HTC Desire Android phone coming soon to Vodafone Ireland

From recent Tweet by @VodafoneIreland to actual announcement in under two weeks. Nice job VF, for real.

Think of it as a Nexus One with snazzy user interface and optical "trackball".

Or think of it as an iPhone where you are in control, not someone in Cupertino.

All things being equal, this will be my next phone. The only things that might prevent that are:

• Vodafone being stupid and charging a fortune for it on upgrade. *cough* N900 *cough*
• Vodafone being stupid and locking it to O2-style iPhone price plans
• Google congratulating LouderVoice for launching the first ever Irish Android application and giving me a Nexus One for free
• Vodafone congratulating LouderVoice for launching the first ever Irish Android application and giving me a HTC Desire for free
• Sony Ericsson magically fixing multi-touch on the X10 and it being available at the same time for the same price with Android 2.1. I really would like an 8MP camera.
• Nokia somehow pulling a rabbit out of a hat in the next couple of weeks and announcing a N900++ with 12MP camera and capacitive touch screen, for the same price.
• Someone else announces yet another Android phone with just enough knobs on to make me wait even more.

Head on over to the Vodafone site to sign-up for notification when the Desire is launched.