7_16gb_unlocked_gsm_phone_preorder.html

there is no 16 giga version for the omnia7

Thats wrong. There is such a version - for example in Germany.
If this site got the 16GB Version is a different matter tough.

These shops have the 16GB Versions http://geizhals.at/eu/a582829.html
watch out for the German T-Mobile Branded Omnia 7. It's not released right now, we have to wait 2-3 weeks.

Not 2-3 weeks. I just got an email that the place where I bought it will send it to me on Friday.
Most sites on the Internet says 16th or 18th though.

Where did you buy it, the most shops i asked about the 16GB version said 2-3 weeks.

I bought it with a contract on an ebay store.
I guess thats not what you are looking for.
But on amazon.de there are for example a few shops with a delivery on 18th.
If you search on google you will see the other stores with 16th (I have doubts that they really get it delivered by then, but thats what they say)

Anyone found one outside of Germany? Also, are the German ones unlocked and usable abroad?
Starting to get tired of waiting for the Dell Venue Pro.

A t-mobile phone is a t-mobile phone as far as i know. You can buy it from the link i posted earlier this morning sim free from deutsche telekom *aka t-mobile*
***posted this earlier****
It's with deutsche telekom you can get the 16gb version.
Found the link.
http://www.t-mobile.de/shop/handy/0,4855,2963-_122595-0-10452;CNC-0,00.html
ohne vertrag - without contract = 609.95€
"Someone Phone them this morning on 0800 33 55222 *german phone code 49* and see where they'll send it, i'm guessing anywhere if you pay for it"

T-Mobile US and UK are not compatible so I need to be sure there's no issue between Germany and UK as that would be a waste of my money .

Peew971 said:
T-Mobile US and UK are not compatible so I need to be sure there's no issue between Germany and UK as that would be a waste of my money .
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I travel europe and get no issues apart from roaming charges , i am in live chat with them now, it's worth a laugh later, my bad german 5 min, then he asks "do i speak english...fu**ing classic*

What I meant was... If it's locked to T-Mobile DE, would it be ok with T-Mobile UK.
On a side note I wasn't expecting such a high price, maybe 100€ less...

Peew971 said:
What I meant was... If it's locked to T-Mobile DE, would it be ok with T-Mobile UK.
On a side note I wasn't expecting such a high price, maybe 100€ less...
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I'm getting there. I've asked, but god bless him, its like this
"Dennis: NoThis does not go because you a German address must have."
saying that, i asked him this in german it seems.
for a free sim 7up.
****UPDATE****
*chat transcript*
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1307/livechat.png
Seems will work, Just have to be german to have it sent too you

Alright, waiting for an update. It seems Amazon.de is selling the phone too but they don't mention storage.

Peew971 said:
Alright, waiting for an update. It seems Amazon.de is selling the phone too but they don't mention storage.
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I didn't think 513.964 GBP - is that bad for the 16GB thinking what they are selling the 8gb here for ?
I updated

mwako said:
I didn't think 513.964 GBP - is that bad for the 16GB thinking what they are selling the 8gb here for ?
I updated
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Yeah maybe compared to the 8GB but the PAYG HD7 is only £380 and also 16GB, even if you pay to unlock it you won't go above £400 .
I might have to wait for the Dell Venue Pro afterall and upgrade the SD card.

Peew971 said:
Yeah maybe compared to the 8GB but the PAYG HD7 is only £380 and also 16GB, even if you pay to unlock it you won't go above £400 .
I might have to wait for the Dell Venue Pro afterall and upgrade the SD card.
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But ya don't get the fastest, brightest unit atm lol, it's personal taste, i love HTC, i have shares in them lol the better they do, the richer i get
I've had a HTC from the MDA pro, TyTnII, Touch Pro 2, HD2, and now the Samsung, Why... put two next to each other When HTC front the cash and jump Samsung again with a new model back i go

I've got the German Omnia and it is definitely not locked to T-Mobile, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to use it with o2
The phone has no hardware branding but software branding with some uninstallable software and a customized search within IE (instead of Bing you get a Google based Telekom search). The biggest problem so far is that the MMS settings are locked to T-Mobile and are not customizable, so I can't sent or receive MMS (for me, it's no big deal, but for some it is...).
Furthermore, you can get the phone from other stores as well: Geizhals (local price search) has an overview of several shops that have the phone and are also cheaper than T-Mobile. The shop with the lowest price (handyattacke.de) also mentions that it might be possible to ship to other countries, but you have to ask them ("Lieferung in weitere Länder auf Anfrage."). Might be worth a try

Reihnold said:
but software branding with some uninstallable software
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which software from t-mobile can not be removed?
i removed all the t mobile stuff
only the mms problem is there...

mwako said:
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LOL! Thats pretty funny... No offense, but let me guess, your german was coming from google translate or something like that? At least you´ve tried it!
Was today in a T-Mobile Shop in Germany and was asking the guy there about the Omnia 7. He confirmed me that all the T-Mobile branded Omnia 7 which are sold in Germany have 16GB memory and are not locked... That means you just have to find a Online Shop in Germany who send it to Europe to get a 16GB one. The only things you have to accept are the mms problem, startscreen from T-mobile for 2 seconds and the T-mobile Search. But Im sure with the time somebody here solve that problems...

[Q] Where to buy Venue Pro in europe?

I want to buy the Dell Venue Pro, and I was hoping to buy it on expansys. But sadly they removed it from sale os I can't get it there. So I am searching for a european store (UK would be nice) that sells this phone and ships to Slovenia. Does anyone have any idea where I could get it? Nobody seems to have it anymore and there are no other phones (except HTC 7 PRO) that have QWERTY keyboards. So if anyone has any idea where I could get it, please tell me.

The dell website.
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Which proabably doesn't ship to Slovenia. I couldn't find any information about that. Now if I go to Slovenian Dell site, the mobile phones and tablets doesn't even exist.

Where to buy UK?

OK, so where can I get one of these - I live in the UK

conradwinchester said:
OK, so where can I get one of these - I live in the UK
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Have you tried amazon.uk
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Not on amazon UK yet, or play.com or curry or comet.
Anyone else?
I have heard people in the UK have them but are they imports?

Why not buy an import version, it seems thats the way to go
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So, back to my original question - where cn I buy one - who is good to import from?

I have one for sale brand new and not been opened right here next to me. Comes with Silicon skin and screen protector. Will only delivery to UK only please pm me if your interested me asap as I am going to put it on ebay soon if not.

conradwinchester said:
OK, so where can I get one of these - I live in the UK
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Got mine from Ebay Ecell £380, they got it to me with-in 2 days even though they say 6-10 days.
I think it is the HK version, However it started up in english and I have no trouble on the Android market etc.
This is a very good Tab.

conradwinchester said:
So, back to my original question - where cn I buy one - who is good to import from?
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I don't believe it's going to available in the UK soon so why not saving a lot of money and order it in Hongkong at panamoz.com? They're very reliable. Got mine there, paid by Paypal and then I got tracking information soon. Ordered it on 06/01 and it was in London 11/01. They pay all duty and import taxes for you.
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panamoz.com defenitely very good service. Ordered mine on 18/01 got here (Dublin, Ireland) 1 hour ago (20/01).
Payed through paypal. They also have both wifi only and 3g versions available.

i ordered mine from Ebay Ecell.
been 4 days now
waiting for them to ship it!
they say they wait for money to clear on their bank account, but i suspect they are just getting it somewhere else in the world and shipping them

elsral said:
panamoz.com defenitely very good service. Ordered mine on 18/01 got here (Dublin, Ireland) 1 hour ago (20/01).
Payed through paypal. They also have both wifi only and 3g versions available.
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Hey guys - United States person looking to import here - the English that is on it, is it UK version or NA version (or is selectable between both?)
It might be a stupid question but I'd love to import it instead of waiting for Verizon to get it in a years time...

Hi - Do you still have he SGT 7.7 for sale?
If so is it the 3G version? How much is it and where are you based.
Regards
PhilipF

octomobiki said:
Hey guys - United States person looking to import here - the English that is on it, is it UK version or NA version (or is selectable between both?)
It might be a stupid question but I'd love to import it instead of waiting for Verizon to get it in a years time...
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The English is selectable either UK or NA, just got mine yesterday and using with tmobile in NJ.
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Anyone knows whats the difference in hk and europe version ? Really want to buy this tablet but not sure if it the same as euro... Would I be able to flash europe roms? Thanks in advance
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Panamoz
I bought a 16gb 3G version from Panamoz. I ordered it 17th Jan (evening time) and it arrived on 20th Jan (morning). I selected English UK language during start up and rooted it straight away using the guide for 'root.zip' found in xda forums. It's already done an OTA update (I thought rooting would stop this!). It's working great. I highly recommend Panamoz AND The 7.7 Tab!
I've been using it with a UK T-Mobile sim with no issues, also various WiFi hotspots all appear to work OK.
I don't know of any difference between EU and HK versions, other than language options - but I may be wrong!

FernandoMiguel said:
i ordered mine from Ebay Ecell.
been 4 days now
waiting for them to ship it!
they say they wait for money to clear on their bank account, but i suspect they are just getting it somewhere else in the world and shipping them
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and it has been shipped today!
cant wait for it!
any rom advised?

elsral said:
panamoz.com defenitely very good service..
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mine too - was skeptical but arrived on 3rd day

Does the Panamoz version comes with the IR port?

Negri Electronics has the 3g version but not the wifi only. My guess is that pretty much all that are out there are HK stock which means no IR.

murmur70 said:
Negri Electronics has the 3g version but not the wifi only. My guess is that pretty much all that are out there are HK stock which means no IR.
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Are there more versions than the wifi and wifi+3g then?
I really had no idea about that...
Almost a deal breaker for me, I was hoping to use the 7.7 as a remote as well :-(