We’ve been hearing about a 1GHz Snapdragon-based Android handset called the HTC Dragon ever since the HD2 came out, but now it looks like some pieces are falling into place — apparently this mystery HTC set we spotted over the weekend is a CDMA version of the Dragon headed for Verizon as the HTC Passion sometime in Q4. Apparently Verizon’s trying to unify the hardware UI of its Droid lineup, which is why the Motorola Droid, the HTC Droid Eris, and the Passion share a set of buttons along the bottom edge of the screen, and some people are also claiming that the white notification bar is further sign of similarity. As for us, well, we’ll wait to hear more before we start to get too excited — and we can’t help but wonder if this thing will run Sense or stock Android 2.0 when it hits, as HTC’s big new ad push is all about personalization. Still, it’s looking like a hell of a year for Android (and Verizon), no?
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HTC Dragon coming to Verizon as the Passion? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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