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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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Dell disclosed yesterday that it was preparing to enter the Smart Phone business, adding to the escalating competition as mobile handset and computer makers converge on one of the only parts of the personal technology market still showing strong growth and profits. Confirmation of Dell’s long-rumored intentions in the mobile market came as China Mobile showed off a model of a Dell Smart Phone running Google’s Android operating system. Dell described the handset as a “proof-of-concept prototype” and said that the company was working with the Chinese mobile operator on launch plans. Dell did not disclose further details or timing.

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