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Although its still just in the rumor stage, it does seem accurate enough and follows up nicely with T-Mobile’s recent confirmation and the FCC approval. It looks like the T-Mobile Android-powered HTC Dream will be available for customers beginning on October 13, with pre-orders running from September 17 through October 3 for current T-Mobile customers, and the handset will be available in black, brown or white.

In addition to the release date, some pricing information has also come to light, and it seems to be set pretty fairly. It is rumored that the HTC Dream will be $199 with a two-year agreement. In addition to the $199 price, which will apply for new customers, it was also mentioned that the price for any current T-Mobile customers looking to upgrade will be slightly less expensive at $150.

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Earlier today we saw T-Mobile give their official confirmation that the Android powered HTC Dream would be available sometime between October and the end of the year, of course they have yet to confirm an exact release date.

The lack of a release date was most likely being held up be the FCC and waiting for the final approvals to come in, well the good news is the Dream has shown its face and passed the FCC requirements. With that we can only hope that T-Mobile is more inclined to offer a better release date sometime in the short-term future.

The FCC listing does confirm that the HTC model will be the Dream as the handset was labeled the “DREA100.” Otherwise not many specs were made available other than that it has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and runs on the 850/1700/1900MHz bands. Of course, like I would bet many of you are, I am more interested in pricing. I guess the wait now begins.

Read [FCC] Via [Engadget]

Dream of all dreams, HTC has announced their first Android-based handset will be called the Dream. The phone obviously, will run Google’s much-awaited Android software and is expected to feature a large touchscreen display with navigational controls below and full QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is expected to either slide or swivel out. Unfortunately an image of the Dream has not been leaked, but sources say that it measures in at around 3 x 5-inches.

And just as you would expect, there has not been any word coming from HTC.

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