Will one of Verizon's first Google Android phones be a version of the HTC Hero? That's what this photo from Verizon Wireless's press Web site seems to imply. In the larger version of this photo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is standing with Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam and wielding this phone: what appears to be an HTC Hero with Verizon branding. (We reviewed the Hero on Sprint.)

Verizon, of course, is saying nothing about exactly what hardware they're going to introduce with Android, except to say that they're turning out two phones this year and more devices next year. One of the devices is rumored to be a Motorola phone, so this could be the other one.