I’ve been wanting to play with this gadget for awhile now, but for some reason it never landed on my desk for review. Someone on Gumtree offered to trade a smartphone I was selling for his Dell Streak 5 with a 16GB microSD card, and I jumped at the chance. No, I don’t need a new tablet, given I have an iPad and Galaxy Tab already. But a new toy is a new toy!

From biggest to smallest: Dell Streak 5, HTC HD2 (running Android) and iPhone 4

Of course, the Streak didn’t exactly match the description the guy gave me over the phone. He promised that there were no scratches on the screen, when there were, but ah well. It was still in reasonably good condition. So far I’m really liking the size of the Streak 5 – bigger than the HD2, but smaller than the Galaxy Tab. Actually reminds me more of a portable gaming console like the PSP than a phone. It’s already been updated to run Android 2.2, and I’m going to be investigating cases and custom ROM options over the next few days. I’ve popped my ‘main’ SIM card in there, and it’ll be interesting/amusing to hold this up to my ear to make phone calls – more likely I’ll be pairing it with one of the many Bluetooth headsets I have lying around!