Before I get into my actual post, I'd like to quickly introduce myself. For those of you who aren't reading (or have never read) Pocketables, one of StreakSmart's sister sites, you probably have no idea who I am. My name is Calob Horton. I'm the Managing Editor of Pocketables and now I'm a contributing editor here at StreakSmart.
Naturally, I'm incredibly psyched to be writing here with an amazing team of Streak aficionados like myself and can't wait to bring some fantastic content to you, the readers. I just got a Dell Streak 7 today and since it's my first Streak, I'd like to ask for some advice from you guys to help me set it up. I will tell you the things I want to do, and hopefully, you'll tell me apps and techniques/hacks to help me do them.
I'm not scared of any level of difficulty to get where I want to be. In fact, I'd love for it to be challenging so I can help others get their Streaks the same way, if they like what I see. So please, don't hold back.
Gaming
One of my favorite things to do on any mobile device is gaming. However, I am always lusting for more screen real estate on which to play them. Now that I have the Streak 7, I've got a few games in mind, but I like to go out and look for some fantastic games from solo devs or development firms that may not be in the limelight on the Android Market. I'm also not opposed to hacking my way to playing ROMs on emulators, either. The Tegra 2 processor should handle any games/gaming hacks you guys recommend, so go wild below.
Personalization
I'm a big one for personalizing all of my gadgets. I've jailbroken my iPhone already, but have never done anything remotely similar to any of my Android devices. So here's where I want the most advice: should I root and throw a custom ROM on my Streak, or should I stick with themes? There's also the possibility of staying with Dell's Stage UI, but I've already done a few adjustments to that: all of the Stage widgets are gone.
Media consumption
I love music. I've got accounts on Slacker, Pandora, and Spotify. Each has its own positives and negatives, and I want to know if there are any better music streaming services out there. And, one of my requirements is that I have a native app I can use. Browsers are great, but like a lot of other people, I prefer to use an app that's specifically for the OS I'm using.
Turning to video, I've got an account on YouTube and Hulu, but not Hulu Plus. I also haven't yet signed up with Netflix, so I'm guessing that I hardly have any extra options for video streaming and enjoying. However, if you know of any, please let me know in the comments.
Any other good apps and hacks
I also love being productive on my devices, and having my devices be more productive and efficient for me. So if there is anything else I should be doing to make my Streak 7 even more awesome than it already is, I'd like to know.
Thanks in advance for the information, everyone.
And I hope you'll enjoy my future posts, as well. As a disclaimer, I won't ever ask for "help" ever again, but if I can relate more closely with you guys, then I can bring content tailored specifically to you too.
I recommend that you just wait until September when Dell officially releases Honeymoon. But some games I recommend are Asphalt 6, Avatar, and if your into b-buying Red Bull BC1, GOF2,Backwater THD, and Riptide GP. A lot of other games I don’t think we can play as of yet because there is no Gingerbread nor Honeycomb yet available for the Streak 7, or because they may just be processor specific(I really don’t know). But enough ranting hope I helped in the least bit.
For gaming its not all that great if you don’t want to pirate games
no Gameloft support but if you don’t mind that kind of stuff Rainbow six is real good so is Dead Space from EA you need root to play that game and chainfire 3D.Use gingerbreak to root real easy apk file one screen tap and your rooted then you can install cwm from the market to install custom froyo roms.I have tried HC on the streak its pretty good right now but no gameloft games work even ones for HC so i just stick with 2.2 for now as i use the Streak for gaming most the time
Awesome! Thanks for the game recommendations. I’m pretty excited for Honeycomb, but at the same time, the App Market for Honeycomb, I’ve heard, isn’t as big. I will have to decide if I want to upgrade right away or not.
I would recommend that you read back through Streak Smart and the forum. Android is not like WinMo, in that there is not as much to figure out how to make it work or how to use it. IOS, nothing to talk about at all, it just works.
Well…Not after you flash, root, and jailbreak. But that is not for Everybody.
We have been discussing the Streak 5, 7, and 10 for more than a year now. Since you are coming in now at the “EOL” for the Streak 5, allot of the chatter is dieing down. Heavy posters are already moving on to new devices. Not nearly as much chatter about the 7 or 10.
No offence but, I come to Streak Smart for Streak “News and views” I go to the forum when I have questions. I visit both several times a day.
Great to have you onboard. I hope you enjoy your new toy. Peace
Now go find out if I am still waiting for the Opus 1 5″ using your “clout” with.Dell, or am I gonna have to find a new device first half of 2012.
I use SugarSync, so mp3’s I have in my other devices that has SugarSync, play in my Streak 7. I got the Netflix app off of some forum, works great. Not a gamer, so nothing there. The 7’s been sitting alot on my car dashboard set to Waze, alongside my Samsung Omnia, set to Google Map, both for traffic. Google Reader gets the most use though
Hello there and welcome to the awesome Streak7 world.
I really like games , all sorts of games and with the 7 it’s really a pleasure to play them , a great app is”nvidia Tegra Zone” even tho limited I’ve got some great games out of that app, that fully take advantage of the Tegra2,
Bangbang racing THD , Galaxy on fire 2 THD , Samurai II vengeance THD, Guerilla Bob THD.
Not for the Tegra2 but good looking games, Air attack HD ,Moon chaser ,Drag racing ,Switch,Supersonic,Reckless racing and Greedy Spiders.
Now for video players or music , I like Mobo player and Power amp.
For viewing photos ,I like Quick Pick it’s better and faster than the stock picture gallery app ,finnaly , for transfering file OTA ,File expert is great and super easy to use ,with no limitation on the amount of files that you can transfer.
Hopefully you’ll find a few games or apps that you can use ,let me know and just like the rest of us , I can’t wait for the Honeycomb release, Peace
Phil G
I’m a video junkie so here are my ideas:
One thing I totally recommend is Plex. It streams your music and video from your computer to your andriod/ios devices.
Definitely try Netflix if you can.
As far as personalization goes obviously try honeystreak from DJ Steve. For me it’s still just a little too buggy, some video’s wont play right on it. I use circle launcher a lot with launcher pro and ripple lock.
One more thing that makes my streak gold for me is LogMeIn. I shelled out $30 bucks for it, and it was worth every penny to easily remote control my pc. But not just mine. I run tech support for my wife, in-laws and my parents.
Sorry about the typos. Autocorrect on this keyboard did that.