HTC reiterates Dream still on track for 2008

by Chris Ziegler posted Aug 8th 2008 at 1:05PM

Rumors have been swirling again this week that HTC's first venture into the wide world of Android won't be hitting the street until next year, seemingly started by an analyst at Global Equities Research who quotes alleged in-the-know contacts in a new report. Obviously, the company's ability to deliver Android-powered devices depends as much on the Android team as it does on its own ability to execute, but HTC has released a follow-up statement to the report saying that it's still "on track" for a Dream launch in the fourth quarter of the year. The proof is in the pudding, of course -- and we have to believe there's a lot of nervous hand-wringing going on during HTC / Google conference calls right about now -- but we'll take it as a good sign.

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Android

Tags: android, dream, htc

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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mahindrujerome @ Aug 8th 2008 1:41PM

MORE DEVICE DETAILS!

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xultar @ Aug 8th 2008 2:03PM

I will beweave it when I see it.

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NuShrike @ Aug 8th 2008 5:32PM

Do you really want to put your hopes on a company that'll give the finger and ass-moon to PAYING customers when push comes to shove?

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 9th 2008 12:54AM

why don't they make their diamond and pro work before making the next crappy phone?

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Blad3 @ Aug 9th 2008 2:40AM

good thing the iphone 3g worked straight out the box.

oh wait it didn't.

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 9th 2008 2:55AM

oh wait, i bought one, it did. haha destroyed your argument.
go play with your weak phone. it failed :)

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Blad3 @ Aug 9th 2008 3:20PM

gj on failing your argument. next time try something that a 5 year old cant think of.

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 9th 2008 6:10PM

haha aww poor baby.
ill feel sympathy for you and your pathetic "smart phone" if you admit iphone is the best mobile computing platform out there, other than that i just pity you

:)

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 12:37AM

hmmm :)
anybody hear about apple's money problem? they have too much of it, looks like their products are doing better than all others..

but you can keep pretending they arent, its funny it watch :)

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/08/oh-to-have-apples-cash-problems/

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Phones/Industry/K9X6N7B9

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB121816787547823539.html?mod=googlenews_barrons

poor apple fanboys, your time is up :)

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 2:59AM

well i will admit it is usefill when im pleasuring my girl ;D
"IVibrate, and so does she"

invent it apple!
it will be succesful, cuz its an apple product :)

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 4:12AM

wow you are pitiful...
It's pretty obvious your jelous cuz you can't get a girl :)
And don't say you do, cuz if you did you would already know they love vibration.
Lmao, goodnight troll

Ps(TAKE YOUR PILLS!!)

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 11:46AM

ask your doctor about doubling the dose on your crazy pills bro :)

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SuperSexyEriks Girl Friend X0( @ Aug 12th 2008 4:26PM

Oh I hate it when pulls that pathetic iPhone out when we are in bed. Thats usually when my headache kicks in because he can't get it up for me but he gets it up for that iPhone.

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 12th 2008 5:14PM

but baby the iphone is better than you in bed!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYBcE6vI-g

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mrm.nyc @ Aug 9th 2008 8:09PM

The iPhone as a "mobile computing platform"? The iPhone is a beautifully designed phone, true, but most of its functionality existed in mobile phones of years ago. The UI (I like the e-mail UI in particular, where you can preview the message) and the way the touchscreen is used is very slick, but when you look strictly at functionality, you have to admit, it falls short on several fronts:

-No way to access other applications without going back to the home screen
-No way to see your calendar/task items right on the front screen
-No way to touch type
-Limited to 16GB of storage. No way to expand the storage.
-I don't know that you can use it as a file storage device? If you know how, please let me know.
-I also don't know if this is entirely true, but I haven't found a way to use the iPhone as a wireless modem for my laptop. If you know how, please let me know
-No GoToMyPC or LogMeIn to access your desktop if need be
-One 2MP camera, no flash, no panorama photo ability

This is what I've discovered thus far while having both an iPhone 3G and an HTC TyTN II. In essence, I use the iPhone as a nice gadget, but the HTC as my workhorse, so, for me, Windows Mobile Professional with the combination of HTC functionality have served me extremely well, but not the iPhone.

That said, I don't know that the Android will retain or allow for the above functionality, but from what I've seen, it will have more functionality than the iPhone out of the box, but perhaps less than my TyTN II.

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 12:39AM

welcome troll :)

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mrm.nyc @ Aug 10th 2008 3:22AM

I forgot to mention other functional limits of the iPhone 3G such as:

-No scroll wheel -- HTC TyTN II has four ways to navigate through applications: touchscreen, scroll wheel, navigation pad, and keyboard. The TyTN II just gives me more options in how I use it -- I can't, on the other hand, use my iPhone well while holding an umbrella/briefcase/coffee/etc. This has been really frustrating.
-No A2DP for stereo Bluetooth
-No ability to go to or hang up the phone with one touch from within any application (i.e., no dedicated hardware phone buttons)
-No ability to use any voice recording or MP3/WAV file as a ring tone -- only with special software
-No way to skip to the next track or rewind without activating the screen
-No status indicator lights even when the screen is off -- with the iPhone, I have to turn the screen on every time I need to see even if the wireless is on.

Again, aesthetically beautiful and a great screen, but the ways and magnitude in which the iPhone falls short on every day functionality is pretty frustrating the more I use it. The irony is, Apple built its reputation on usability -- hopefully by the time they go to the next iteration of the iPhone, they'll get this all sorted,

On the other hand, Android, it seems, has all the slick UI elements of the iPhone, while providing more functionality. It looks very promising.

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Blad3 @ Aug 10th 2008 5:14AM

eric pwned, end of story.

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SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 10th 2008 11:48AM

he'll yeah I pwned his winmo phone :D

And yes, andriod did copy OSX, you were right about that

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Blad3 @ Aug 10th 2008 8:45PM

yea im sure with shit like this, http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/10/our-iphone-3g-cracked-too-what-gives-apple/

its a great phone.

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Joppa @ Aug 13th 2008 6:19AM

Brick-tastic iPhones!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1600894&tstart=0

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linux4life @ Aug 26th 2008 4:13PM

You want to discuss apple's fantastic finances? Why is it that the company was in a dire condition financially prior to the release of the iPod? This single item came out and took the world by storm, and saved the company from going under... and then there is the MS grant for funding iPod production.
But then you show you're true knowledge Erik... android is TOTALLY ripping off OSX. Lets take a look at OSX shall we? UNIX based right? Licenced from "The Open Group"? Nope, therefore is a "UNIX-like" system, that has a simple GUI. Funny, many linux distro's have been doing that (with the vibrent GUI) for years, but we explorers of the didgital free world can do whatever we like with our OS!
I love my UIQ phone, but I'd rather support MS or andoid then apple