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T-Mobile came up with an Android-based handset for its European customers. The T-Mobile Pulse, also known as the Huawei U8220, looks a little pale compared to its U8230 brother, and comes with a pretty generic list of specs:

• OS: Android
  
• Dimensions (LxWxH): 135 x 62.5 x 13.6 mm;
• Weight: 135 g;
• Standby: Up to 300 hours;
• Talk time: Up to 210 minutes;
• GSM frequency band (MHz): Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900);
• UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / GPRS / EDGE;
• Display: 3.

China Mobile has recently launched the new Philips V900 - the first official Android-powered from Philips. It's not actually Android they're using, but the so called Open Mobile System (OMS) for China Mobile, also known as OPhone.
The release date and pricing wasn't announced.

Besides having the Android-based OS, the V900 alsor features Wi-Fi, 3.

According to Dutch site tweakers.net, Huawei's planning on releasing a new Android-based handset for European T-Mobile networks. It's called the "Pulse", and is said to be selling unlocked at a price of around €250 ($356).

That's almost a steal if we consider what this little beast has to offer: 3.5" HVGA display, full HSPA, GPS, and Wi-Fi support, and of course the Android OS.

The much rumored Dell Mini 3i phone has has landed on China Mobile's network. It's a 2G candibar handset positioned as a part of the carrier's new Application Platform that offers music, video, and app downloads to mobile phones from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Dell. The device also lacks WiFi, but does come with a decent set of other features:

• 3.5" 360 x 640 capacitive touchscreen;
• Android-based Open Mobile System (OMS);
• 3Mpix camera;
• microSD slot;
• Bluetooth;
• 950mAh battery

Curently there's no infor on whether it will be released anywhere else.

Some new spy shots of the upcoming Dell Mini 3i smartphone have been spotted recently. The first images we've seen back in June look similar to these, so we guess they were real deal. The new ones show off the phone's customized Android interface to be used on China Mobile.

And these specs were posted at the BGR site:

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE class 12;
• Size: 68.

Meet the Philips V808, apparently the first Android-powered handset for the Chiese market. Apart from these spy pics, very little is known about the device. Presumably it will have a 3.2" HVGA display and 3.2Mpix camera with video recording capability, but that's all we can tell you now.

The newly discovered Android-powered Motorola Morrison with support for T-Mobile 3G bands and UMA has been approved by the FCC. Unfortunately, there are no new pictures of it available, but expect it to be officially announced in the near future.

Also check out it's features listed on the pic above.

Apparently, Philips will be releasing a new V808 smartphone exclusively on China Mobile. It's main point of attraction is the Android-based OPhone OS, which basically means a carrier-customized application market and a few other tweaks, which however seem to be frown upon in the Chinese community. However, the lack of support for 3G, Wi-Fi and multitouch is unacceptable.

According to the Street, tipped by an anonymous Motorola employee, the company is planning to release an Android powered handset on Verizon in the 4th quarter of 2009.

We suppose the said handset is the upcoming CDMA Motorola Calgary, which was unveiled back in April. It comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and runs Android OS, but that's basically all we know about it atm.