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[Nvyseal]

images/news/google.jpgAn independent Android developers' blog reports having received an official invitation from carrier T-Mobile to cover a press conference in New York City Tuesday morning, where the first Android-powered phone will be unveiled.

Earlier this morning, UK time, during a session for Google's "Developer Day" world tour in London that had not appeared on the official schedule, Google developer advocate Mike Jennings reportedly demonstrated a fully working prototype of Android running on a touchscreen phone. Though a piece of tape was used to mask the phone's branding, its shape and size were almost unmistakably identical to an HTC Dream, a phone which could sell for as little as $149 during a limited-time promotion.

[m.oreilly]

they look neat, and i like the idea of a touchscreen. does anyone here have a touchscreen phone? i wonder how durable these things are...would be great for me and my big fingers, as opposed to the little tiny keypad buttons i run into...

[Tweak]

HTC Mogul with Touchflo loaded on it, pretty sweet phone with wifi and all, dropped on concrete three times and less a few scratches all is fine, full keyboard as well.

[Nvyseal]

Tweak, on Sep 16 2008, 06:55 PM, said:

HTC Mogul with Touchflo loaded on it, pretty sweet phone with wifi and all, dropped on concrete three times and less a few scratches all is fine, full keyboard as well.

Is that Android or are you starting a new thread inside a thread?

[m.oreilly]

Nvyseal, on Sep 16 2008, 07:28 PM, said:

Is that Android or are you starting a new thread inside a thread?

whoa, for a minute i thought you said " is that an android, or are you just happy to see me..."

[m.oreilly]

scaramonga, on Sep 16 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

C'mon.........it's 2008!

and this, coming from mr "itouch"...

[Blue]

m.oreilly, on Sep 17 2008, 02:32 AM, said:

they look neat, and i like the idea of a touchscreen. does anyone here have a touchscreen phone? i wonder how durable these things are...would be great for me and my big fingers, as opposed to the little tiny keypad buttons i run into...

I have a friend at school, who had a touchpad phone. It seemed to be very durable and he was generally very happy about it, but for him it failed at one point, and that was writing without looking at the screen, since you can't feel which button you're pressing.
I wanted the exact same phone as he had, but after hearing that, I've agreed with myself not to buy a phone with touchscreen (at least while they still make phones without touchscreen)

[Tweak]

I was stating that my phone is a touch screen phone and it works well for me, audible beeps indicate that it has had a button pressed. Nothing more, nothing less.

[talker]

Gee, remember when phones just made and received calls and you could drive your car, go to lunch, and spend time with family and friends without interuptions? Remember when people didn't walk around with little blue lights flashing in their ears and sit somewhere seeming to talk to themselves? Remember when you didn't have to think about someone else listenting to your conversation if the headset is connected? I am not against technology and advancement but some things, while convenient, are not really improvements. They connect us across the distance but bring distance to person to person contact. Just my thinking...Bill.