The first Google Android prototype was showcased by Google itself at the I/O conference. Some stated that it was the HTC Dream, but we don't believe Google will tease us so openly. The latest video of what is also being announced as the HTC Dream shows the same phone that was shown at the conference.

The so-called HTC Dream has a QWERTY slide-out keyboard, just like the HTC Touch Pro, and the video also shows that auto-rotation is quite responsive. There have been other news, such as the disclosure of the model name of the HTC Dream, it's G1, which probably stands for Google 1, which actually sounds like a prototype codename.

Here are the features which we found:

• 5x3" touchscreen (yeah, right...)
• 3G connectivity
• 3 megapixel camera
• Release date: 17 September (what about the HTC Touch Pro?)

Some stuff just doesn't make sense, but we will have to wait and see...The video after the jump.

[via TmoNews via BGR, IntoMobile]

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According to various reports, Google Android supporting devices will be delayed, and all because of HTC. If you remember well, we were the first to announce that HTC is going to release Google Android running devices by Q4 this year, and  very recently, HTC's CEO reconfirmed that. Now it seems that there has been a problem and the date is drawn back to Q1 2009.

The following rumours have risen of HTC: the company is “having structural problems to incorporate Google’s demanded feature set”; HTC is “demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google”. An analyst from Global Equities Research has concluded that maybe HTC thinks that there will not be enough demand for the so-called Google Phone.

We doubt that HTC will drop out at this stage, but they might remove the priority of the upcoming Android device, which is rumoured to be the HTC Dream. They will surely present it by Q4, just to keep up with the dates, but release it much later, just like Nokia did with the N96. This is all speculation, and it's based on the rumours going around, so don't rely on this expectation.

[Via Tech Trader Daily Via PC World]