14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has been rumored for quite some time now to plan launching on the market a brand new HTC mobile phone that would run under Android and would include a 1GHz processor, yet nothing official emerged until now. However, the said device, dubbed HTC Dragon / Passion, seems to be getting closer to its release date, as an htcpassion website has been just spotted around.
For the time being, however, there are no exact details on whether the website is legit or not, especially since Verizon reportedly answered “We don’t discuss phones that we don’t currently sell” when asked about it, but that doesn't mean that we cannot hope it will prove real. Moreover, considering that the website shows a “coming holiday 2009” fine print, there are great chances that the official announcement will emerge in the near future.
The HTC Passion has been rumored for the first time a few months ago, and it was said to come around with Google's Android platform, while expected to land on Verizon's airwaves. Soon after, we caught some details on the HTC Dragon, a 1GHz Sanpdragon-powered phone, and the two devices were shortly said to be one and the same. However, the details available on the phone are still scarce at the moment, but, if the release date is as close as believed now, we might learn all about it very soon.
If earlier rumors pan out, the HTC Dragon / Passion should come to the market with Google's recently launched Android 2.0 OS, as well as with the HTC Sense navigation solution from the Taiwanese handset vendor. The phone should prove to be as powerful as the Windows Mobile-based HTC HD2 device, and will enable Verizon deliver a very appealing Android offer to its users, as it already sells the high-end Motorola DROID.
Take a look at the HTC Passion website here, and stay tuned for future updates on this.