With the launch of the T-Mobile G1 phone well out of the way, a second handset loaded with Google’s Android operating system has stuck its head over the parapet. It’s called the Sciphone Dream G2, it’s from China, and it’s a bit of a strange ‘un.
The oddest thing about it is that there’s no on-screen keyboard OR hardware QWERTY keypad – just a regular numeric touchscreen keyboard for making calls. And that doesn’t even support text! So presumably users will have to download a touchscreen keyboard app from the Android Market. When somebody actually writes and releases one.
Still, aside from this crazy design decision the Sciphone Dream G2 seems a reasonably decent, if a little underpowered, mobile phone. The touchscreen is a 2.8-incher and there’s Wi-Fi and a 4-megapixel camera too, but no 3G and no GPS.
It’s out soon in the Far East. We very much doubt this handset will ever hit the UK, mind you.
Out TBC | £TBC | Sciphone (via TrustedReviews)
