Articles about phones

. Google has launched a version of the HTC Dream specifically for developers that wish to field test applications on actual hardware without relying on the SDK emulator or access to T-Mobile service. The black design also sports a unique back engraving with a fractal-like pattern and the Android logo.The phone remains true to HTC’s stock design and carries a three-megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi and quad-band GSM with EDGE for data. It’s not known whether the Dev Phone 1 supports 3G outside of T-Mobile USA’s network.
Buying the phone requires a one-time $25 registration as an Android developer as well as the $399 price of the phone itself. Google is careful to note that it will ship the handset only to one of 18 countries (including Canada and the US), that it limits the phones to one per developer, and that regular users may not get the support they would for the T-Mobile G1.