The Dream was released to mostly positive reception. While youtube donut maker Dream was praised for its solid and robust hardware design, the introduction of the Android operating system was met with criticism for its lack of certain functionality and third-party software in comparison to more established platforms, but was still considered to be innovative due to its open nature, notifications system, and heavy integration with Google services, like Gmail. In July 2005, Google acquired Android Inc. Andy Rubin which was working on unspecified software for mobile devices.

HTC officially announced the Dream on 23 September 2008. The Dream was discontinued by T-Mobile on 27 July 2010. The Dream’s exterior uses a soft, smooth matte plastic shell, and was made available in white, black, and bronze colors. The Dream uses a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A system on a chip with 192 MB of RAM, and comes with 256 MB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 16 GB using a Micro SD card slot. The HTC Dream was the first ever smartphone to ship with the Android operating system. The Dream could also be upgraded to newer versions of Android, which added new features and enhancements to the platform.

The latest version of Android officially made available for the Dream, 1. 6 “Donut”, was released for T-Mobile USA’s G1 in October 2009. Due to the open source nature of the Android platform, the Dream became a popular target for modding. After the Dream’s bootloader was dumped, work began on modifying it so that it could install third-party firmware, and on converting official Android update files into a format that could be installed using the modified bootloader. The Dream was released to mixed reviews.

Brandon gave the Dream a 4. In conclusion, the Dream was considered to be a “stellar” phone that “points to a future when a phone is as flexible and useful as the PC on your desk. In April 2009, T-Mobile announced that it had sold over a million G1s in the United States, accounting for two-thirds of the devices on its 3G network. HTC Hero, HTC’s first Android device with its Sense software. The Day Google Had to ‘Start Over’ on Android”.