14 DAY TRIAL // If you ever feared the Google phone (also known as HTC Dream, HTC G1 and so on) doesn't exist, fear no more: the Android-powered weird-shaped device has recently appeared in a mini-set of live images, caressed by sun and a pair of mysterious hands.
So, following Rene Descartes' “I think, therefore I am” reasoning, the G-phone can easily say “I appear in photos, therefore I am”. Makes sense, right? Its existence, I mean. And it makes even more sense knowing that, just a few days ago, the Android handset was (sort of) confirmed to be hitting T-Mobile USA, presumably on September 23. Also presumably, the handset will be sold for as little as 199 bucks, together with a contract agreement for two years (just like AT&T is selling Apple's 8GB iPhone).
While until now we only saw the Dream / G1 in black, the new images show it dressed in the purest possible white. Which is not a bad thing at all, because the color suits it well.
Of course, we don't know whether T-Mobile's Dream will come in white, in black or in another color. What we know, though, is that, when the handset finally hits the market, it should bring an attractive set of features.
Among them, we must mention: global GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) and HSDPA connectivity (the 3G frequencies are not known for the moment), Wi-Fi, Google Street View, built-in compass and GPS, a full QWERTY keyboard (as you can easily see in the new pictures), a 3.17 inch, 480 x 320 pixels TFT touchscreen display, full HTML browser, email, Media player, a 3 Megapixel camera and an internal memory of 1GB.
The G-phone runs on the open source Android mobile platform, which will support some sort of an App Store, apparently called Android Market.
All in all, the HTC-built Google / T-Mobile handset surely seems interesting, so we're waiting for it to finally be officially presented. In white, black or whichever color Google and T-Mo want.
