Unwiredview posted about what it appears to be the first Google phone. According to a Forbes article mentionning some of the phone specifications, the phone is an HTC Omni Communicator which was planned for this year using Windows mobile 6, then delayed to 2008, to get Android ready on it. According to Forbes :
The phone, code-named “Dream” inside Google, looks somewhat like Apple’s iPhone: It is thin, about 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, and features a touch-sensitive, rectangular screen. Unlike the iPhone, the screen is also time-sensitive: Hold down your finger longer, and the area you’re controlling expands. The bottom end of the handset, near the navigational controls, is slightly beveled so it nestles in the palm. The screen also swivels to one side, revealing a full keyboard beneath. (The screen display changes from a vertical portrait mode to a horizontal display when someone uses the keyboard.)
First HTC Omni with a Windows key in its keyboard
Some of the known features of the HTC Omni include the 32 bit Qualcomm MSM7200 Chipset, in addition to a 800 x 480 px TFT 262 color touchscreen, and a querty keyboard 65 keys, but defintely without the Windows button. More features include :
- 256 MB ROM
- 128 RAM
- GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100 connectivity
- CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA data support
- SDIO, microSD, TransFlash expansion slots
- USB 2.0 client, 60Mbit/s , USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector
- Bluetooth 2.0
- 802.11b, 802.11g
- NMEA 0183 , 20 channels built-in GPS
- 3.1 Mpx camera with LED flash
- 640×480 VGA secondary camera
- Dimensions: 81 x 130 x 16 mm
These are the known features of the first revealed HTC Omni, but there will be probably changes before seeing the Handset in second half 2008 running with Android. Hoping to see more teasers of this new gadget, because from the current pictures only we really can’t see much.
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