Rumor mill: HTC Dream details leaked?
Google Street View on the Android platform.
TmoWorld has just published a slew of specs and pricing information about the HTC Dream, most of which has yet to be confirmed. Despite it bordering on rumor territory, the information bears mentioning, if only because it does sound pretty plausible.
First, TmoWorld claims that the launch date is October 13, 2008, with preorders available starting September 17 (preorders are purportedly only available to existing customers with a good history and can only be done online). Second, unlimited data and messaging will apparently cost $35 a month, and the Dream itself is priced tentatively at around $199.
And here are the leaked specs: Full QWERTY keyboard; 3G/Wi-Fi; full HTML browser; easy access to Google apps, maps (with Street View); YouTube; IM and text; e-mail; 3-megapixel camera; video playback; a music player plus a memory card slot; and an application store. In other words, the specs sound exactly like the ones on the prototype models we saw a while back.
Of course, this is all rumor and hearsay at this point, but seeing as the FCC documents were revealed recently, I think we'll be seeing a lot more of these "leaked details" coming forth between now and the actual launch date.
(Via Gizmodo)
Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
http://phandroid.com/2008/08/21/htc-dream-pre-sale-details/
Second of all, there is a petition to have pre-orders shipped BEFORE they become available in retail stores: http://mobileroar.com/forum/htc-dream/788-reward-pre-orderers-htc-dream.html
I have Verizon and would have even switched to T-Mobile had the DREAM had SICK specs... but the omission of GPS is unforgiveable in my opinion.
Nice Android Forum here BTW: http://androidforums.com
what part of google maps, and the picture of the street with arrows pointing in either way do you not understand?
I would like to know under what platform is going to release WM or UNIX based?
And Second I'm VERY happy its coming to T-Mobile along with a Slew of High End 3G phones coming very Soon!!!!
I for one cannot Wait!
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The UI looks incredibly vanilla to me. I know google is all over the KISS designs, but they need to go a little further and add some style to this OS... We'll all see soon enough I guess, but I just hope its not as plain jane as the screenshots show it to be.
A fast intenet browser & 3G are very important. Tmobiles service is spotty some days good, some days horrible.