Dell's Lightning, Thunder, Flash, Smoke and more: rounding up a storm of mobile leaks

You might have missed it if you were sleeping, but we broke open a huge treasure trove of leaked Dell mobile devices last night, including the high-end Lightning Windows Phone 7 slider and Thunder Android set. We also got wind of the mid-range Flash and Smoke Android phones, as well as the Looking Glass seven-inch Android tablet, and to round things out we scored more details on the Aero and Streak. Yeah, it was a hell of a night, but we've got it all rounded up for you right here, so click on through if you missed anything!

Lightning: the ultimate Windows Phone 7

Thunder: 4.1-inch OLED, Android, Hulu app

Flash: Android Froyo in 'dramatic' package

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Smoke: 'Like a Pixi but awesome'

Looking Glass: 7-inch tablet with Tegra 2

Streak: Android 2.1 in September

Aero: Spec'd

Dell's mobile outlook

[rekit Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:21PM]

yep. I want one.

[skyblaze Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

@rekit

dood, we're getting a dell!

[Sled Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

@rekit
Thunder > *

[BayCreekTech Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

@rekit
The Thunder looks like it will just blow the next iPhone out of the water. Maybe it'll compel Apple to up the screen size on the iPhone "5G" whatever they'll call it.

[xxhonkeyxx Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:26PM]

@rekit dude i'm Thunderstruck

[Android4Eva Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:29PM]

@rekit the WP7 lightning by far is the belt looking out of all of them..and im an android fan!

[sharms Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:36PM]

@rekit

These "leaks" put Dell in a whole different league in my book. Provided these are true. I would totally buy Dell LIGHTNING!!!

[N900 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:39PM]

Lightning, Thunder, Flash, Smoke.

Next up: Dell APOCALYPSE

[Mister Warmth Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:43PM]

those things look like glare magnets and way too big.

[Oghowie Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:47PM]

@rekit Except the Aero. Throw that shit away and keep the others.

[who said what Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:05PM]

@Oghowie

These look pretty much like press releases! Stop calling them "LEAKS"!

[N900 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:13PM]

@who said what IF they were PR releases, how come Engadget was the only one to get them?

[pjnofrills Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:26PM]

@N900 Are these smartphones or American Gladiators?

[ChristianTexan Posted Apr 22nd 2010 6:12PM]

@N900
Dell APOCALYPSE isn't coming out until 2012.

[DonnyChi91 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 11:02PM]

@phoenix004 I think you're confused. It's not running iPhone OS 4.0 : )

[HowardtheDuck Posted Apr 22nd 2010 11:06PM]

@N900

Dellpocolypse?

[morenasholeiz Posted Apr 23rd 2010 5:37PM]

@rekit It may not have the 'super' specs but judging from the windows phone 7 phones released earlier -- You can line up this phone as a high-end already. Not to mention that 4.1 inch display
looks beautiful**. Reactions. http://j.mp/lightning-phone-by-dell

[rederikus Posted Apr 25th 2010 3:24PM]

@Sled Oh man, Dell + Windows Phone 7. This rules.

I may even give up my BlackBerry for this.

[Weber 09 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:21PM]

finally dell

[Khalid Shahin Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:22PM]

So many smartphones that isn't an iPhone to choose from, can't make a decision, argh!

[evildoer Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:36PM]

@Khalid Shahin
aren't, not isn't.

[Khalid Shahin Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:34PM]

@evildoer I know I realized right after I posted, but there is no edit button of course.

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Apr 22nd 2010 5:34PM]

@Khalid Shahin
Seriously sexy hardware.

[jfortun Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:23PM]

I am a bit leery of Dell but these devices looking pretty nice.

[Seb6554 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:23PM]

still prefer the HTC Evo 4G =)

[216 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

@Seb6554

Pre much. Good try tho Dell, good try

[guytch Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:27PM]

@Seb6554
Welcome to Oblivion.

[guytch Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:33PM]

@Seb6554
Seriously, Evo 4G is an awesome phone, but really gotta give credit to Dell. The only thing im not digging is the capped 8gb storage in the lightning

[Seb6554 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:49PM]

yeah, Dell has nice phones, but it doesn't have Sense...

[GeekPI Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:26PM]

@guytch: Why aren't you feeling a 8GB limit? It has a full over-the-air Zune, which means with a Zune pass, you could download any content you want, at any time, and not worry about local storage limits.

[billobob Posted Apr 22nd 2010 6:52PM]

@Seb6554 while I like sense, it looks like these phones won't be hurting for a snazzy custom UI either

[AdamSpruijt Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:24PM]

How are these leaks? Those must be the best blurry cam shots ever.

[OSXsucks Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:20PM]

@
do you understand that employees of some companies leak stuff without permission? some of this look like internal presentations for marketing teams like the "target audience" part on one slide

Way to show how idiotic you are

[tjdrodgers Posted Apr 22nd 2010 7:34PM]

@OSXsucks Wow that one went right over your head, didn't it?

[Dunch Posted Apr 22nd 2010 10:28PM]

@OSXsucks You just made yourself look like one

[AdamSpruijt Posted Apr 23rd 2010 6:37AM]

@AdamSpruijt Sorry man, I was just playin around, I will leave now...

[the3rdpower Posted Apr 24th 2010 2:51AM]

@AdamSpruijt They've hopped on the leak train! Free "cool" advertisement!

Regardless... Gimmie that THUNDER!!

[Bandigolo Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

That Lightning is hotness. Love the portrait qwer.... I'm sorry, EVO. I didn't meant what I said. Please forgive.

[first name Greatest Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:27PM]

@Bandigolo
dont worry EVO'll come back..eventually when its hungry

[kojo87 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:32PM]

@Bandigolo if the Lightning is a reasonable price i don't think i will be able to resist it. that form factor is everything i ever wanted in a phone.

[Bandigolo Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:35PM]

@kojo87

I know but it's WM7 and I've sworn that off. Fairly committed to Android at this point.

[Templarian Posted Apr 22nd 2010 4:33PM]

@Bandigolo, WP7 not WM7. Remember there is a reason why the re-branded, to start fresh.

[Bandigolo Posted Apr 22nd 2010 6:27PM]

@Templarian

I stand corrected. But maybe if it was WM7 and not WP7 it wouldn't be a crappy stripped-down feature phone.

[kojo87 Posted Apr 22nd 2010 6:52PM]

@Bandigolo you seem to know an awful lot about a mobile OS that you have never used.

[Bandigolo Posted Apr 22nd 2010 7:15PM]

@kojo87

You can learn a lot about something by reading about. Try it some time.

[first name Greatest Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

just when i think the Evo is a done deal, dell has to announce the lightning F.M.L.

[WillSmith Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

sexy phones.

[xxhonkeyxx Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:25PM]

they unleashed a Whirlwind of leaks yesterday

amidoinitrite?

[hellfroze Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:39PM]

@xxhonkeyxx lol (^_^)b you're doing it right

[cameronsipod Posted Apr 22nd 2010 3:26PM]

bigger keyboard than the palm pre?