Sure, a Google-sponsored phone OS in the way of Android is pretty great news for mobile phone land, but what if your really had your heart set on some Google hardware this Monday morning?
Well take heart, because Forbes has the skinny on an HTC device labeled Dream, (most likely not pictured above) which could very well be oft-rumored hardware of legend, and could also be hitting the market as early as next year.
Apparently the phone is one of roughly five prototypes that Google had built to demonstrate the Open Handset Alliance software to potential members, and HTCs Peter Chou says in the two years its been working on OHA designs, this is the best one weve seen. The device itself, which measures about 3 x 5-inches, sports a touchscreen, navigational controls at the base, and a full swivel out keyboard. When swiveled the screen goes from portrait to landscape mode, but unfortunately thats the limit of info on the actual hardware. The software apparently has time-sensitive touch controls that expands your area control the longer you touch. Icons for your most important apps which are apparently email, text documents, and YouTube are lined up across the top of the screen. Theres also some fancy stuff under the hood to keep an ongoing browser session open to speed launch times, and the browser downloads large files in stages to speed delivery.
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