Does the Google Android-Powered HTC Dream of Tortured Headlines?

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The HTC Dream was shown off yesterday at the Google Conference. It’s a phone with a touchscreen and large QWERTY keypad. The screen’s 5×3 inches and there’s an accelerometer. The Android Community describes the user interface as being a blend of iPhone and Samsung GUI (graphical user interface) genius, with a touch of Google’s minimalism.

Much of the GUI is interactive –swipes and taps reveal menus and activate shortcuts. There’s also an interactive compass, which you can see in the video below. You can pan around a location-based image, creating an “augmented reality device”. Augmented reality sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

Oh yeah, and there’s a port of Pacman.

Check out the Android Community for more videos, pictures and explanations.

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