Someone saw the new Gphone?

One entrepreneur who has seen the Google phone prototype (Gphone), but asked not to be named, described it as ā€œsimplerā€¯ and not as flashy as Appleā€™s iPhone. Another entrepreneur, who saw a prototype earlier this year, described three-dimensional, animated buttons on the screen. That prototype had a small QWERTY keyboard, like a Treo or a BlackBerry, rather than relying on a touch-screen, as the iPhone does.
In August, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cellphone project, with the hope that several different manufacturers will build the phones and multiple carriers will help distribute them, with Google supplying the software and perhaps delivering ads to the devices.

Breaking news and information of Gphone: Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an exclusive launch on one of their networks.

Talks are believed to be taking place with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, respectively India’s first and third largest mobile telephony operators, and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam.

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Engadget is reporting that their is more information on the impending GPhone. According to their ā€œreliable sourcesā€¯ specifics of the GPhone news and information are beginning to narrow down. Here is what they are reporting:

• The phone will run on a Linux variant OS
• It will be Java Virtual Machine capable
• The OS of the phone will be Java based with a very responsive performance
• There will be a new browser but some say it is based on the WebKit core.
• It will have a ā€œpan-and-browseā€¯ capability
• HTC is manufacturing a variety of handsets with a QWERTY keyboards.

Rumors continue to abound.