Back in November Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reported we would see a super-powered, in early 2010. Arrington's reports appear to be getting some as Google employees are tweeting they're running Android 2.1.
The new phone on Google's site shows a Bravo-like HTC model labeled ADP 2 alongside the Android Dev Phone 1. Google offers no information about the ADP 2 on the site -- just the image -- but tweets indicate the phone Google staff is playing with is also a GSM-unlocked phone.
According to the tweets, the phone is made by HTC, has a trackball and a high-resolution OLED display, and is "like an iPhone on beautifying steroids."
The phone's hardware sounds to be an awful lot like the HTC Bravo (aka Passion/Dragon) that was featured in and captured in back in October.
the phone will and be sold directly by Google as an unlocked GSM phone. However, even if the phone is surfacing, .
Typically tweets should be but the existence of a test device that was handed out to employees, but could not release any specific details on the product. Here's Google's statement:
"We recently came up with the concept of a mobile lab, which is a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities, and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe. This means they get to test out a new technology and help improve it."
Rest assured, the tweeting sources say more information on the phone should be coming in the next few days. In the meantime you can monitor the conversation on twitter: