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The [Dell Streak 5](http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/11/22/dell-streak-android-2-2-froyo-update-review/) has always been an outlier, and it's traveled a bumpy road ever since the [unveiling](http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/25/dell-streak-official-exclusive-to-o2-uk-in-early-june/) when Dell insisted its smartphone was in fact a portable tablet. From the [delayed launch](http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/dell-streak-on-sale-august-13-for-300-on-atandt-contract-550-wi/) in the US to its $549 price for a [SIM-locked](http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/off-contract-dell-streak-is-still-sim-locked-to-atandt-wrongs-sti/) unit -- not to mention the uncomfortably long [dance with Donut](http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/13/dell-streak-gets-leaked-android-2-1-update-in-uk-still-1-6-in-t/) -- perhaps this moment has been coming for a while. That's right, folks, the Dell Streak 5 is no more. Last month we reported it had been [taken off the market](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/21/dell-quietly-pulls-the-streak-to-perform-an-update-should-bring/) while it received a software update, but the hive mind in Round Rock must have changed its sentiments along the way. The company now hosts a web page that declares its spacious smartphone / compact tablet has met end-of-life status, and it's offering little information other than the ominous phrase, "Streak 5 is no longer available." Perhaps spinners such as DJ_Steve will keep the misbegotten wonder alive with projects like [StreakDroid](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/25/streakdroid-2-0-0-gives-the-gift-of-gingerbread-to-streak-hacker/), but for the time being, we're forced to hang our heads to honor the Streak's passing. It's been a great ride, indeed.
Dell quietly kills Streak 5 while nobody’s looking, mourns end-of-life status originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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