It seems the rumors of an impending Google Phone are true and Google employees have begun dogfooding the new Android smartphone; dogfooding is the process of employees testing and providing feedback (eating your own dogfood).
Google employees were Tweeting about the device Friday night and the story has been confirmed by Google and TechCrunch and Engadget dug up a few photo’s which can be found HERE.
The device, as rumored previously, is being made by HTC with a lot of input from Google and is running a Snapdragon chip and is ‘very fast’ according to those who have seen it in action. This will be a pure Google phone and will offer a ‘pure’ Google experience as they envision it. It has a large, super-high resolution OLED touchscreen, is thinner than the iPhone, and supposedly will over a voice-to-text feature for dictating emails, etc. by speaking directly into the phone.
The kicker is that it is also rumored to be ‘unlocked’ which would allow it on any GSM carrier so T-Mobile will be offering it and possibly AT&T since their iPhone exclusivity is running out. The scheduled launch is January 2010 which is just around the corner and will be running Android 2.1. The new Nexus One as it’s called, will be offered directly from Google as well as through the wireless carrier(s).
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