Dell Teases Citrix Synergy Crowd with Streak Demo
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Dell's founder and CEO gives a minute-long sneak preview of the Streak mobile Internet device, which runs Google's Android OS and uses Citrix's virtual desktop software.
SAN FRANCISCO-Michael
Dell went onstage for his keynote speech May 13 at the Citrix Synergy conference
to certify once again that his company and virtualization software maker Citrix
Systems are the best of tech friends and intend to cultivate their relationship
for the good of the world.
But the real news became clear when Dell reached into his pocket, pulled out
one of his company's upcoming Streak MID (mobile Internet device) handhelds,
and teased a full house here at Moscone Center West with a minute-long sneak
preview of the device.
It was the first public demo-such as it was-of the new device, which has been
rumored for several months.
According to device site Engadget, the Streak is a 5-inch-long device
resembling an iPhone or Google Nexus One with WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G WWAN (wireless
WAN) connectivity and a 800 by 480 capacitive touch-screen display with
multitouch zooming.
It also features a dual-LED Flash 5 megapixel camera on the
back and is powered by a 1,300mAh battery.
Streak runs the latest version of Android and will become available starting in
June, Dell said.
"The device we use to access our information shouldn't matter anymore,"
Dell said before the demo, getting ready to surprise everybody. "Whether
it's a phone, or a notebook, a netbook or a desktop PC, your client image can
follow you everywhere.
"Actually, I've got a new little device here," he said, pulling out
the Streak. "I've got my Citrix Receiver on here; we can log in and
capture our desktop. I've got six different desktop planes here, I've got my
Android applications, I can see what's going on at Twitter and Facebook."
"This will be available starting next month, first with our
partner 02 Telefonica in Europe, then later this summer
with our pretty good partner here in the United
States, AT&T," Dell said.
02 Telefonica is
based in the Czech Republic
and provides mobile, fixed and broadband services in the United
Kingdom, Ireland,
Germany, Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
Chris Preimesberger was named Editor-in-Chief of Features & Analysis at eWEEK in November 2011. Previously he served eWEEK as Senior Writer, covering a range of IT sectors that include data center systems, cloud computing, storage, virtualization, green IT, e-discovery and IT governance. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. Chris won a national Folio Award for magazine writing in November 2011 for a cover story on Salesforce.com and CEO-founder Marc Benioff, and he has served as a judge for the SIIA Codie Awards since 2005. In previous IT journalism, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, covering NCAA and NBA basketball, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director at Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford and NCAA tournament basketball, since 1983. He has covered a number of major events, including the 1984 Democratic National Convention, a Presidential press conference at the White House in 1993, the Emmy Awards (three times), two Rose Bowls, the Fiesta Bowl, several NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, a heavyweight boxing championship bout (Ali vs. Spinks, 1978), and the 1985 Super Bowl. A 1975 graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Chris has won more than a dozen regional and national awards for his work. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.Follow on Twitter: editingwhiz
