While Telstra's busy bragging about Android sets from HTC that don't yet exist, Australian rival Optus is making stuff happen. How? Easy: T-Mobile's G1 is being repurposed as the HTC Dream down here -- one of the phone's rumored names prior to its original release, you might recall -- featuring 2100MHz HSDPA, WiFi, and everything else you've come to know and love / hate about the world's first retail Android device. It'll launch February 16 on plans starting at $59 Australian (about $38) per month, so it'll be pretty accessible. Sure, Telstra, you may have some awesome devices in the pipeline, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, if you know what we're saying.
[Thanks, Adin K. and justme]Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsOptus bringing G1... er, HTC Dream to Australia later this month originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
