Dell Streak 7

[reddtessa]

I just purchased the DS7 with android 3.2 (not caring for the ICS which is why I returned my Nextbook 7s) it is the wifi only version as I have no use ATM for a 3G/4G model. My question is has anyone here had/use this tablet and if so how was/is it? Pros/Cons.
It won't arrive here until Thursday according to UPS tracking but I am dieing to find out. All reviews I have read are pretty much 50/50 but would rather hear from the horses mouth (hope that is a good way to put it).

Thanks for any info.

Tessa

[reddtessa]

Well I have had this tablet for almost a month now...I am liking other than the battery life is terrible! About 2 hours max before the adjustments and I have to charge it.
I started running Juice Defender as that seems to be helping a few of my friends that have also purchased this, they purchased from either icemonkey for the 139.99 special they had a few weeks back.
Other than having to run it in airplane mode to help conserve a bit of battery (thankfully the WiFi still works in airplane mode) I have been able to get almost 4 hours out of it now, not too fun when you have a heavy ebook reader using it though anyone else know of a better fix?

Doesn't seem like there are too many Dell users on here

[Finless]

Have you tried dimming the screen down a little? The screen can burn a lot of power.
I find in the house it does not need to be full brightness to be comfortable.

Thanks for the tips on juice defender.

Bob

[reddtessa]

Your welcome, and yes I have it down to about 5-10% as we keep the house pretty dark due to how hot it's been here on the East Coast.