HTC said to be planning 2-3 Android-based handsets next year

There's not exactly a flood of information here, but HTC CEO Peter Chou reportedly let loose a few details about the company's plans during a recent analyst meeting, including the tantalyzing tidbit that it plans to release 2 or 3 Android-based handsets in 2008. While the so-called "Dream" handset (pictured above) would seem to be a sure bet for one of those, Chou apparently didn't drop any hints as to what we might be able to expect from the other handsets. In other HTC news, according to DigiTimes, Chou also said the company plans to release a non-Qualcomm-based 3G handset in the "near future," along with a new user interface that'll be "better than its current TouchFlo technology," with a couple of WiMAX / TD-WCDMA devices thrown in for good measure as well.

[Herman Manfred @ Nov 12th 2007 11:01AM]

So...like...uh...where's the SDK being released today, huh?

[Joe @ Nov 12th 2007 11:23AM]

I'm thinking it'll be closer to 2.4 handsets than say 2.6 but either way I'm sure it'll be 2-3.

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[louden @ Nov 12th 2007 12:10PM]

Yes! When's today's con call? I've got my vmware ubuntu image ready for the sdk with eclipse...

[Nando @ Nov 12th 2007 11:07AM]

Hi Engadget peeps,

1) Thanks for everything.

2) When are you going to merge comments from both Engadget & Engadget Mobile?

Take care,


Nando

[Wilder.K.Wight @ Nov 12th 2007 11:45AM]

I know this is fascinating, but really-- How does this affect us RIGHT NOW?

Call me when there's a product on the market that I can buy and use. For now, it's still vaporware as far as I'm concerned. It's in the same good-intentions-in-progress category of Duke Nukem Forever and the Phantom Game Console.

When it's at Best Buy or Newegg, or at least on assembly lines, I'll be MUCH more interested.

[mmh @ Nov 12th 2007 12:04PM]

Gives you time to start saving your pennies

[Jazzy Jeff @ Nov 12th 2007 9:14PM]

No kidding, this is nothing more than Google's version of a pro wrestler cutting a promo on Microsoft and Palm. I hate to say this, folks, but Windows Mobile 6 is gonna' win this fight.

[Kevin @ Nov 12th 2007 12:44PM]

Yawn. Show me something real. Then i'll buy it haha...

[Meridimus @ Nov 12th 2007 12:59PM]

The concept pics look ugly as.

[Alex @ Nov 12th 2007 1:27PM]

That's not the device. That picture has been passed around more than Paris Hilton and confirmed a dozen times over to not be anything.

[Joe @ Nov 12th 2007 8:32PM]

http://images.macrumors.com/article/2007/11/12/and1_300.png

Pretty good picture of "not anything".

[Michael @ Nov 13th 2007 12:29AM]

What's TD-WCDMA?

[Sean @ Nov 13th 2007 10:13PM]

ya engadget please a (small explanation of new acronims in parenthesis) would be nice ;) I've noticed you do it alot and I'd say the majority of your readers would like to know

[Brian Prows @ Jan 13th 2008 10:35AM]

The ultimate Android-enabled phone of the future is described on MarketingBeyond: http://marketingbeyond.typepad.com/marketingbeyond/2007/11/ideal-android-m.html