It seems T-Mobile USA wants to solidify is position as the most Android-friendly U.S. wireless carrier. The operator, which has already sold more than 1 million HTC-made G1 handsets, will have three different Android handset partners in 2009, according to T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman. "We are looking to launch multiple Android-based devices in the second half of this year with three partners," he told the blog GigOM [1]. Brodman said he expects Android to finds its way into feature phones--not just smartphones. Presumably, T-Mobile will launch another HTC-made Android handset [2], Samsung's I7500 [3], and another Android handset from a separate vendor, perhaps Huawei [4]. In other Android news, research firm Strategy Analytics said in a release [5] that it expects a 900-percent increase in Android handset shipments in 2009.
Links:
[1] http://gigaom.com/2009/05/08/t-mobile-to-launch-many-android-devices-later-this-year/
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/htc-magic-gets-fcc-approval-t-mobile-branding/2009-03-27?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsung-unveils-its-first-android-phone/2009-04-27?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/huawei-confirms-android-phone-t-mobile-later-year/2009-04-07?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/strategy-analytics-android-smartphone-shipments-grow-900-percent-2009