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Video of HTC Dream Android phone hits YouTube

by Julian Prokaza on Monday 11 August 2008 Comment

If you like shaky, noisy, blurred video clips of questionable provenance that claim to be footage of some longed-for new gadget, then you’ll love the latest YouTube big-hitter – it’s said to be a sequence of the Android-powered HTC Dream in action.

In the 42-second burst an unseen emphysema sufferer twists and turns a device said to be an HTC Dream. Posted by someone calling themselves TheIncarcerator, no corroborating information is given to suggest that this is actually an HTC Dream. TheIncarcerator joined YouTube 11 months ago and posted just one video – this one. So, we’ll offer no more comment other than to say watch the video, which we’ve embedded after the cut, and draw your own conclusions.

 

Right, not terribly convincing, is it? Still, that hasn’t stopped tens of thousands of people lining up to watch the clip. And you know, it might just be kosher.

However, it’s worth pointing out that we’ve been here before, and with a video clip from a much more reliable source. Back in June, we reported on a video clip of a pre-production HTC Dream captured during the Google I/O conference. There’s little doubt that the earlier clip was genuine, so we’d advise sticking with that one for your viewing pleasure.

Update: The video has now been pulled from YouTube – could this be because it was genuine..?

[ TmoNews.com]

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