[General Topics] !Kernel Panic!:
Seen this article when I fired up Yahoo Go! today on my 8525

http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080320/tc_infoworld/96138_1

"San Francisco - The mobile phone High Tech Computer (HTC) has been developing to run on the Android software from Google will be called "Dream," have a large touchscreen and full QWERTY keypad, a person close to the situation said Thursday.

HTC may become the first handset maker in the world to put out a mobile phone developed around Android , but it faces stiff competition from Samsung, a separate source said. Samsung has stepped up its effort to put out a Google phone, the person said.

HTC's Google handset is just over 5-inches long and 3-inches wide, with a keypad underneath the screen that either slides out or swivels out. The aim of the keypad is for easy e-mail, note-taking, and writing Web addresses. Internet navigational controls are situated below the screen on the handset.

The handset will likely hit the market near the end of this year, the person said.

The company officially remained mum on the handset. "We cannot comment on this product," said Maggie Cheng, an HTC representative.

Last November, HTC became the first company to admit to developing a mobile phone based on Android , although Samsung, Motorola, and other handset developers are part of the group dedicated to furthering the software, the Open Handset Alliance .

Android, an open source software platform that includes an OS, is designed to take advantage of Internet services for mobility. The software could become a potent new rival to Windows Mobile and other handset operating systems . At the launch ceremony, Google announced that over 30 companies had joined the Open Handset Alliance."

also via Endgadget

and Forbes

pics

specs:

Let’s take a closer look:

Microprocessor, Chipset

CPU:	Qualcomm MSM7200 (Chipset)

Width of Machine Word:	32 bit

CPU Clock:	528 MHz

CPU Core:	ARM1136EJ-S

Instruction Set:	ARMv6

Memory, Storage capacity

ROM type:	Flash EEPROM

ROM capacity:	256 MB

RAM type:	SDRAM

RAM capacity:	128 MB

Hard Disk capacity:	Not supported

Graphical subsystem

Display Type:	color transflective TFT

Display Color Depth:	18 bit/pixel (262144 scales)

Display Resolution:	800 x 480 (384000 pixel)

Viewable Area:	? x ? (0 x 0 millimetres)

Audio Subsystem

Audio Channel(s):	stereo sound

Analog/Digital Converter

(Recording):	16 bit quantization (nominal)

44100 Hz sampling frequency

Digital/Analog Converter

(Playing):	16 bit resolution

44100 Hz holding frequency

Microphone:	mono

Speaker:	1 loudspeaker (mono)

Audio Output:	Proprietary plug

Cellular Phone

Cellular Networks:	GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100

Cellular Data Link:	CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA

Cellular Antenna:	Internal

Call Alert:	128 -chord melody (polyphonic)

Vibrating Alert:	Supported

Speakerphone :	Supported

Control Peripherals

Positioning Device:	Touchscreen

Primary Keyboard:	Built-in QWERTY-type keyboard, 65 keys

Primary Keyboard Backlight:	Automatic keyboard backlight (upon press of any key) and ambient light intensity sensor

Directional Pad:	Not supported

Scroll Wheel:	Not supported

Interfaces

Expansion Slots:	microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO

Supports memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB

USB:	USB 2.0 client, Full-Speed (12Mbit/s)

USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector

Infrared Gate:	Not supported

Bluetooth (802.15):	Bluetooth 2.0 , Internal antenna

Wireless LAN/Wi-Fi (802.11):	802.11b, 802.11g (54Mbit/s)

Internal antenna

Multimedia Telecommunication

Analog TV:	Not supported

Analog Radio:	Not supported

Satellite Navigation (GPS)

GPS Protocol:	NMEA 0183

Paralell Satellite Channels:	20 channels

GPS antenna:	Internal antenna

Built-in Digital Camera

Main Camera:	CMOS sensor, 2048x1536 (3.146 million pixels)

Autofocus (AF):	Not supported

Optical Zoom:	1 x

Macro Mode:	Not supported

Built-in Flash:	Mobile light (LED)

Recordable Image Formats:	JPG

Camcorder:	320x240pixel

Recordable Video Formats:	3GPP, MPEG4

Secondary Camera for Video Calling

Secondary Camera:	CMOS sensor, 640x480 pixel

Recordable Image Formats:	JPG

Camcorder:	640x480pixel

Recordable Video Formats:	3GPP, MPEG4

Power Supply

Battery:	Lithium-ion , removable

Additional Details

Additional Features:

* rotatable display

* GPRS Class 10

* voice command

* video out (XGA)

more info:

http://www.slashgear.com/further-htc-omni-details-emerge-is-this-the-hottest-true-smartphone-106151.php

http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=790