Google I/O Saphire/Magic phones (aka Google Ion)

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Would be interesting to collect information on the phones given out today at Google I/O (each attendee got one for free, a pretty nice surprise!).

Here's the phone info. Would be helpful if anyone familiar with phones from other sources can comment on how this compares and anything these builds and versions might mean?

Model: Google Ion
Firmware Version: 1.5
Baseband Version: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I
Kernel Version: 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf
android-build@apa27 #72
Build Number: CRB28

We've been told this phone is SIM unlocked, and has a bootloader which will allow flashing customized images (not yet confirmed - just got it a few hours ago :) ).

any screen shot of the phone at work?

Yeah, the kernel dude from the Android Dev team definitely confirmed that this phone has either the Engineering bootloader or the HardSPL because it is "capable of flashing any image".

Here's a screenshot of the phone's HUGE internal memory increase:



I also have a video of the team talking about how they feel about root at the Android Fireside Chat. Coming soon.

there is

http://androidcommunity.com/google-i...pics-20090527/

some pics and unboxing video

do you notice anything different on the os in compare to cupcake 1.5?or is just the ufficial cupcake?

In the video I'm uploading to Vimeo right now, the kernel chief (Brian, I think), talks about how he goes on xda-developers a lot. Haha.

I got my hands on an Ion phone too.

The fireside chats were great. The devs actually said they encouraging hacking and want the OEMs to ship a bootloader that allows easy flashing. Several of the guys said they visit XDA too.

Taylor likes dudes

Are the entering to the I/O conference cost any money?

I want free Google Ion too But I'm too far from Google IO conference