Sprint Nextel Corp. Thursday announced that it will sell its 1st smartphone featuring Google’s Android operating system in October in the United States, which will give a boost to the Internet search giant’s mobile platform. The touch-screen smartphone, named Hero and made by HTC Corp., will be available to customers on Oct. 11 at the price of US$179.99 after rebates with a two-year service agreement, said Sprint, the 3rd largest wireless carrier in the United States. T-Mobile USA was the 1st wireless carrier that introduced the so-called “Google phone” powered by Android operating system into the US market. In October 2008, T-Mobile USA began to sell G1, the first phone running Android software. The company launched a new myTouch 3G Android phone in the United States in August this year.
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