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Computer manufacturer Dell brings in the hard struggle back to the booming tablet computers in the United States one step. The Group will no longer sell the model with the Streak Google‘s Android operating system on its home market, the company announced. In other parts of the world want the Tablet PC continues to be available – for example in Germany. Dell was the first streak tablet with a seven-inch screen unveiled in 2010 , in January, followed by a five-inch model.

The market for tablet computers is far from the U.S. technology group Apple dominates with its iPad. Strong competition however recently received this from Amazon, which brought the U.S. into its own tablet PC on the market. This costs only a fraction of the Apple model – and is expected to finance the purchase of books, music and movies for the device. Also, Samsung is successful with its tablet computers in the Galaxy Tab series.

Dell said now, despite the withdrawal remain faithful to the market with mobile devices and offer other products besides classical computers want to. According to the specialist service ” Digitimes “Dell is working on Windows 8 tablets, which should appear next year at the start of the new Microsoft system.

Late last week, Blackberry vendor Research In Motion (RIM) due to weak sales of its tablet computer Playbook off $ 360 million. Because the Blackberry Tablet sold so poorly, RIM had already drastically reduced prices. While the unit was originally supposed to cost around $ 500, you got it in the U.S. last in offers already for $ 199 (147 €). With the adjustment, the betrugt $ 480 million before taxes, will the value of the playbook-corrected inventories, said RIM with more.