During the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Steve Horowitz demonstrated a long awaited Google Android mobile phone. Equipped with Linux kernel and Java Virtual Machine the phone was connecting to the Internet over a high-speed 3G mobile phone network. That provided enough resources to present Google Maps with the Street View. I’m wondering how well it would work over GSM or other low-speed networks?
The phone used in this demo had a touch-screen, although not multi-touch, but I guess that could be fixed by the second half of 2008 when the phone is scheduled for release.
The brand of the phone used in the demo was not disclosed, but Horowitz said that it is powered by Qualcomm MSM 7201A processor. Having said that, and taking into account the overall look and feel, the phone is most likely an HTC. That brings me to respond to the question from the title of this post. Maybe androids dream of electric sheep, but certainly HTC dreams of Linux.
