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T-Mobile’s G1 smartphone, the first major Android device, will soon have a sibling. Reuters news service has reportedly received an e-mail from T-Mobile confirming that it will offer another Android device this summer. The news follows a series of recent announcements from various companies indicating that the Google-backed, open-source mobile operating system may be gaining momentum in the smartphone industry and possibly in the booming category of netbooks. More Than a Million Sold Launched last year, T-Mobile’s G1 has already sold more than a million units and other carriers are beginning to release Android devices. Last week, HTC, maker of the Dream (called the G1 in the U.S.), announced it will offer a version of its other Android phone, the Magic, in China next month. That release will be through China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in the world, and the Magic will be modified to run China Mobile’s applications. There has also been Android software news as T-Mobile last week started pushing Android version 1.5 to G1 users. Android also appears to be building momentum among the small computers known as netbooks. On Tuesday, Acer and ASUSTeK Computer said they will release netbooks with Android this year. And Qualcomm announced this past weekend that it is expanding its Snapdragon chipset for a new smaller-than-netbooks category called smartbooks, which will also run Android. Qualcomm said 15 manufacturers are developing more than 30 Snapdragon products. ‘Absolutely Getting Momentum’ Avi Greengart, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, noted that three Android phones have been formally announced — the Samsung i7500, plus the two HTC phones. “Android is absolutely getting momentum in the smartphone market,” he said. He noted in a Current Analysis report on Android that version 1.5 “gives the original G1 more polish and its virtual QWERTY keyboard makes all-touchscreen devices like the HTC Magic and…
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