HTC Dream FCC approved, Android clear for launch?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted August 18th 2008 7:21AM
posted August 18th 2008 7:21AM
The long rumored HTC Dream handset -- once referred to as "The Googlephone" -- just received FCC approval. The handset is listed as type, "Dream" with a model of "DREA100." The same model also appears with a WiFi Interoperability Certificate touting 802.11b/g WiFi. If indeed this is the long awaited Android phone, then T-Mobile, HTC, and Google are free to announce in September with an October launch as originally planned. FCC label with that DREA100 moniker pictured after the break.
Update: Further investigation reveals mention of a "jogball" like that seen on the handset from the videos. The Dream is said to be in compliance with Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with this round of testing conducted only on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA 1700 bands -- the latter being T-Mobile's preferred 3G frequency.
Read -- HTC Dream WiFi Certification [Warning: PDF]
Read -- FCC Cell Radios
Read -- FCC WiFi Bluetooth
Update: Further investigation reveals mention of a "jogball" like that seen on the handset from the videos. The Dream is said to be in compliance with Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with this round of testing conducted only on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA 1700 bands -- the latter being T-Mobile's preferred 3G frequency.
Read -- HTC Dream WiFi Certification [Warning: PDF]
Read -- FCC Cell Radios
Read -- FCC WiFi Bluetooth
You can charge under maximum current, just takes longer. Voltage is what matters, hence why usb chargers for phones and mps players etc normally take longer than the equivelant socket charger.
oh, then i could just use a dual usb cable, like this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-USB-Cable-Dual-Power/dp/B000FKP7XA
# This cable can be used to connect a PC to a bus-powered external USB device which has power consumption requirements greater than 500mA (e.g. hard drive enclosures, USB 2.0 hubs etc.).
# For bus-powered USB devices with power consumption requirements of up to 1A
I have one in my Huawei E220 kit. Until now i wasn't sure exactly why it had two plugs, now i know i can use it for fast charging :D
P.S. now that i'm thinking about it...i wonder if i can get better 3G signal quality and network speed if i pump more current with this cable into the 3G modem. There must be a reason why Huawei included the cable in the E220 kit... I'll have to try tomorrow :)
too bad tmo only has 3g in one city.. And coming to one more LOL
Too bad the other major markets are coming online two weeks prior to this phones release. I'm not sure what you are LOLing about. The iPhone 3G doesnt doesn't even have 3G apparently. They join the 3G crowd half a decade after everyone else and still can't manage to make it work. Fail.
Umm hourseshit.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/3G/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209901498
Please go shove your FUD up your ass.
at least tmobile has been making some major tech revamps in the past couple of years, i wouldnt be suprised if in a few years from now they have a majority of the market share.
Its good to see them making a change.
I was kind hoping the HTC Dream would be what we saw in the videos, minus that jogball and extra button thing. Just the screen and the slide out keyboard. I guess we'll see the final product in September.
Not going to be quadband? :(
Yeah I'm also hoping for a quadband Android Phone. But don't worry, there will be plenty of Android Phones after this launch.
Android will do well, I predict, because what of Google's other endeavors has ever failed utterly?
Google Answers.
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