You see the rumor about Google buying Sprint/Nextel?

That would be super cool, but is probably internet nonsense.

So the Google I/O conference just finished up and lots of nifty things were shown with Android. Arstechnica has a written report with videos describing what is going on. The compass thing in street view was quite awesome.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080530-android-struts-its-stuff-w...

I've never wanted a phone more in my life than the one he showed off on stage (HTC Dream). Sadly AT&T (my carrier) and Verizon are not part of the OHA so there's no chance of me getting a subsidized phone.

It started feeling like a monologue.

Yup. I dropped my Motorola L7 in a bucket of mop water on friday and haven't picked up a replacement. I'm thinking of getting on for $200 (or $50 with a refurb) and then selling it once Android phones come out.

I'm on alltel as well but they aren't part of the OHA if I'm not mistaken.

I just need Google to tell me that this is going to come soon. The last thing I want to do is wait and then start enduring push-backs.

Woohoo, thats when Alltell is getting bought by Verizon!

Yesterday would've been even better but sadly that's life.

HTC Dream video!

Unconfirmed, and possibly not "final" hardware, but it's inching closer to reality.

Yeah, that's not really the point. You can see the Google IO Conference videos to see Android in action. This is all about a glimpse at the handset.

The quality does blow, but I was giddy seeing the keyboard tray slide out.

Yes, yes, yes.

That's why I bought my Treo 650, why I bought my BlackJack II, and one of the big reasons why I'll buy the HTC Dream.

An 8GB microSD card is less than $100.

There's no amount of money that can be paid to make an iPhone an open platform, or have a physical keyboard.

It would be nice if the Dream came with a bigger memory card, but the fact that I won't have to pay money to get all of the "good" apps that run on it will almost certainly make up most, if not all, of the cost differential.

That's true. Still, like I said, be sure you're factoring whatever you'd be buying from the App Store into the cost equation. I know for me, at least, I would be spending some bucks on App Store apps to replace missing functionality that the iPhone really ought to have standard by now.

Also, it appears that I vastly overstated the cost of microSD cards too. Amazon's got them for about $30 for 8GB.

Of course, I'm only assuming at this point that the "memory card" that the Dream takes is microSD, as it appears to be the common choice.

I'm excessively pro-Android and pro-Dream, though, as you can tell.

All previous demos of the Dream handset have had GPS functionality.

The T-Mobile product sheet doesn't list GPS but does list "Maps", which may imply GPS.

I have a hard time buying the idea that the handset will release without GPS, especially since all of HTC's current "Touch" phones (Touch Pro, Touch Diamond, Touch Cruise) have GPS. Only the lower-end Touch Dual and Touch lack GPS.

How much is an iPhone data+txt plan?