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* Orders for the Dell Streak Tablet open up for U.S. priority pre-sale registrants at www.dell.com/mobile this Thursday, August 12.

* The Dell Streak is available for $299.99 with new two-year AT&T contract†, and $549.99 without. Customers who purchase the Streak, and signed up during the pre-sale program, will receive a free second-day shipping upgrade. Customers who redeem their pre-sale coupon can purchase a Plantronics Bluetooth earpiece for 99 cents while supplies last.

HITTING A SWEET SPOT
The Dell Streak, a carbon black Android-based tablet with a 5-inch display, is designed to provide an excellent "on-the-go" entertainment, social connection, and navigation experience. The spacious 5-inch screen is ideal for experiencing thousands of Android Market widgets, games and applications, all without squinting or compromising portability. Built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth capability and available 3G connectivity brings easy access for downloading and listening to music, updating social networking status in real-time, and staying connected to friends and family through e-mail, text, IM, and voice calls.

On-the-go students, mobile professionals, and active families will find Streak's web-browsing capabilities as natural as a laptop. The 5-inch screen is large enough to present Web pages in their natural form, create a comfortable viewing experience, and make turn-by-turn navigation simple.

The Dell Streak is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon solution with integrated 1GHz processor to combine basic functionality and benefits of a laptop in a pocket friendly size.
The Dell Streak was designed with the future in mind to support future software, application and platform upgrades.

DELL STREAK FEATURES:
* Integrated Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation, street and satellite views
* A full screen browsing experience with a 5-inch capacitive multi-touch WVGA display
* Easily integrated social media apps: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
* High resolution 5 MP camera, VGA front facing camera, removable battery, built-in Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth connectivity options
* 2GB* of internal storage provides plenty of space to access and download Google Android Market's many options
* Packaged with cushions made from 100 percent sustainable, compostable bamboo

DELL STREAK SPECIFICATIONS:
* Android platform complete with Android Market and Dell user interface enhancements
* Powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon solution with integrated 1GHz processor
* 3G + Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
* UMTS / GPRS / EDGE class 12 GSM radio with link speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps*
* 5 MP Autofocus camera with dual LED flash. Easily point, shoot, and upload to YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and more
* User accessible Micro SD expandable memory available up to 32GB*. Store up to 42 movies* or 32,000 photos*, or 16,000 songs* with a 32GB* Micro SD upgrade

Job Mobile Texas

Mobile Professionals:

Dell is looking to grow the mobile team. If you meet the required qualifications and you're interested in being considered for the position please send your resume to brandon_mcgee@dell.com

E-business Senior Consultant

GENERAL SUMMARY
The Consumer & Small Business online Mobility & Downloads team is responsible for developing innovative programs to enhance the user experience and improve business performance for consumer and SMB mobility & download customers globally. As a member of this team, the Online Mobility Senior Consultant will manage m-commerce integration and strategy globally.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Online Mobility Senior Consultant will be responsible for the dell.com customer experience on small screen devices. This includes mobile commerce site integration with Dell IT applications, evaluating & improving mobile commerce vendor performance, expanding mobile commerce globally, and integrating mobile commerce with Dell’s small screen device strategies. Responsibilities include:
• Implement m-commerce on Dell.com for a best in class user experience.
• Responsible for managing program schedules, beta roadmaps, deployment plans for m-commerce
• Responsible for measuring financial impact of assigned programs and implementing improvement and stabilization plans if programs are not meeting forecasted results.
• Responsible for working with product management org to ensure business requirements are given & understood
• User Acceptance Testing including creating test cases, executing UAT, providing feedback, and re-testing after fixes.
• Coordinate deployment of launches with regional stakeholders, vendors, IT, legal and other partners to ensure successful launches.
• Work globally to change processes based on new programs deploying.
• Incubate new programs until regional team hand off occurs.
Qualifications
SKILLS
• Strong grasp of the online/eCommerce space & mobile commerce
• Graduate or post-graduate degree, preferably in business or marketing communications
• At least 3+ years in relevant mobile programs & or m-commerce experience. 7+ years work experience.
• Proven strategy setting and implementation success.
• Strong project-management and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational agility and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently, quickly and thoroughly under multiple deadlines
• Strong eye for detail and organization as well as the ability to focus on the “big picture”
• Must be flexible and possess the ability to balance the management of multiple projects simultaneously

PayPal Mobile in the News

Time Seems Right for Paypal to Fly
"Should eBay change its name to PayPal? The company’s auction business is mature, but PayPal, its online payments business, is growing fast. Plans announced on Wednesday to double PayPal’s Asian staff by the end of the year accentuate the point. A better idea than changing the stationery, however, is spinning off PayPal."

The Future of Money is Mobile
"The wallet you carry in your pocket today will be in the cloud tomorrow, and you'll use your mobile phone to access it – so says Francesco Rovetta, director of business development for PayPal Mobile. The growth in mobile payments is exploding. For PayPal alone, mobile transactions have increased from $24 million in 2008 to $140 million in 2009."

PayPal Launches Revamped iPhone App, Teams With Bump For Phone-Tapping Money Transfers
"PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that’s meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news for Bump Technologies, the startup that lets you exchange information simply by tapping smartphones together: Bump is now prominently featured in the PayPal iPhone application as a quick way to initiate transactions. "

Walmart Mobile Applications

A good friend, Mustafa Patni (formerly with WaMu now with T-Mobile), just dropped me a note that Walmart is now promoting their mobile application. Check it out >>

LinkedIn Goes Mobile

Brandon Duncan of LinkedIn says, "Today, I'd like to announce LinkedIn mobile for any Web enabled wireless phones that use the wireless application protocol (WAP). What that allows you to do is access LinkedIn from any mobile device ranging from your Blackberry to iPhone." The url to access the site is http://m.linkedin.com/

To read the full post and view a short video on the solution click here.